DAWG, if that's what you want to be called. Can I ask you something? What about these 'Strong Men of Color' that repeatedly use words that are offensive to people of any race? Are they racist? Let the man read a HISTORY book about how a school stood up to racists and kicked them out of town. Or maybe you're one of those people who gets hung up on a single word and won't listen to reason. Now, if the cover had, in big flashy lettering, "the N-word" I can see where there'd be a problem. Everybody of your Mindset needs to take a deep breath and look at what the book is about, and not what a single word in a 2 sentence title.

Is twit Dawg simply a stoned joker or the mirror image of the hateful KKK? Since he/she? used the word "Klan" in a rant are they now offending Black Americans by using, "that abhorrent word."?? Perhaps Dawg should read,"Notre Dame vs the Klan" to learn the history of the Indiana KKK. But hateful people in the Klan would not read it, so why would any hateful person want to be educated? And how is reading a Anti-Klan history book connected to "white folks who continue to rape women of color and jail strong men of color."?? DUH? Non-sequitur! "Cracker"? "flatass whitebread" ? Ignorance and hate comes in all colors. Enlightened humans, of all races, will reject hate and name calling from whatever the source. I am beginning to think that Dawg is actually a KKK dolt, in drag, hoping to stir the hate pot some more. "You can't argue with a sick mind" Joe Walsh

Keith Sampson is a flatass whitebread ameriKKKan who purposely tried to irritate strong African people of color by displaying the word KLAN, prominently on the cover of a book. It wasn't about the cracker reading the book--it was about the gross display of that abhorrent word. Strong people of color recognize this posturing as the work of late capitalist flatass white folks who continue to rape women of color and jail strong men of color into the 21st century. WHEN WILL THE RAPING AND MURDER END???

As an amazing political thinker and singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco once said, "The stars are going out, and the stripes are getting bent." I have never been one to get into politics b/c I have always felt it's a losing battle and no one will get it right. But not to be able to have the so-called "freedom" this country so valantly displays as a motto is bull. When I was in high-school I was expelled and during my expultion the police told my mother I was under investigation for witchcraft. She was more outraged about that then the actual offense I was being expelled for. And she had every right to be. I not only had books on witchcraft, which I was only reading about, but also a bible in my locker. She has always let me do what I want with my religous beliefs, and I was always grateful for that. But just as I was unlawfully targeted for my reading, so is Mr.Sampson, and yet at another place of learning. You know what people, this world is a sad enough place but to actual whine over another's reading material is truly pathetic. And to you Mr.Sampson keep reading whatever you want, had I not gotten expelled I would've, and still do wherever I go. And when someone comments on what I'm reading they better be ready to hear about it and not just chastise me!

I am so fucxing tired of the a$$-kissing that goes on when someone is "offended". When did it become criminal to offend someone? I hope you are all offended and I don't give a shix.

Reading the Bible in front of an Athiest could be offensive or reading about witchcraft or ghosts could be offensive to those who don't believe in the supernatural.Where do we draw the line? People need to just mind their own business and if Mr. Sampson isn't preaching the KKK in your face then don't look at the book! I'm sorry, but we live in a society that is too noisy!

It gets even more retarded, folks. And no, I don't give a tinker's damn who that offended. On the Affirmative Action Office of IUPUI's website, you'll find this little article, all about the KKK!!! Did I mention that this is ON THEIR WEBSITE!?! I think they are racially harrassing black students, and religiously harrassing Catholics and Jews, by putting this material on their site. Obviously, they are intending to create an atmosphere of intolerence and are promoting the views of the KKK by even MENTIONING this group on their website. I think everyone should file a complaint against Ms. Lillian, and give her a taste of her own medicine. http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html

the problem here is that the aao is quick to take up arms against a white for what they are calling harassment, but if a white were to use the same system the charge would be systematically picked apart at the seams from every angle. the problem is that aao exists for one reason only....the advancement "minorities" specifically blacks....the fact that aao employs only blacks should be a point of contention. i believe that aao thought they were going to be getting over on a dumb janitor and mr. sampson has proven to be quite the opposite. i hope lillian and her little aao cronies are called in on the carpet and the aao office is turned upside down and given a good hard shake. its sad to believe that in a so called place of "higher learning" someone can be told what is appropriate to read. the second letter from aao sounds like nothing more than back peddling a$$ covering. i think that lilian's pucker mode went into full effect! GOOD LUCK MR. SAMPSON!!!!

