tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9308861819361792762011-08-03T19:39:34.413-04:00Where progressive ideas meet <br>progressive action at Purdue.Kevin Casimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945563165701653noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930886181936179276.post-6312237568688520082009-11-16T15:58:00.004-05:002009-11-17T02:15:03.694-05:00

An academic from Princeton came across the Chapman blog and wrote the following response on their Princeton blog entitled "Academic Librarian".Read It.******A lot of people have told me or suggested that the focus should be more on tearing down Chapman's argument than focusing on the other things. I generally agree, however I've yet to find anyone other than Chapman who will defend his argument

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**Edit** The AP picked this up and we got in the Chicago TribuneJust wanted to let people know that a lot of momentum has been made on the Chapman issue. We collected over 5 dozen signatures of students who thought Chapman's comments were damaging and embarrassing in addition to the public letter by 8 librarians that ran in the Exponent. In addition to that, the Indianapolis Star and Journal

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My last entry about heterosexual supremacist Bert Chapman was largely dedicated to exposing his argument as the charade that it is. I stand by what I said and think that it was important and necessary. Since then several students including myself have written letters to The Exponent and will be holding demonstrations on campus calling for Purdue University administrators, faculty, staff,

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Some friends of mine brought this blog entry by Purdue Library Sciences Professor Bert Chapman to my attention. Part of my reaction is the following letter to the Exponent editorials section:Professor Bert Chapman's recent blog entry regarding the 'economic case against homosexuality' inspired me to help highlight other paths to fiscal responsibility in these tough economic times. My research

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My friend and West Lafayette City Councilman Paul Roales is kicking off his campaign for the IN-26 seat in the Indiana House of Representatives today. Join the party and show your support for Paul tonight at Black Sparrow in Lafayette from 5:30-9pm. To learn more about Paul and his campaign click the link in the title.

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OK, so now that Right-Said-Jed (too sexy for his... sanity?) has reminded me that I actually made this thing for a reason I figure I should update folks on the goings on I know about in the world of progressive things around Purdue.First off, Boiler Green Initiative is doing a recycling project where they encourage people to recycle at the home football games. Last year in just 7 games they

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No, not the guy John McCain said he didn't care about but still was the topic of approximately a trillion paranoid letters to the editor of The Exponent.Yesterday (and maybe today, I can't confirm cause I don't typically go to campus on Fridays)Brother Jed Smock was on campus doing his regular 'gay people are the debil!!' thing. I will soon be doing my regular thing by turning his visit into a

Kevin Casimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945563165701653noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930886181936179276.post-26223971902701402692009-06-16T14:48:00.003-04:002009-06-16T15:36:56.459-04:00

Geeze, can't a guy go on a little vacation without his congressman going batshit crazy?My plan today when I got back from classes was to catch an episode of The Daily Show on hulu and then check up on my local politics and news and then figure out what story to update the site with. Much to my hilarious suprise Mr. Stewart did it for me. Apparently Purdue's congressman Steve Buyer seriously

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Barring another catastrophic animal-named strain of influenza breaking out or a local congressman needing me to hold his hand and show him where his district is again this is likely to be my last post before returning from Rome around May 20th. Until then, check out the BGI event in the post below if you're still around, and if you want Howard Dean's brother to personally turn you into a

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Before I forget to mention it, make sure you check out Boiler Green Initiative's last event of the semester Project Move Out. From what I gather its kinda like organized dumpster diving, except you dont actually have to do the dumpster diving part where you get covered in post-finals beervomit and herpes while looking for your next desk or lawn chair. Oh yeah, it also has the added benefits of

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I said I would start working on this final paper when pigs fly and now, sure enough, swine flu!The J&C is reporting that the uberdeadly, ebola-esque, destroyer of worlds, manbearpig, H1N1 virus has struck Tippecanoe County!!! From the chilling report: The student, who began exhibiting flu-like symptoms about a week ago, was voluntarily quarantined and has since recovered and returned to school..

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Congratulations are in order for Boiler Green Initiative, Purdue's premier student organization focusing on environmental issues. Last weekend BGI finished the final bulk of a 3-year, $68,000 dollar project to build a "green roof" on top of Schleman Hall. The green roof project is intended to help act as a type of insulation to help heat/cool the building, collect rainwater, and (perhaps most

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It was a slow news day today and I was bored.How bored was I?After scouring my daily and backup rounds of blogs/media outlets etc. I, for some reason I still can't quite explain, decided to pay a visit to Steve Buyer's website.Who is Steve Buyer? Well, depends on your sources. He's a republican congressman that I hear represents some hoosiers (though lack of evidence leaves this in the 'rumor'

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As promised, a special comment my follow up concerning the importance of The Matthew Shepard Act.Last February a 15 year old boy (Larry King) was murdered by a 14 year old classmate in broad daylight while at school because he was gay. I think this is one of the clearest, most excruciating examples of what exactly a hate crime is.It is always a tragedy to lose someone so young to a horrible act

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An extremely important piece of legislation nicknamed "The Matthew Shepard Act" is currently under debate in Congress that would expand hate-crime laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Indiana Equality has asked for your help in enacting it. This bill, and recognizing that crimes against GLBT (Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual,Trans) people based on their real or perceived gender identity

Kevin Casimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945563165701653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930886181936179276.post-89623173576304421992009-04-28T02:25:00.016-04:002009-05-01T06:40:35.775-04:00

As I so subtly hinted in my very first entry I'm not the biggest fan of the Purdue Review. It's essentially the literary equivalent of the cat-lady from the Simpsons. So in my first specific fight with them I'm jumping straight into their courageous, front page coverage of those noble tea party losers patriots.From Scott Sowers' article:They [the media and far left] saythat we don’t know

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I made my first contribution to Notre Dame's excellent progressive blog today and for some reason or another it motivated me to actually go ahead and make this blog public. Please understand though that this is a work in progress and there are about 40 pages of yet-to-be-written papers standing in the way of me being able to responsibly start working heavily on this. Also in progress: Joe

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Boilermaker+Democrat+the act or fact of coming togetherWelcome to  Boilercrat Junction!  When the idea to create a blog started to form in my head I realized there were a couple of different features and ideas and goals I wanted it to have.  As a pinko socialist firebreathing America hater fascist babykiller democrat and a Boilermaker I grew increasingly frustrated that progressives had no

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