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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Just recently the University of Illiniwaks resurrected Chief Illiniwak for their Fall 2007 Homecoming in order to better milk their Alumni/ae as part of their newly
launched Capital Campaign, thus definitively proving their craven racism.</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear Friends:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> I hereby sincerely apologize to Chancellor Jones. He knows exactly what he is doing when it comes to Chief Illiniwak. As you can see from my essay
quoted above, the last time they trotted out Chief Illiniwak for a Homecoming Parade was 2007 in conjunction with their newly launched Capital Campaign for that year. Well this year ten years later they are launching a new Capital Campaign and once again
they are trotting out Chief Illiniwak at the 2017 Homecoming Parade for the benefit of all the Illiniwaks who will be contributing Big Bucks to the new Capital Campaign. This is no coincidence! They know exactly what they are doing when it comes to exploiting
Chief Illiniwak to milk money from the Illiniwak Nation. So this “Critical Conversation” and “dialogue” and “debate” over Chief Illiniwak could be an attempt to resurrect Chief Illiniwak prancing at half-times.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Fab.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Francis A. Boyle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Law Building<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Champaign IL 61820 USA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">217-333-7954 (phone)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">217-244-1478 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">(personal comments only</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D">)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Boyle, Francis A <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 03, 2017 9:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'David Green' <davegreen84@yahoo.com>; 'C. G. ESTABROOK' <carl@newsfromneptune.com>; Miller, Joseph Thomas <jtmiller@illinois.edu>; 'sherwoodross10@gmail.com' <sherwoodross10@gmail.com>; 'peace-discuss@anti-war.net' <peace-discuss@anti-war.net>;
'a-fields@uiuc.edu' <a-fields@uiuc.edu>; Hoffman, Valerie J <vhoffman@illinois.edu>; 'Joe Lauria' <joelauria@gmail.com>; 'Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net' <Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net>; 'peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net' <peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net>;
Szoke, Ron <r-szoke@illinois.edu>; 'Arlene Hickory' <a23h23@yahoo.com>; 'Karen Aram' <karenaram@hotmail.com>; 'abass10@gmail.com' <abass10@gmail.com>; 'mickalideh@gmail.com' <mickalideh@gmail.com>; 'Lina Thorne' <lina@worldcantwait.net>; 'chicago@worldcantwait.net'
<chicago@worldcantwait.net>; 'Jay' <futureup2us@gmail.com>; 'David Johnson' <davidjohnson1451@comcast.net>; 'Mildred O'brien' <moboct1@aim.com>; Estabrook, Carl G <galliher@illinois.edu>; 'David Swanson' <davidcnswanson@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kaufman, Stephen J <stephenk@illinois.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: News Gazoo: Chancellor Jones' "Critical Conversation" on Chief Illiniwak<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">Actually I think it is pretty sad that Jones does not have a clue about Chief Illiniwak. The only Chancellor who did was Nancy Kantor—and the Illiniwaks
drove her out of town on a rail. Fab.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">Francis A. Boyle<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">Law Building<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">Champaign, IL 61820 USA<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">217-333-7954 (phone)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">217-244-1478 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">(personal comments only)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Boyle, Francis A <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 3, 2017 9:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'David Green' <<a href="mailto:davegreen84@yahoo.com">davegreen84@yahoo.com</a>>; 'C. G. ESTABROOK' <<a href="mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com">carl@newsfromneptune.com</a>>; Miller, Joseph Thomas <<a href="mailto:jtmiller@illinois.edu">jtmiller@illinois.edu</a>>;
