Good morning, Columbia, hope you're all set for some more Madonna Constantine updates. Oh good, let's get started. First, according to last night's AP report, Constantine has decided to appeal her termination, claiming that she was fired because of the noose incident and that the plagiarism charges are "baseless."
And speaking of nooses, it's finally time for the Village Voice's sequel to its exciting series on "Knotty Noose Problems". When we last left off, a bunch of people accussed Madonna Constantine of plagiarism, so she made one of them organize some stuff in her office over winter break, which was mean. Meanwhile, Darlene Bailey, VP of Academic Affairs at TC, launched counter-investigations against a women who wanted to look into the allegations against Constantine.
So now that we're all caught up, on to this week's article, and we've once again distilled everything you need to know in reader-friendly bulletpoints.

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Today, the Village Voice ran the
Conn Corrigan, a J-School grad writing for the New York Sun, 
Dateline: Teacher's College. In what is tentatively being dubbed the "2008 Madonna Constantine Plagiarism Incident Slash Witch Hunt Slash General Racism Shitshow", the Times is starting the morning off by informing us that Professor Constantine will be
Making the rounds on the TC listserv today, an email from Professor Madonna Constantine. In the email, Constantine maintains her innocence and calls the actions of the administration "premature, vindictive, and mean-spirited." She also indicates that she believes her race played a role in the investigation: "I am left to wonder whether a White faculty member would have been treated in such a publicly disrespectful and disparaging manner," she said.
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