<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thanks for posting this and trying to get it to the attention of Phyllis Wise et al. Can't you just forward it to her? And to the DI?<br><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11597" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11596" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11595" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11758" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11599" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Morton K. Brussel via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Peace-discuss List <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:09 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Peace-discuss] Fwd: [New post] Steven Salaita at Brooklyn College<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11601" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv3304325574"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11603">FYI. I’d like this somehow to get to Phyllis’ Wise notice, to her supporters, and to the university community at large. Any chance?<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11605" class="yiv3304325574"><br class="yiv3304325574"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11607" class="yiv3304325574">—mkb<br class="yiv3304325574"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_11609"><br class="yiv3304325574"><blockquote id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_12158" type="cite" class="yiv3304325574"><div class="yiv3304325574">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="yiv3304325574Apple-interchange-newline"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_12161" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;" class="yiv3304325574"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574"><b class="yiv3304325574">Date: </b></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_12160" style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574">November 20, 2014 at 8:58:32 PM CST<br class="yiv3304325574"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_12165" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;" class="yiv3304325574"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574"><b class="yiv3304325574">To: </b></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_12164" style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417506460915_12163" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mkb3@mac.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mkb3@mac.com" class="yiv3304325574">mkb3@mac.com</a><br class="yiv3304325574"></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;" class="yiv3304325574"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574"><b class="yiv3304325574">From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574">Corey Robin <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:comment-reply@wordpress.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:comment-reply@wordpress.com" class="yiv3304325574">comment-reply@wordpress.com</a>><br class="yiv3304325574"></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;" class="yiv3304325574"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574"><b class="yiv3304325574">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574"><b class="yiv3304325574">[New post] Steven Salaita at Brooklyn College</b><br class="yiv3304325574"></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;" class="yiv3304325574"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574"><b class="yiv3304325574">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="yiv3304325574">Corey Robin <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:comment+r38qziukobd_j2qopky617v@comment.wordpress.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:comment+r38qziukobd_j2qopky617v@comment.wordpress.com" class="yiv3304325574">comment+r38qziukobd_j2qopky617v@comment.wordpress.com</a>><br class="yiv3304325574"></span></div><br class="yiv3304325574"><div class="yiv3304325574">
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<h2 class="yiv3304325574post-title" style="margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em;font-size:1.6em;color:#555;margin:0;font-size:20px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://coreyrobin.com/2014/11/20/steven-salaita-at-brooklyn-college/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585B2;text-decoration:none;" class="yiv3304325574">Steven Salaita at Brooklyn College</a></h2>
<span style="color:#888;" class="yiv3304325574">by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://coreyrobin.com/author/coreyrobin/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585B2;color:#888;" class="yiv3304325574">Corey Robin</a></span>
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