'sherwoodross10@gmail.com' <<a href="mailto:sherwoodross10@gmail.com">sherwoodross10@gmail.com</a>>; 'peace-discuss@anti-war.net' <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a>>; 'a-fields@uiuc.edu' <<a href="mailto:a-fields@uiuc.edu">a-fields@uiuc.edu</a>>;
Hoffman, Valerie J <<a href="mailto:vhoffman@illinois.edu">vhoffman@illinois.edu</a>>; 'Joe Lauria' <<a href="mailto:joelauria@gmail.com">joelauria@gmail.com</a>>; 'Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net' <<a href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>>;
'peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net' <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net</a>>; Szoke, Ron <<a href="mailto:r-szoke@illinois.edu">r-szoke@illinois.edu</a>>; 'Arlene Hickory' <<a href="mailto:a23h23@yahoo.com">a23h23@yahoo.com</a>>;
'Karen Aram' <<a href="mailto:karenaram@hotmail.com">karenaram@hotmail.com</a>>; 'abass10@gmail.com' <<a href="mailto:abass10@gmail.com">abass10@gmail.com</a>>; 'mickalideh@gmail.com' <<a href="mailto:mickalideh@gmail.com">mickalideh@gmail.com</a>>; 'Lina
Thorne' <<a href="mailto:lina@worldcantwait.net">lina@worldcantwait.net</a>>; 'chicago@worldcantwait.net' <<a href="mailto:chicago@worldcantwait.net">chicago@worldcantwait.net</a>>; 'Jay' <<a href="mailto:futureup2us@gmail.com">futureup2us@gmail.com</a>>;
'David Johnson' <<a href="mailto:davidjohnson1451@comcast.net">davidjohnson1451@comcast.net</a>>; 'Mildred O'brien' <<a href="mailto:moboct1@aim.com">moboct1@aim.com</a>>; Estabrook, Carl G <<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>>;
'David Swanson' <<a href="mailto:davidcnswanson@gmail.com">davidcnswanson@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kaufman, Stephen J <<a href="mailto:stephenk@illinois.edu">stephenk@illinois.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: News Gazoo: Chancellor Jones' "Critical Conversation" on Chief Illiniwak<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“<u>Just recently the University of Illiniwaks resurrected Chief Illiniwak for their Fall 2007 Homecoming in order to better milk their Alumni/ae
as part of their newly launched Capital Campaign, thus definitively proving their craven racism.”</u></span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">And just now again for their Fall 2017 Homecoming Parade in order to launch their new Capital Campaign, thus definitively proving
once again their craven racism. Plus ca change at the University of Illiniwaks. fab.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Racist Mascot: Why You Should Still Boo Illinois<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The self-styled "Fighting Illini" of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are on their way to the Jan. 1, 2008 Rose
Bowl with their racist and genocidal mascot and symbol Chief Illiniwak still in tow. Although the NCAA forced the University of Illiniwaks to prevent this Little Red Sambo from desecrating at half-times everything American Indians hold dear and treasure,
nevertheless Chief Illiniwak still remains the officially designated "honored symbol" of the University of Illiniwaks at Urbana-Champaign. Just recently the University of Illiniwaks resurrected Chief Illiniwak for their Fall 2007 Homecoming in order to better
milk their Alumni/ae as part of their newly launched Capital Campaign, thus definitively proving their craven racism. In his Year 501: The Conquest Continues (1993) Noam Chomsky suggests an apt metaphor for such American Indian sports mascots and symbols
that I will elaborate upon here in order to conform to our local and most peculiar rites on this campus:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Suppose the Nazis had won the Second World War. Sixty years later, a prestigious German state university has a mascot for all
of its sports teams and sports fans by the name of "The Rabbi." Basically what happens is that a student from the Hitler Youth League dresses up in an authentic costume for an Hasidic Rabbi, complete with the curl-locks and a beard. The University itself collectively
call themselves "The Fighting Jews," and the school's band is called "The Marching Jews." The student newspaper is called "The Daily Jew." All the sports fans in town wear jackets and t-shirts with pictures of The Rabbi prominently displayed on them. And
most cars have Rabbi stickers planted all over them. Three years ago the University's Board of Trustees ran out of town on a rail a courageous and principled Chancellor who had the temerity to publicly suggest that the time had now come to "retire" the Rabbi.
