Could you imagine the uproar if this incident involved a columnist for a conservative paper at a major university?

Turn Left, CornellÂ’s left-wing newspaper, has a bit of a public relations problem: recently, one of its writers allegedly shouted racial slurs at a group of blacks and then proceeded to stab one of them, puncturing his lung. Nathan Poffenbarger, the alleged stabber, then fled the scene, later turning himself into police. (Rumor has it that he will be contending for the Democratic nomination in the upcoming West Virginia senatorial race.)
On February 20, The Sun reported:

According to sources familiar with the incident, Poffenbarger and an unidentified female were walking in the vicinity of Baker Tower, on the corner of University and West, after Poffenbarger was reportedly kicked out of a West Campus fraternity party for belligerent behavior and use of racial slurs.

University officials said Poffenbarger continued using the epithets after leaving the fraternity and was overheard by a nearby group of three black Union College students, who then confronted Poffenbarger. A verbal altercation escalated, and Poffenbarger allegedly stabbed one of the students. Poffenbarger fled after an Ithaca Police vehicle arrived on the scene. He turned himself in to authorities Saturday night.

But hey, Poffenbarger is a strong opponent of racism and a noted pacifist, so an unprovoked assault upon minority students who object to his use of racial slurs gets a pass from the Left -- where are the major news stories and the condemnations? Where are the demands that the paper that employed this racist cretin be closed? Conservative minds want to know!

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