Isn’t it great that supposedly smarter than everyone else liberals, such as UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, so often jump the gun without any actual, you know, evidence?
The chancellor at University of California, Berkeley, has sent a campus-wide e-mail linking the Tucson shootings with Arizona’s crackdown on illegal immigrants and the failure of the DREAM Act.
In his e-mail sent Monday, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau postulates on factors that may have motivated accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner, saying he believes it’s no coincidence that the shooting’s occurred in a state he says legislated discrimination against illegal immigrants.
He’s referring to Senate Bill 1070, which empowers police to demand proof of citizenship or legal residency from criminal suspects.
He also linked it to not passing the DREAM Act and other idiocy. But
At UC Berkeley itself, a frequent hotbed of student activism, the issue has caused little stir so far; students have yet to return from winter break, campus spokeswoman Claire Holmes said.
“This was his personal view,” Holmes said of the e-mail. “He’s been a long-standing proponent of something like a DREAM Act, so these talented individuals have a pathway to citizenship, so they are better able to make a contribution to society.”
So, it’s a personal email, that he sent campus wide. In most businesses, they would terminate a person that sent such a highly politically charged email across the network.
Oh, hey, look, massive mailings are prohibited (page 2). Faculty code of conduct restricts
4. Use of the position or powers of a faculty member to coerce the judgment or conscience of a student or to cause harm to a student for arbitrary or personal reasons. (page 6)
3. Unauthorized use of University resources or facilities on a significant scale for personal, commercial, political, or religious purposes. (page 7)
Well, I guess Robert is authorizing himself to break the rules.
