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Koretzky to FAU Admins: "I'll Work for Free. Is That a Problem?"

By Gail Shepherd
May 24, 2010

Except for a glimpse of cleavage on page 7, there isn't much in the Summer 2010 print issue of Florida Atlantic University's student paper, the University Press, that you'd think would ruffle many administrative feathers. Student reviews of teachers. Profiles of student orientation leaders. A bit about a parent-student association...
Who is John Tanton and Why Should You Care? Just Ask Joyce Tarnow.

By Gail Shepherd
May 20, 2010

John Tanton's name is getting a lot of play. Depending on who you talk to, Tanton is either a raging pro-eugenics racist with a deep-seated animosity toward brown people -- or -- a beaming, professorial Renaissance man with an insatiable curiosity and an infallible moral compass. Why should you care?...
FAU Fires Longtime University Press Adviser Michael Koretzky

By Gail Shepherd
May 19, 2010

Florida Atlantic University's contentious, beloved, outspoken, and sometimes reviled student paper adviser, Michael Koretzky, was fired yesterday. Officials announced the changing of the guard yesterday. Student Media Director Marti Harvey will replace him for the time being.Koretzky had been guiding the student-run University Press for well over a decade, teaching...
Citizens for National Security Finds Islam Propaganda in Florida Textbooks

By Gail Shepherd
May 19, 2010

Dr. William Saxton is sitting at a Starbucks in West Boca Raton, clutching a bulging black briefcase. But he's having trouble concentrating on our conversation. He keeps looking around for a better table. "I'd prefer to have more privacy," he says. Saxton is the founder and chairman of Citizens for...
Lake Worth and Immigration: A Call for Reasonable Debate

By Gail Shepherd
May 17, 2010

After last week's Community Relations Board meeting in Lake Worth, where a reading group from the Night Heron Grassroots Activism Center presented a PowerPoint lecture on hate groups operating in Lake Worth, I posted a couple of items on the meeting here and here.I spent a lot of time last...

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