Pessin Archive

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    1. Chronology with Links
    2. Khandaker’s Facebook Comment on Accusations of Anti-Semitism, August 1, 2014
    3. Andrew Pessin’s Facebook Post during Operation Protective Edge, August 11, 2014
    4. Notes to Pessin’s Remarks on Charlie Hebdo Panel, January 22, 2015
    5. Pessin Email to Khandaker re: Remarks on Charlie Hebdo Panel, January 25
    6. Aparna Gopalan on Charlie Hebdo Panel, February 3, 2015
    7. Pessin Emails to Khandaker re: Facebook Post, February 19-20, 2015
    8. Pessin removes Facebook post in question in deference to Khandaker’s finding it offensive.
    9. Pessin Email to Sufia Uddin (GISP), February 22, 2015
    10. College Voice Attack, March 2, 2015: Letter #1, Lamiya Khandaker
    11. College Voice Attack, March 2, 2015: Letter #2, Michael Fratt and Katilyn Garbe
    12. College Voice Attack, March 2, 2015: Letter #3, Zachary Balomenos ’14
    13. Philosophy Department Faculty Emails, March 3-9
    14. President Bergeron email to Faculty: “Important Community Conversation,” March 4
    15. Pessin to Philosophy Majors and Minors, March 4
    16. Announcement of Establishment of Global Islamic Studies, March 4, 2015
    17. Khandaker’s Response to Criticism for her College Voice Letter, March 4
    18. Chair of Philosophy Department to Students and Faculty on Pessin Post, March 5
    19. Pessin’s Letter of Apology for Post, March 8, 2015
    20. Online Petition against Pessin, Posted March 18, 2015 (with signers’ comments)
    21. Supersessionist Poem Linked to in Hate-Mail to Pessin
    22. Hate-Mail Elicited by Petition (Sampling)
    23. President Bergeron’s Announcement of All-Campus Forum, March 20
    24. “Community Statements” in Chronological Order, March 24-April 26
    25. President Bergeron’ Opening Remarks at the March 25 community forum
    26. The Day: Students question administration’s response to professor’s Facebook post, March 25
    27. Student A Description of Open Forum: Email to Pessin, March 25
    28. SGA Resolutions CC 14-15 #21-22, March 26
    29. Student Email to Pessin Describes SGA Meeting of March 26
    30. Articles from the Outside Press about Pessin Affair, March 25 to May 28
    31. Desroches, Free Speech Limits and Racism Highlight Connecticut College Forum, March 27
    32. Racist Graffiti Found on Campus, March 29
    33. Faculty Dissent: Email Exchange between Catherine Spencer and Andrew Pessin
    34. Office of Communications: Update on today’s all-campus meeting, March 30, 5:50 AM
    35. Faculty Dissent, John Gordon, March 30, 2015
    36. College Voice: Campus Forum Leaves Concerns Unaddressed, March 31
    37. College Voice: Students Take Concerns to President’s Door, March 31
    38. The Day: Students question administration’s response to professor’s Facebook post, March 31
    39. The Day Editorial: Connecticut College confronts hurtful and racist speech, March 31
    40. Faculty Dissent, Alex Hybel on the Coercive Atmosphere at ConnColl, March 31, 2015
    41. Faculty Dissent, Jeff Strabone, March 31, 2015
    42. Faculty Dissent, Perry Susskind, April 1, 2015
    43. WTNH, “One person behind racist incidents at Connecticut College,” April 1, 2015.
    44. Program of Deans of Equity and Inclusion at Connecticut College during the Pessin Affair, April 6-29
    45. Student email to Pessin, April 8
    46. Two Petitions in Favor of Pessin, April 9
    47. Jewish Faculty/Hillel Exchange on Pessin Affair, April 10-30
    48. Email From John Gordon to David Bernstein on the Events, April 10
    49. College Voice: Snapshots of a Community Social Movement: Two Months at Connecticut College, April 13
    50. The Day: Conn College professor’s Facebook post gets attention from Washington Post blog, April 13
    51. College Voice: Response of Juneja (’12) to Racist Graffiti, April 13.
    52. The Day: Conn College professor responds to reaction to Facebook post, April 14
    53. Column in College Voice: Saad and Finkelstein Shed Light on Pessin Affair, April 15, 2015
    54. College Voice: Khandaker’s Take on her Role in the Controversy, April 15, 2015
    55. College Voice: Balomenos Apology to Pessin, April 16, 2015
    56. Letter from Richard Baehr to Sarah Cardwell, Assoc. Dean of Students, April 17
    57. Administration Responses to Outside Letters of Concern, April 20-May 28
    58. Letter from Alumna (’74) to Editor of The Day, May 2
    59. Spencer Pack to Faculty, May 3 with responses from Strabone and Boyd
    60. Farewell Remarks from Zuraw-Friedland, Editor of Connecticut College’s Newspaper, May 5, 2015
    61. Gopalan, On Reconciling with the Idea of SGA, May 5
    62. Beck, Pessin Affair Exposes ConnColl Anti-Semitism, January 20, 2016
    63. Beck, ConnColl Faculty Speak Out on Campus Anti-Semitism, March 4, 2016