Rutgers University is undertaking a "Civility Project" in order to
restore politeness, courtesy, and compassion on the college 
campus and world beyond.  One of the university's press releases
provides an overview of the project; see:
http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/09/rutgers-project-adva-20100908

The "kickoff event" will be a lecture by P.M. Fomi of Johns
Hopkins University; for more on the event, see:
http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/09/rutgers-to-launch-pr-20100917

There is no word as to whether he will advise FoxNews, the
plethora of tea parties, or Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate
for governor of New York who seems to be preoccupied by
other guys' "cajonies" and Andre Coumo (Democratic candidate)
not being "man enough" for the job.  For some of Paladino's
thoughts on this topic, see:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/20/2010-09-20_carl_paladino_andrew_cuomo_has_no_cojones_is_riding_daddys_coattails.html

Note:  Paladino is a Buffalo, NY area millionaire who unexpected
beat the presumed standardbearer for the Republican party, Rick
Lazio (who ran against Hilary Clinton for NY US Senator).  Lazio
is waiting to decide whether he will run as the Conservative party
candidate (he's already on the ballot) but which is expected to split
the Repbulcian and conservative vote.

Nor is there any word whether Al D'Amato, a one-time conservative 
Republican Senator from NY, will seek civility lessons after he literally 
called BS on another conservative on the Fox Business Channel; see:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/18/post_522_n_722047.html

Really, where has all of the F'n' politeness gone?  Good luck to our
F'n' colleagues at Rutgers!

;-)

-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]








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