The Village Voice has a fascinating two-part article on Columbia Teachers College "noose" professor Madonna Constantine: Part 1, Part 2.
Constantine, you will recall, reported finding a small noose hung on her office door, making her a cause celebre at Columbia for a time -- a victim of America's racist culture. Oddly, she objected when investigators tried installing hidden cameras in the hallway to catch the perp...and then it came to light that she had been the subject of a massive plagiarism investigation.
"Syme: It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. You wouldn't have seen the [Newspeak] Dictionary 10th edition, would you Smith? It's that thick. [illustrates thickness with fingers] The 11th Edition will be that [narrows fingers] thick. Winston Smith: So, The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect? Syme: The secret is to move from translation, to direct thought, to automatic response. No need for self-discipline. Language coming from here [the larynx], not from here
[the brain]" -1984 (film)
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