Notre Dame student newspaper jokes about beating gays

I hadn't seen this posted anywhere but the PIGS at Notre Dame who produce and publish this stuff need to be exposed. I'm providing just a few excerpts from many links available regarding this story.

http://current.com/items/91925913_notre-dame-advocates-anti-gay-violence-in-student-newspaper.htm
Notre Dame student paper apologizes for cartoon that joked about violence against gays
Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The independent student newspaper for the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College has published a staff editorial apologizing for a cartoon that made a joke about violence against gays.

The editorial Friday says The Observer newspaper created an "egregious" error in judgment when it published the cartoon Wednesday.

The newspaper also ran an apology from the cartoon's writers. They say the cartoon was meant to address intolerance of homosexuality on the Catholic university's campus but was offensive.

The cartoon depicts a conversation that says the "easiest way to turn a fruit into a vegetable" is with "a baseball bat."


http://current.com/items/91925913_notre-dame-advocates-anti-gay-violence-in-student-newspaper.htm
Notre Dame advocates anti-gay violence in student newspaper.

In a deplorable example of catholic insensitivity and open homophobia the Notre Dame student newspaper The Observer published a reprehensible cartoon endorsing anti-gay violence.

The cartoon entitled "The Mobile Party," was drawn by three Notre Dame students. One character, who appears to be a hacksaw, asks the other character: "What is the easiest way to turn a fruit into a vegetable?"

"I don't know," replies the other.

"A baseball bat," says the saw.

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And lest anyone buy the apology from the university about this cartoon, consider this:

http://www.queerty.com/notre-dames-college-newspaper-filled-with-boring-student-government-reports-pro-gay-bashing-cartoons-20100115/
Because college students are, so often, stupid, and they live in a bubble of keg stands and study groups, sometimes they do very terrible things. Like publish a cartoon in a student newspaper that advocates beating the crap out of homos.
Notre Dame University's The Observer newspaper published the above "The Mobile Party" cartoon this week; its message is pretty self-explanatory. Except regular readers of the paper might not be all that shocked by its tone: "The original version of the cartoon, which included the gay-bashing response of 'AIDS,' was rejected by the paper," relays PrideSource. "Both versions were posted on a blog presumably run by the cartoonist, but were taken down on Jan. 14. This is not the first time Mobile Party cartoons have caused a stir, noted Notre Dame student Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick in an e-mail to Between The Lines. Past cartoons – both accepted and rejected by The Observer's editors – have included racist, sexist and generally prejudiced comments, including jokes about kidnapping, racial profiling, rape and overweight women."

Wonder why? Is someone afraid of the truth?

I find this repulsive on many levels, not least of which is the lack of institutional memory at Notre Dame. It wasn't so long ago that Notre Dame had issues (rightly) with the insensitivity of the Stanford Band, which was quite the cause celebre at the time.

http://www.change.org/actions/view/urge_notre_dame_to_end_homophobia_on_campus

Petition to Urge Notre Dame To End Homophobia On Campus

Targeting: John Affleck-Graves (Executive Vice President, University of Notre Dame), Bill Brink (Managing Editor, The Observer ) and Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. (President, University of Notre Dame)
Started by: Michael Jones
Earlier this month, the University of Notre Dame's student newspaper, The Observer, ran a cartoon that advocated beating gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people into vegetables. While the University, and the student newspaper, apologized for printing the comic strip, the very sentiments behind the comic are fostered by a university that has consistently fought to keep sexual orientation off of its non-discrimination policy, and has consistently refused to recognize LGBT student groups on campus.
If Notre Dame is serious about building the type of institutional culture where LGBT-bashing isn't seen as funny, they should start practicing what they preach. Part of that means adding sexual orientation to non-discrimination policies, and recognizing LGBT students with the dignity they deserve.
Homophobic comic strips don't get authored and printed in a vacuum. Tell Notre Dame to fight back against efforts to turn gay bashing into comedy, and institute policies that truly show respect for diversity.

use of the '5 W's' and keeping 'opinions' out of news stories. .

It was locked because I was supposedly "catholic bashing". We must all be very sensitive to the poor, persecuted, bigoted, pedophiliac catholics.