Comments on: Why we published the KKK column http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/ Ramble on. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Dana L http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/#comment-1426 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:09:28 +0000 http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/#comment-1426 Yeah, spray chalking from the student elections was a huge problem too. Hence why the University has since then made a policy against all spray chalking or not. I believe the KKK spray chalkings happened before this policy, though (same as the election chalkings). :-) Yeah, spray chalking from the student elections was a huge problem too. Hence why the University has since then made a policy against all spray chalking or not. I believe the KKK spray chalkings happened before this policy, though (same as the election chalkings). :-)

]]> by: Brian http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/#comment-1411 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:44:17 +0000 http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/#comment-1411 Fine. Forgive me for at first glance not being able to tell the difference between the two. Anyword yet on what it takes to get "Spray Chalk" cleaned up. Been at least a month now and all the rain and storms we've had in Urbana haven't even begin to remove it. How about getting the maintainence crews out here to wash it off? How much is that going to cost? When this department brings in potential faculty canditates, new graduate recruits, and seminar speakers many of whom are potential collaborators in research projects, the first thing all these people see is the "spray chalked" KKK written on the sidewalks and buildings. It's bad for the image of the department and it's bad for the University. I guess I'm more mad at the time it's taken for the University to clean it up than anything else. Course that said, I would be pretty upset if someone "spray chalked" my property. Fine. Forgive me for at first glance not being able to tell the difference between the two. Anyword yet on what it takes to get “Spray Chalk” cleaned up. Been at least a month now and all the rain and storms we’ve had in Urbana haven’t even begin to remove it. How about getting the maintainence crews out here to wash it off? How much is that going to cost? When this department brings in potential faculty canditates, new graduate recruits, and seminar speakers many of whom are potential collaborators in research projects, the first thing all these people see is the “spray chalked” KKK written on the sidewalks and buildings. It’s bad for the image of the department and it’s bad for the University. I guess I’m more mad at the time it’s taken for the University to clean it up than anything else. Course that said, I would be pretty upset if someone “spray chalked” my property.

]]> by: Andrew Mason-Opinions Editor http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/#comment-1377 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:59:09 +0000 http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/#comment-1377 We noted in a story about a month ago that the chalking was not considered vandalism by University Police because despite it's persistence, it is not permanent in the same vain as spray paint. Read about it here. http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2007/03/16/News/Graffiti.On.Campus-2777969.shtml We noted in a story about a month ago that the chalking was not considered vandalism by University Police because despite it’s persistence, it is not permanent in the same vain as spray paint.

Read about it here.

http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2007/03/16/News/Graffiti.On.Campus-2777969.shtml

]]> by: Brian http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/#comment-1375 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:26:45 +0000 http://blogs.dailyillini.com/opinions/2007/04/13/why-we-published-the-kkk-column/#comment-1375 "You can certainly disagree with Mr. Morales’ M.O. (I do.) but for better or worse, he got peoples’ attention without resorting to violence or breaking any laws and that’s to his credit." Last I checked, vandalism is breaking the law. That spray paint is costly to remove. “You can certainly disagree with Mr. Morales’ M.O. (I do.) but for better or worse, he got peoples’ attention without resorting to violence or breaking any laws and that’s to his credit.”

Last I checked, vandalism is breaking the law. That spray paint is costly to remove.

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