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This got me curious, so I decided to check it out. I started with Google (keyword "Scott Savage"), and got ten pages of hits, but none from sites I am familiar with, none of the networks or news agencies. I skimmed over all the pages and found lots of what seemed to be very strongly conservative sites, lots of blogs. One of the sites listed the university involved as Oregon Health and Science University. All the rest cited Ohio State. There were maybe a dozen what appeared to be extraneous hits. Next, I wondered if perhaps this might be some new urban legend, so I went to the urban legends section of about.com and searched "Scott Savage," OSU lawsuit, and Ohio State University lawsuit, with no results. I decided that it would be a good idea to check the news sites, so I went to yahoo.com, foxnews.com, cbs.com, msnbc.com, and abc.com and searched "Scott Savage." None of these had this story. One of them (sorry, by now I can't remember which was what) found several citations from WorldNet Daily. I'm not familiar with that one. Several sponsors kept turning up. Amazon.com seems to have an author by that name, or maybe they just assume that everyone you search on a news site is an author. Classmates.com said they had I think it was 28 Scott Savages! I wasn't really doing serious research on this, so I didn't take notes, but what I gathered is that Savage recommended a book (maybe several books) regarded as anti-gay and the university was investigating him for sexual harrassment. This apparently occured at some kind of committee meeting where he was asked for recommendations. A very conservative Christian group threatened a lawsuit if the investigation was not dropped. It seems that the investigation has now been dropped, but whether that was due to outside pressure, or whether they just decided that the whole thing was unnecessary I don't know. The committee evidently did ask, and I would think--personal opinion here--they could have voted down his recommendations without all the hoopla. Since I didn't find any sources that I know to be authoritative and unbiased, I don't think we really know any more now than before. If anyone has some time on his hands, itmight be interesting to know the real story. Now I've had my little break looking for this, it's time to do someting constructive, like putting my little would-be night-owl daughter to bed. Happy reading! (and I promise, no more postings for a few days!--I think.) Cindy Denning once and future librarian Collinsville, TX cynden744@verizon.net Computers will never replace books. Who wants to curl up in bed with a good computer? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------