Oct 28, 2007
College News Roundup
Written by DCist Contributor Josh Kramer The Hatchet — George Washington University >>David Horowitz, organizer of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, spoke Thursday night at GWU. Horowitz criticized the university and for its reaction to the students who hung ironically critical posters on campus, but spent most of the talk explaining the history of the Ottoman empire and what he believes is the rise of “Islamo-fascism.” Horowitz also tried to claim that he is not a racist….
Oct 10, 2007
GWU Students, Including Kokesh, Admit to Posters
Having failed to make their intended satire clear to the George Washington University campus, seven students felt the need to come forward late last night to take responsibility for those “anti-Muslim” posters we told you about yesterday. The Hatchet published parts of the letter after receiving it last night. Among the seven students who admitted their involvement was ubiquitous IVAW poster boy and current GWU graduate student Adam Kokesh. “It is to our great dismay…
Take a look at the poster on the right. Does it strike you as patently offensive, or does the preponderance of exclamation points tell you it’s certainly satire? That’s what students at George Washington University are arguing about today, as the posters, hung up around campus overnight, have caused quite an uproar. The GW Hatchet has the story, which has since been picked up by the AP and the Post. The posters falsely advertise “Islamo-Fascism…