After reading through these comments, why don't the people who used to support the ideology of Multiculturalism and the progressive results that continue, do something positive by donating their money to: The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan P. O. Box 2222 Harrison, Arkansas. 72601 Make a real statement! Support the KKK and let those Multicultural idiots reap the reward of over stepping their bounds.

It seems they are being a bit niggardly in their open-mindedness. Uh, oh, I may just have racially-harrassed everyone. http://www.adversity.net/special/niggardly.htm

I am completely offended by this article and the author writing about the Ku Klux Klan. This is insensitive.

Hola Amigos, My name is Keith John Sampson. Last fall the IUPUI Affirmative Action Office decided that my reading a public library book, "Notre Dame vs. the Klan" by Todd Tucker constituted "racial harassment." Their spurious charge vilified me as some, "Indiana Klansman". But just how many Klansmen currently live in the "hood", wear a ponytail, ride a bicycle don't consume animal flesh and have dated a woman of color? ("A woman by any other color is still a woman.") The A.A.O. knew where I was coming from when I told them Martin Luther King was killed in a conspiracy and that I had read the "Autobiography of Malcolm X" three times for inspiration. My attempt to show them Mr. Tucker's anti-Klan history book was spurned. But I will not let the A.A.O. define me. In 1968, five months after MLK's murder, I did vandalize a headquarters of the racist presidential candidate, George Wallace. I painted Hitler mustaches on his posters and swastikas all over the building. In "69" I made the "trip" to "Woodstock". In the 70's I faced five years in prison for draft resistance and became a Yippie! In 1999 I wrote in the IUPUI Sagamore that the confederate flag stood for, "racism and slavery". In 2003,I spent two days in "solitary" after being arrested, on the circle, for peacefully protesting Bush boy's immoral invasion of Iraq. Yes, I have flaws in my character. I've been working on the same degree for twenty years. I can be crude, indomitable, sarcastic and so shy at times that I lose my voice if I meet a woman I'm truly attracted to. And No, Jesus is not my personal savior! Yet, I do not prey on children, stalk women, or "preach hate". Months after the American Civil Liberties Union stepped into the controversy the Affirmative Action Office sent me a second muddled letter. It is void of the vitriolic words of the first letter. There is no mention of the book and author or my accuser's name. Gone is the "racial harassment" finding. The letter has no frame of reference. It repeatedly says they are "unable to draw a final conclusion." Reading the cryptic letter one might ask a final conclusion on what? My final conclusion is that that the IUPUI Affirmative Action Office made a fallacious lapse of judgment in confusing an Indiana scholar's history book, on the Indiana KKK, with actual Klan propaganda. I suppose I'll never get an apology for their months of slander. Just as asinine was my own union (AFSCME) for sending an obtuse shop steward in a clumsy attempt to stifle my freedom to read. Well, Shame on AFSCME and the A.A.O. for displaying their ignorance and incompetence. They have inadvertently played into the hands of the hateful Ku Klux Klan by trying to censor Todd Tucker's expose' of the Klan. Abolitionist Charles Sumner said, "Prejudice is the child of ignorance. It is sure to prevail where people do not know each other." The sad irony of all this is that the Affirmative Action Office and I probably agree on most issues of race but they were so myopically intent on finding a Klansman they failed to see a natural ally when I stood before them. Oh, and for the record, "Fuck the Klan!" Peace and Liberty!

Calling something "politically correct" is misleading. let's call it what it really is: ignorance.

I wonder if anyone sees a conflict between "We'd all be a heck of a lot better off if we stopped thinking of our fellow citizens as a member of a particular group and just accept them as another human being first" and "People of color wouldn't be so sensitive about such things if not for the fact that allegedly "good, upstanding, Christian white folks" fought a running battle against anything approaching equality for African Americans for nigh on a Century AFTER the Civil War and even now stand in support of a "War on Drugs" that results in far more severe punishment for African Americans and members of other minorities than whites." You cannot have it both ways.

I wonder if anyone sees a contradiction between "We'd all be a heck of a lot better off if we stopped thinking of our fellow citizens as a member of a particular group and just accept them as another human being first" and "People of color wouldn't be so sensitive about such things if not for the fact that allegedly "good, upstanding, Christian white folks" fought a running battle against anything approaching equality for African Americans for nigh on a Century AFTER the Civil War and even now stand in support of a "War on Drugs" that results in far more severe punishment for African Americans and members of other minorities than whites. Was this a travesty? Hell, yeah."

