Word: ccr
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When Clark mailed a letter of warning to those identified during the April 10 incident--and sent copies to the entire student body and faculty--members of the pro-diversity" Coalition for Civil Rights (CCR) went ballistic. The CCR, which sponsored the nine-hour sit-in, drafted a response to Clark's letter, calling his warnings "a clear attempt to chill voices of dissent on this campus...
...rally the following day, members of the CCR further derided the dean's attempts to restore order at the school. Third-year firebrand David Troutt redefined the limits of exaggeration and overreaction by first calling the Clark letter "Gestapolike" and then demanding the dean's resignation. Other participants criticized the administration's use of cameras and video equipment to identify protesters...
...FREQUENT SPONSOR of protests and marches, the CCR, like its counterparts at universities nationwide, bemoans the dearth of minorities and women among the Law School faculty--something most people would like to remedy. But its members ignore many realities...
...absurdity of the CCR is nothing compared to its hypocrisy. Weeks after they broke school rules and trespassing laws, after they ignored repeated warnings to leave the office and halted administrative activity for the day (and, by some accounts, actually shoved a secretary), our defiant sitters now stand up to accuse Clark of engineering a campaign of "intimidation." Here's some of what Mr. Gestapo said in his much decried letter of abominations...
...rally, organized by the school's Coalition for Civil Rights (CCR), third-year student David D. Troutt called for Clark's resignation, citing the dean's inability to handle such a serious issue diplomatically...