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Kennedy, who wrote the article, isn't usually on the receiving end of such charges. Besides the Lampoon, his liberal credentials seem air-tight...
This year, the Lampoon published nine times--five issues and four parodies--up from six the previous year. Kennedy was the driving force behind the Inside Edge parody, and fully six articles in the most recent issue (which he designed and copy edited) end with...
Besides the difference in style, Lampoon and Perspective have opposing reputations on campus. The Lampoon has come under fire in the past from minority groups and women worried that what the Lampoon calls humor teeters on the edge of racism and sexism...
...spring issue, for example, the Lampoon spoofed "near-death experiences" with an article recounting the stories of fictional people who avoided being killed. One was "Achmed Mohammed, Age 25." The character had eluded death because he was unable "to drive a truck full of explosives into a barracks full of imperialist United States forces." But, the joke went, "[m]y brother Harouk took the mission...
Haneen M. Rabie '95, president of the Society of Arab Students, didn't find the joke funny, and blasted the Lampoon in a letter to The Crimson. She said the piece reinforced stereotypes of Arabs as terrorists. "You can't help but feel discriminated against," Rabie told The Crimson, which was also criticized for a cartoon...