So of course there was a heated campaign on among the students and alumni to "Save the Rabbi!"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This German state university plays its soccer matches over at the Nuremberg Stadium in front of an audience of about 75,000
White Aryans, almost all of whom are wearing pro-Rabbi images and clothes. At half-time the Marching Jews take to the stadium floor and begin playing what they purport to be Jewish sounding music along the lines of Fiddler-on-the-Roof. Then all 75,000 White
Aryans rise as one and shout in unison: "Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi!" gesticulating wildly and working themselves up into a feeding frenzy. One lone faculty member sits there in protest shouting "Racist Rabbi!" and everyone in the vicinity proceeds to throw
garbage at him.<a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn1" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><sup>1</sup></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Finally, the moment these ardent White Aryans have all waited for has arrived. The Rabbi runs out onto the arena floor from
among the Marching Jews, proceeds to the center of the Nuremberg Stadium, and dances the Hava Nagila while the Marching Jews play on and march into an intricately choreographed maneuver that they all brag about and take special pride in that culminates with
the band being organized into a Swastika. So the Rabbi continues to dance the Hava Nagila while the Marching Jews march themselves into a Swastika. By now all 75,000 White Aryans are hysterical, shouting, screaming, and yelling: "Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi!" This
semi-religious spectacle that the Nazis are well known for staging, especially at the Nuremberg stadium, goes on for a good twenty minutes. It all concludes with everyone joining hands to sing "Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles," with the Rabbi leading
all 75,000 White Aryans in the song. Then the Rabbi proceeds to dance the Hava Nagila out of the stadium followed by the Marching Jews. Everyone goes wild, clapping and cheering. This Rabbi ceremony brings tears to the eyes of many drunken alumni and students
who had started several hours beforehand getting inebriated on schnapps and good German beer at pre-game tailgate parties.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">When it is all over, a visiting law professor from another country asks his host at the soccer match what this spectacle was
all about. Without missing a beat Dean Mengele of the Law School turns to his guest and says: "We are honoring the Jews." Whom the Nazis had just exterminated 60 years ago, so of course the memory of the Jews needs to be honored by this spectacle. The Illiniwek
Indians were ethnically cleansed out of Illinois about a century before that. These are the real "Little Eichmans." Be sure to "Boo!" and root against the Illiniwaks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">Francis A. Boyle<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">Champaign, IL 61820 USA<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">217-333-7954 (phone)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;color:black">(personal comments only)<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b>From:</b> Boyle, Francis A <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 3, 2017 6:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Green <<a href="mailto:davegreen84@yahoo.com">davegreen84@yahoo.com</a>>; C. G. ESTABROOK <<a href="mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com">carl@newsfromneptune.com</a>>; Miller, Joseph Thomas <<a href="mailto:jtmiller@illinois.edu">jtmiller@illinois.edu</a>>;
<a href="mailto:sherwoodross10@gmail.com">sherwoodross10@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:peace-discuss@anti-war.net">
peace-discuss@anti-war.net</a>; <a href="mailto:a-fields@uiuc.edu">a-fields@uiuc.edu</a>; Hoffman, Valerie J <<a href="mailto:vhoffman@illinois.edu">vhoffman@illinois.edu</a>>; Joe Lauria <<a href="mailto:joelauria@gmail.com">joelauria@gmail.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>;
<a href="mailto:peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss-request@lists.chambana.net</a>; Szoke, Ron <<a href="mailto:r-szoke@illinois.edu">r-szoke@illinois.edu</a>>; Arlene Hickory <<a href="mailto:a23h23@yahoo.com">a23h23@yahoo.com</a>>; Karen
Aram <<a href="mailto:karenaram@hotmail.com">karenaram@hotmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:abass10@gmail.com">
abass10@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:mickalideh@gmail.com">mickalideh@gmail.com</a>; Lina Thorne <<a href="mailto:lina@worldcantwait.net">lina@worldcantwait.net</a>>;
<a href="mailto:chicago@worldcantwait.net">chicago@worldcantwait.net</a>; Jay <<a href="mailto:futureup2us@gmail.com">futureup2us@gmail.com</a>>; David Johnson <<a href="mailto:davidjohnson1451@comcast.net">davidjohnson1451@comcast.net</a>>; Mildred O'brien
<<a href="mailto:moboct1@aim.com">moboct1@aim.com</a>>; Estabrook, Carl G <<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>>; David Swanson <<a href="mailto:davidcnswanson@gmail.com">davidcnswanson@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kaufman, Stephen J <<a href="mailto:stephenk@illinois.edu">stephenk@illinois.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> News Gazoo: Chancellor Jones' "Critical Conversation" on Chief Illiniwak<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Dear Chancellor Jones:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">After you are finished with your “Critical Conversation” and “dialogue” and “debate” over Chief Illiniwak, I would like to respectfully suggest
