June 10, 2006

HECK, IN FRENCH THAT PASSES FOR DEBATE:

Poop prank has Musgrave staff fuming (Monte Whaley, 6/09/06, Denver Post)

A former professor of French at the University of Northern Colorado has been cited for allegedly making a special delivery to U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave that reeked of political partisanship.

Kathleen Ensz, professor emeritus at UNC, is accused of depositing a Musgrave campaign mailer full of dog feces at the Republican lawmaker's Greeley office. Ensz was charged Thursday by Greeley police with criminal use of a noxious substance, a misdemeanor.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 10, 2006 2:04 PM
Comments

At one time, the words, professor emeritus, conjured up a vision of a venerable scholar who had spent a lifetime in pursuit of truth and beauty.

Posted by: erp at June 10, 2006 2:39 PM

The truly hilarious part is that she used an envelop with her address on it.

Posted by: Jim in Chicago at June 10, 2006 2:42 PM

erp, Had the same thought, but now the term conjures up "noxious substance".

Jim , Watching a bit of the World Cup. Looks like the Ivory Coast will soon be free to resume its civil war. Real football is getting closer.

Posted by: jdkelly at June 10, 2006 3:54 PM

Are all Colorado professors nutty?

Posted by: GER at June 10, 2006 4:25 PM

Looks that way. Ward Churchill, Paul Campos (who is intermittently sensible), now this. Sort of reminds me of a t-shirt I saw shortly after they caught the Unabomber, which was also about the time Mad Cow Disease was starting to make the news. It read, Montana : At least our cows are sane.

Posted by: joe shropshire at June 10, 2006 4:45 PM

I hope no dogs were harmed in the production of that protest. Were the dogs justly compensated for their contribution? I smell an animal exploitation scandal here.

By the way, how did they determine that the feces were from a dog? Do you think they ran a lab test?

Posted by: Robert Duquette at June 10, 2006 10:05 PM
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