[Wow, this site claims "your (sic) a spammer" since my essay "includes a word associated with spam," but did not mention what that word was, and the site deleted my comment from this box when I backtracked! I had copied it to the clipboard though. The word turned out to be s-o-c-i-a-l-i-s-t without the hyphens!?] What type of people do offices of thought control accusation attract? Sad, powerless losers who want to be able to yell at others in order to feel good and reduce their own guilt-complex in which their usually privileged childhood afforded them including a parents-paid college education in a non-productive field? This feels like a provocation to me though, planned in order to shine some like on a sewer full of rats. Who are the Klan-like people here? Let's see, the office involved in thought–control is the Affirmative Action Office, meaning a university sanctioned and funded RACIAL PREFERENCES office, whose official policy is to override high school grades and SAT scores in order to REFUSE admission to Caucasian students, such as, oh, Jews, perhaps most often, given their average IQ of way over 100, which explains why they own 30% of science Nobel Prizes despite their 2% share of world population, which would be higher than that were it not for a certain democratically elected German leader who called his party the "National S-o-c-i-a-l-i-s-t Workers Party". Assuming this story is real, why is a racial preferences office (RPO) investigating, with the power to punish, someone for reading a *book* on a COLLEGE CAMPUS?

(5) OMG, the word was "s-o-c-i-a-l-i-s-t"!!! As in "National S-O-C-I-A-L-I-S-T Workers Party." So that word is spam?! This really is a world gone mad.

(4) "National Workers Party". Assuming this story is real, why is a racial preferences office (RPO) investigating, with the power to punish, someone for reading a *book* on a COLLEGE CAMPUS? If this works, it was the first sentence, above, minus one word.

(3) which explains why they own 30% of science Nobel Prizes despite their 2% share of world population, which would be higher than that were it not for a certain democratically elected German leader who called his party the

(2) Let's see, the office involved in thought–control is the Affirmative Action Office, meaning a university sanctioned and funded RACIAL PREFERENCES office, whose official policy is to override high school grades and SAT scores in order to REFUSE admission to Caucasian students, such as, oh, Jews, perhaps most often, given their average IQ of way over 100,

(1) What type of people do offices of thought control accusation attract? Sad, powerless losers who want to be able to yell at others in order to feel good and reduce their own guilt-complex in which their usually privileged childhood afforded them including a parents-paid college education in a non-productive field? This feels like a provocation to me though, planned in order to shine some like on a sewer full of rats. Who are the Klan-like people here?

The Psychology of Tyrants Wow, this site claims I'm a spammer since my essay includes a word associated with spam, but did not mention what that word was, and then deleted my comment from this box when I backtracked! I had copied it to the clipboard though. [Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Unknown modifier '/' in /usr/home/web/nuvo/includes/initialize.php on line 2490 Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Compilation failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 5 in /usr/home/web/nuvo/includes/initialize.php on line 2490 You cant post this comment, probably because your a spammer. if you arent then you typed a word commonly associated with spam.] I'll try posting pieces, until I find out what the OFFENDING word is, so I wont be rejected because "your (sic) a spammer."

Totally insane. Being offended by a book about fighting, literally, the KKK. I just love SAJE W's rambling comment. First, make a categorical accusation about "good, upstanding, Christian white folks" and then say, "We'd all be a heck of a lot better off if we stopped thinking of our fellow citizens as a member of a particular group and just accept them as another human being first." Do unto others.... Oh, wait, that may sound too Christian.

The reaction of Mr. Sampson's coworkers to his choice in reading material may perhaps be attributable to willful ignorance on their part--"Don't waste our time with the facts. We don't need to know what the book is about, much less be made aware that the KKK was once a powerful presence in Indiana politics, or that it was anti-Catholic, antisemitic, and anti-immigrant as well. The history of the students at Notre Dame fighting back against the KKK's attempted intimidation in 1924 is irrelevant to us. We see 'KKK' and we go into conniptions, so reading ANY book about the KKK in our presence is grossly insensitive." But, the response of supposedly professional IUPUI staff members, and Lillian Charleston's first letter in particular, are an embarrassment to the University, to institutions of higher education in general, and even to many of the most zealous advocates of political correctness. I am a liberal-leaning libertarian, as opposed to a war-mongering homophobic social conservative, and yet I feel compelled to ask: where is David Horowitz when we actually need him?