that we next have a “Critical Conversation” and “dialogue” and “debate” over American Slavery. Then we can move on to a “Critical Conversation” and “dialogue” and “debate” over the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Yours very truly,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Francis A. Boyle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Racist Mascot: Why You Should Still Boo Illinois<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The self-styled "Fighting Illini" of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are on their way to the Jan. 1, 2008 Rose
Bowl with their racist and genocidal mascot and symbol Chief Illiniwak still in tow. Although the NCAA forced the University of Illiniwaks to prevent this Little Red Sambo from desecrating at half-times everything American Indians hold dear and treasure,
nevertheless Chief Illiniwak still remains the officially designated "honored symbol" of the University of Illiniwaks at Urbana-Champaign. Just recently the University of Illiniwaks resurrected Chief Illiniwak for their Fall 2007 Homecoming in order to better
milk their Alumni/ae as part of their newly launched Capital Campaign, thus definitively proving their craven racism. In his Year 501: The Conquest Continues (1993) Noam Chomsky suggests an apt metaphor for such American Indian sports mascots and symbols
that I will elaborate upon here in order to conform to our local and most peculiar rites on this campus:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Suppose the Nazis had won the Second World War. Sixty years later, a prestigious German state university has a mascot for all
of its sports teams and sports fans by the name of "The Rabbi." Basically what happens is that a student from the Hitler Youth League dresses up in an authentic costume for an Hasidic Rabbi, complete with the curl-locks and a beard. The University itself collectively
call themselves "The Fighting Jews," and the school's band is called "The Marching Jews." The student newspaper is called "The Daily Jew." All the sports fans in town wear jackets and t-shirts with pictures of The Rabbi prominently displayed on them. And
most cars have Rabbi stickers planted all over them. Three years ago the University's Board of Trustees ran out of town on a rail a courageous and principled Chancellor who had the temerity to publicly suggest that the time had now come to "retire" the Rabbi.
So of course there was a heated campaign on among the students and alumni to "Save the Rabbi!"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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White Aryans, almost all of whom are wearing pro-Rabbi images and clothes. At half-time the Marching Jews take to the stadium floor and begin playing what they purport to be Jewish sounding music along the lines of Fiddler-on-the-Roof. Then all 75,000 White
Aryans rise as one and shout in unison: "Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi!" gesticulating wildly and working themselves up into a feeding frenzy. One lone faculty member sits there in protest shouting "Racist Rabbi!" and everyone in the vicinity proceeds to throw
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Finally, the moment these ardent White Aryans have all waited for has arrived. The Rabbi runs out onto the arena floor from
among the Marching Jews, proceeds to the center of the Nuremberg Stadium, and dances the Hava Nagila while the Marching Jews play on and march into an intricately choreographed maneuver that they all brag about and take special pride in that culminates with
the band being organized into a Swastika. So the Rabbi continues to dance the Hava Nagila while the Marching Jews march themselves into a Swastika. By now all 75,000 White Aryans are hysterical, shouting, screaming, and yelling: "Rabbi! Rabbi! Rabbi!" This
semi-religious spectacle that the Nazis are well known for staging, especially at the Nuremberg stadium, goes on for a good twenty minutes. It all concludes with everyone joining hands to sing "Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles," with the Rabbi leading
all 75,000 White Aryans in the song. Then the Rabbi proceeds to dance the Hava Nagila out of the stadium followed by the Marching Jews. Everyone goes wild, clapping and cheering. This Rabbi ceremony brings tears to the eyes of many drunken alumni and students
who had started several hours beforehand getting inebriated on schnapps and good German beer at pre-game tailgate parties.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">When it is all over, a visiting law professor from another country asks his host at the soccer match what this spectacle was
all about. Without missing a beat Dean Mengele of the Law School turns to his guest and says: "We are honoring the Jews." Whom the Nazis had just exterminated 60 years ago, so of course the memory of the Jews needs to be honored by this spectacle. The Illiniwek
Indians were ethnically cleansed out of Illinois about a century before that. These are the real "Little Eichmans." Be sure to "Boo!" and root against the Illiniwaks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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