Webster Cook
Student Star Chamber Convenes on Public U. Campus to Punish Catholic Protester
(Crossposted at Cocking a Snook!)
Pick a frame, any frame. What is a public university all about, really? Higher Education? Bwahahahahah.
And which is really the right frame for news like this to be understood and perhaps acted upon?
Status of the case
UCF announced Wednesday that it had dismissed the complaint Cook filed against the Catholic Campus Ministry, which sponsors a weekly service in the Student Union. Cook had alleged personal abuse, hazing and alcohol-policy violations, claiming he was grabbed and that the sacramental wine offered during the service should not have been allowed. School officials didn't find enough evidence to pursue his complaint.
Furbush said the Senate will have a special hearing to consider Cook's impeachment.
Apparently this story is now so major that Tom Foley wants the Republican National Convention all the way up in Minnesota to pay for extra security muscle to protect any Catholic delegates from -- um, not sure what -- but if you're not a public university or cable news watcher and you don't read the PZ Myers' science blog Pharyngula, maybe you haven't been following this news?
Haven't heard the battle cry, "It's a Frackin' Cracker!" yet?
Okay then, here's the basic plot so far, but check out some links too; this story's got literally onion-like layers, and you may find most of them test your powers of belief:
Education Politics | Ben Stein | Bill Donohue | Congress | Constitution | Florida | It's a Frackin' Cracker! | Jeb Bush | Minnesota | Pharyngula | PZ Myers | RNC | Terri Schiavo | The Catholic League | Tom Foley | UCF | Webster Cook