SAJE Williams, who wrote "and even now stand in support of a "War on Drugs" that results in far more severe punishment for African Americans and members of other minorities than whites. ", probably does not know that the penalties for selling crack cocaine, which are harsher than for powder cocaine, were inserted into federal legislation at the insistence of the Black Caucus in Congress. Those penalties, in one of many of life's ironies, impact blacks far more than whites. Maybe she should study the history of the legislation. Or even of the Klan.

Mr Sampson should continue his agresive and violent reading program, until he is terminated by these morons. A wrongful termination suit will cause them far more pain than a civil rights action. After he owns half of their employer's endowment, he might decide to be nice and fund a civil rights center on campus with part of his award.

Saje Williams, "Lack of communication" is a SYMPTOM, not the disease itself. When you have an example of a conservative group censoring someone for reading a book that condemns Nazis or Communists, simply because they are in any way ABOUT Nazis or Communists, then you might have a point.

This story is remarkably sad, but even more sad are some of the comments in response to it. It's knee-jerk, reactionary responses to things that tend to cause misunderstandings all the way across the board. Blaming it on "Political Correctness" when it's actually due to a basic failure to communicate, or willingness to communicate, on the part of the various people involved is to deliberately simplify a complex issue down to a reactionary "conservative" talking point. People of color wouldn't be so sensitive about such things if not for the fact that allegedly "good, upstanding, Christian white folks" fought a running battle against anything approaching equality for African Americans for nigh on a Century AFTER the Civil War and even now stand in support of a "War on Drugs" that results in far more severe punishment for African Americans and members of other minorities than whites. Was this a travesty? Hell, yeah. But to try to use this as some sort of example of knee-jerk liberalism is flat disgusting. What it's really about is individuals who are unwilling to communicate with other individuals, and the fact that one such person abused her authority on top of refusing to communicate. Every single person involved except Mr. Sampson, by the sound of it, could use a lesson in compassion and civility towards a fellow human being. As could several of the respondants here, apparently. We'd all be a heck of a lot better off if we stopped thinking of our fellow citizens as a member of a particular group and just accept them as another human being first. Then maybe people would stop being harmed by prejudice and irrational fear and hatred.

This is a perfect example of how your rights, liberties, and freedoms are being stripped away from you in the name of politically correct! Maybe it's time for another revolution... After all, it's been about 250 years. I think it's time for a wakeup call.

What do you expect from the liberal mind set that has become so prevailant? This not new people. It's been going on for years. It's everywhere, from MTV to the video games to parents not doing their job rearing to government run schools that have to conform to standards that the parents shouldn't agree to but they're too busy to care. Of course,if they did care the teachers and school board members would shoot them down b/c how dare them question their qualifications to teach or knowing what's best for your child .It's not just this problem at this university. It's a problem in your everyday life.

Seems someone at the IUPUI Affirmative Action Office is displaying niggardly levels of intelligence. As long as a culture shows disdain for knowledge, they will have equal levels of intelligence. Yes, a budget director in Washington DC was severely rebuked for using that word, niggardly, when discussing the budget. Google it.

I agree with Matt. But sue anyway.

I wonder what the college advisory councils of IUPUI and all the alumni think about this. I have 3 sons nearing college age...they won't be attending college in Indiana!!

Reminds me of a story of a friend of mine who was a Christian performer and happened to be at an older church (structurally and demographically speaking) service in Dallas. He was wearing a shirt that said, "Hate Evil" on the back. An elderly woman behind him thought he should leave because his shirt had the word "Hate" on it. I'm sad to see another occurrence of this kind of political correctness that seems to be turning its disciples into Chicken Littles. Also, when you can't even look at history and/or study it (for whatever reason), you are lost.

This is the kind of thing that damages race relations. As a white man I will avoid any discussion of race with a black person for fear of being called a racist over something innocuous.

