Saturday, February 26, 2005

Kapital Times cartoonist says UWW a "real standout"

The Kapital Times today runs a column by Mike Konopacki, who usually does a Saturday cartoon for the newspaper. In the column, Konopacki says UW Whitewater is "the real standout" amongst schools that have accepted his son because they invited Ward Churchill to speak, and he talks of the discussions he and his son have had about Churchill's essay. Well, I hope Konopacki also discusses some other topics with his son:
-That in the real world, there are consequences for misrepresenting who you are and your qualifications to an employer.
-That academic standards to apply to students, and if you are caught making up facts in a paper that your citations do not support, that there are consequences for this as well.
-That taking someone else's work, whether it be written or artistic work, and passing it off as your own, is a copyright violation and could lead to serious legal consequences.
I doubt that Konopacki will be discussing these topics with his son. By the time you get to the end of his piece, it becomes apparent that he fully supports Churchill's views, and his glowing support of UWW and Churchill would indicate that the issues above are not pertinent to him.

I'll give Whitewater this, they are doing a great job of showcasing a person their students shouldn't try to emulate. If they do, they'll probably face expulsion.

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