Such was the case with a black student at Hastings College in Nebraska who said he had been forced into a car by whites and dropped far out of town. He was cited for filing a false police report. But more of the college hoaxes seem to reflect an acted-out commitment to a cause, not just personal difficulties. And when Rigoberta Menchu's famous account of class and ethnic warfare in Guatemala was revealed to be largely false, many professors said this didn't matter much because her book contained emotional truth. Blurring of the line between fact and fiction is far advanced in our university culture.
Hoaxes are just one symptom of the truth problem.
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