Folks, this is how it begins and then you end up like Cuba. As a writer for a local publication I attended a panel about Affirmative Action between to supporters and two opponents at a local university. One of the panelists was Ward Connerly. After the panel was over, Mr. Connerly was verbally assaulted by students from a campus organization, which had printed flyers with a grotesque and racist image of his. They said he should have not been allowed to speak on campus, even though he was invited. When I questioned their behavior then I was assaulted even by an employee of the Multicultural Office. Later, they called me to apologize for her behavior. But then the meeting turned into an interrogation as to what my intentions were for being there during the activity to begin with. What is most scary also in the story of Mr. Sampson, is the Stalinist inquiry into "intentions", which is what the bottom-line boils down to in Political Correctness. What is amazing is that those ignorant people who believe it is OK to repress others are the same that end up under repression. The greatest plantation-gulag of Blacks in the world today is Cuba. In 50 years, not one single Afro-Cuban has been given a major position in government. And the majority of political prisoners are Black. Stay vigilant and fight back!

I wonder if any of his co-workers read things just as 'obscene'. Oh no! You're reading 'The New Yorker'... Better put it down, I find it offensive.

The ACLU would, in fact, be all over this. If Sampson wants to file a suit, he should contact the ACLU and he would get his legal representation for free. As they proved when they filed an Amicus Curaie brief on behalf of Rush Limbaugh when the state of Florida went fishing in his prescription records, they WILL act on principle alone.

Welcome to the new world order; Liberal Fascism.

The ACLU supported the American Nazi Party's right to march in Skokie (home to many Holocaust survivors) in 1979. In 2004, they also defended Rush Limbaugh's privacy rights to his medical records in his drug trial. So to say that they only are interested in championing minorities and/or liberal causes is not completely true.

We can't fight ignorance with ignorance. Today our society's answer to being offended is to sue the socks of the person that hurt our feelings. This situation will do nothing to help the problem if Mr. Sampson sues, wins lots of money, and then becomes an object of disdain from the left because he is now rich and a winner of life's lottery and not paying his fair share. The key is to come together, look at this situation from the others view point, and admit when you are wrong. In this case the offended coworker needs to apologize for being intolerant and needs to thank Mr. Sampson for taking the time to learn about a dark time in American history so that hopefully history will not repeat itself. P.S. I promise I am not a hippie/Obama supporter even though I just threw out the whole come together and everything will work out bit.

If Mr Sampson was a Muslim or some avowed bleeding heart "progressive", the ACLU would be rounding up their teams of attorneys to sue this Univ. But....noooooooooo........the ACLU will never EVER take action against the stupidity of a person or organization if anything/anyone African American is involved. Where is common sense folks? Whatever happened to the ideals of FREEDOM??????? There is no rationale to this fascism at all. Mr Sampson should SUE this Univ. They deserve to be taken to court for supporting fasicst attitudes.

Oh lookee...another chance to play the good ol' race card... how sickening... Ignorance looks good in neither black nor white....

I wonder why the ACLU is not all over this obvious infringement of Mr. Sampson’s rights. A persons ability to expand there knowledge of a subject is at the mercy of others? Is this not that censorship?

To suggest that a book about Notre Dame students fighting the Klan is, somehow, racist is like suggesting that a book about the Allied victory over Hitler and the NAZI party is, somehow, anti-Semetic. (insert laugh-track here) How ironic it is, then, that the actions of a few "politically correct" (intellectually weak) employees at an institute of higher(?) learning mirror the actions and goals of the NAZIs. Thought Control = Absolute Power Absolute Power = Tyranny It seems to me that the university should consider eliminating a few positions from its payroll. -Mike in NC (Class of '91 - SUNY Albany - BA, History)

Keith Sampson should contact the FIRE organization to see if they can bring the IUPUI Affirmative Action Office and its chief, Lillian Charleston, kicking and srceaming, out of their narrow-mindedness. There's a thing called the first amendment that colleges around the country throw out the door due to PC. These co-called academias are so far removed from the real world they no not of which they speak.

Liberals and political correctness are the new fascist. You cant do this, it might offend someone. YOu cant do that you might hurt someones feelings. Why can't we go back to the good old days of being men. If you are offended that bad by someone, take it out back and settle it like men not like girly lawyers.

In the do-over letter dated February 7th, Ms. Charleston says “I am unable to draw any final conclusion concerning what was intended by the conduct.” It seems to me that it’s her job to come to conclusions. Sure wish I could get away with just saying “I don’t know” on my job.

