kaldis@romulus.rutgers.edu (Theodore A. Kaldis) writes... >In article <1993Mar20.161551.4638@zooid.guild.org> goid@zooid.guild.org (Will S >eeves) writes:  >[J. Lani Herrmann:]  >>>> We are wondering why the Clinton administration is having so much >>>> trouble finding a suitable nominee for the post of Attorney General, >>>> when there is an obviously superior candidate:...  >>>> We refer, of course, to Prof. Anita Hill.  >[Michael Friedman:]  >>> Probably because if they pick her the Republicans will investigate >>> the rumors that she sometimes returned papers to her students with >>> a couple of pubic hairs inserted between the pages.  >> While I'm hardly one of Prof. Hill's biggest fans, I find *this* hard >> to believe.  >> Could you please supply (with a post, preferably) some proof of this, >> ie., newspaper articles documenting such allegations, etc.?  >Well, your ignorance about this is unsurprising, given you're a >Canadian.  And I'm at a complete loss at to why you should be so >interested in this, given that it is an American issue which should >properly be of absolutely no concern to you at all.  Actually, my interest in gender issues is not limited to international boundaries.  Indeed, I often exchange information with Americans about issues which concern us, in both countries.   >In any event, in >answer to your question, the following is taken from David Brock's >article, "The Real Anita Hill", published in the March 1992 issue of >_The_American_Spectator_.  [This is taken from page 27.]  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  Ah...someone had mentioned this journal, but gave no further information.   >     But the most bizarre incident is alleged to have happened in the >   school year 1983-84 at Oral Roberts [University], according to a >   sworn affidavit, dated October 13, 1991, and filed with the Senate >   Judiciary Committee, in which Lawrence Shiles, now a lawyer in >   Tulsa, recounted the following:  >     Shortly after the class had begun, Professor Hill gave us a >     written assignment which I completed and duly turned in.  When >     this assignment was passed out to the class after having been >     marked by [the] professor, sitting next to me were fellow >     students Jeffrey Londoff and Mark Stewart.  Upon opening the >     assignments and reviewing our grades and comments made by Anita >     Hill, I found ten to twelve short black pubic hairs in the pages >     of my assignment.  I glanced over at Jeff Londoff's assignment >     and saw similar pubic hairs in his work.  At the time I made the >     statement to Londoff that either she had a low opinion of our >     work or she had graded our assignment in the bathroom.  Mark >     Stewart overheard the conversation and said that he had similar >     pubic hairs in his assignment also.  This became the standing >     joke among many students for the remainder of the year in >     classes.  >     Other students in that class confirmed the story.  Londoff says >   he couldn't be certain that the hairs were pubic, but he said he >   thought it was unlikely that they could have come from Hill's head, >   since they were short, coarse, and curly, and Hill had had the hair >   on her head straightened.  Another student who saw the hair, but >   did not want to be identified, said of its origins: "You just know >   when you see it."  >Does this satisfy you,  Yes, thank you, though I am really curious as to why this never came out (at least not in what I saw, up here in Canada, or on CNN, which is sent up here) during the Thomas nomination hearings.  Surely, one would think that her claim to having been sexually harassed, would have a great deal less credibility if it could be shown that she had herself been guilty of it.   >or do you regard sworn statements given to a >U.S. Senate committee as equivalent to toilet paper?  Ahemmm....  It depends.  :-)  (For instance, if it were the "sworn statements" at the Warren Commission, then yes, I _would_ say that the statements were no better than toilet paper, used at that :-), but in most cases, the answer would be "no").  --- Will Steeves, goid@zooid.guild.org                      "Neil Hull is GOiD" ZOOiD BBS, Toronto, Ontario - The Zoo Of Ids            "GOiDS Rule" (416) 322-7876  "Solve Patriarchy, Install Peterarchy"    - Peter J. Hanus, B.A. (UPEI)