I grew up in a racialy mixed home. I was raised to treat all people equaly. My mother wanted us to see people for what they were not what they looked like. As a child I remember my mother welcoming people of all colors and religions into our home. I have nieces and nephews of color both adopted and blood. Both muslem and christian. We love them. They are our family. The only thing that comes to mind to me is Fahrenheit 451. The book police. We must try to learn from history so as not to repeat it. The greatest thing about Keith is his desire for fairness and equality for everyone. How do I know this? Because he is my older brother. Keith we all love and support you and we to are proud of you, your family

iupui must really be in need of workers.i am disappointed that mr. sampson has been offended by his fellow black co-workers. the affirmative action office should be dis-banded and money from that office shoild be given to mr. sampson. the college is wasting money on that office.i ama so happy my children will not be going to college there.

Lillian Charleston's second letter should have said: I screwed up. I didn't read the title or the content of the book in question. I didn't listen or give any credence to your response to the false allegations against you. I apologize for my misconduct and earlier threats.

You would think a history book about how the Indiana KKK got there behinds kicked out of South Bend during the time of DC Stephenson would be encouraged. Learning from history helps prevent mistakes from being repeated. Sort of makes you proud of the nick name that resulted from this little piece of history. Fighting Irish!

I think Lillian Charleston got knocked down off her high horse and it seemed like maybe it came at the right time. The first letter was intimidating and threatening. I'm guessing the second letter came after all the people told her what a ----- she was being. Lillian you need to try all first letters to people like the second one you wrote this time. I think she might be a lot power hungry. Maybe she needs a new job at the local fast food place, seeing as she can't handle the one she has now.

I graduated from IUPUI many years ago, and you'd better believe I have never been so ashamed of the reactions of the school toward the man reading a book! No more money for IUPUI.

This makes me want to withdraw from IUPUI and find another school to dump my money into. It sounds to me like Sampson has some really ignorant co-workers who love to use the race card. It also appears these AA workers are as ignorant. I also HOPE Sampson sues the heck outta IUPUI. BTW, look at what these ladies are earning.......... Lillian Charleston, also of IUPUI’s Affirmative Action Office earns $106,219.00. Marguerite Watkins at the IUPUI Affirmative Action Office makes $68,377.00 a year. How much of this is TAX dollars? Should these ladies really be earning this much for these types of actions and responses to frivolous claims? I don't think so! My husband works for IU and just today was telling me about cuts and budgets. It seems to me IUPUI needs to make some budget cuts!

I'm a history professor at [local university], married to an attorney. I will send David Hoppe my contact information should Mr Sampson wish to sue the bejesus out of IUPUI and Ms Watkins personally.

I can't wait for the ACLU to get wind of this...

Nice column - but I can't help but point out the irony that it's the fruit of your ideology that gives rise to such situations. Any right-of-center expression has been under attack on most campuses for decades - and now it appears that the scope of "permissable speech' is growing even narrower. Congratulations, 'progressives.'

If the IUPUI Affirmative Action Office doesn't want anyone reading about the KKK for fear of offending African-Americans, then why do they have an article about the KKK...ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE? http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html. I guess we just have to read the 'happy' parts of history...ugh.

The Klan hated Catholics as much as any racial ethnicity. Which sounds like the topic of the book. I've read about the D.C. Stephenson case, but I wouldn't want to be called a racist for it. He should have used the dust cover from another book. For some, ignorance is bliss...

This is crazy! How can one 'harass' another person solely by reading a book in the same room? Americans are supposed to have freedom of religion in the sense of tolerating one another's different beliefs and philosophies. Not, as in some places, freedom from religion, in the sense of any public displays of differing beliefs being punishable by a vigorous application of law and order. Most of us do hate the Klan, but we grant it the right to exist in the name of freedom. If we may now legally punish people for reading about a repugnant philosophy, what's next? Will I soon be be able to punish people for wearing those huge pants that expose unsightly undergarments? Or will I be ticketed for being offensively obese? How far will the current lust for lawsuits take us? One thing we can be sure of, the lawyers are loving it!

All of us need to be incensed at this and start calling the IUOUI offices to complain.....

As an African-American graduate of IUPUI, I am disappointed that Mr. Sampson can't read about a historic event in peace. I am further offended by the shop steward that would compare it to pornography. Clearly he doesn't have a grasp on the meaning of either of these things. As for the Affirmative Action Office, how could you engage in an investigation when you won't engage the gentelman in a conversation. Shame on you!!!!!! Mr. Sampson keep your head up, keep reading, and EARN that degree. I'm proud of you!!!!!!!!