/ [& M9 ]. u2 \ c( Z! bUCSD 校长Marye Anne Fox23日发表公开信表示,UCSD对该校出现如此愚钝(Insensitive)和攻击的言语表示诚挚歉意。他们已要求该教授将不当言论移除,并将进一步与「防止骚扰和歧视办公室」(OPHD)合作处理此事。而当事人Clifford Kubiak教授实验室网站上,24日也出现道歉信。信中说,他之前并没有注意到网站上有如此攻击性语言,深感尴尬,愿为此承担全责。 / ~- o7 r! v, y! w, B6 q8 t( ?- X i0 g/ D
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UCSD professor apologizes for web site slur + e9 k: h/ Y8 W6 n1 h$ E$ a+ l & C5 Z. r8 } I) U- I CMay 24, 2011 ; W5 w. P7 ?* B7 I . o! P& j$ h$ a: e/ NClifford Kubiak, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California San Diego, has posted an apology for an offensive term that was used on his laboratory’s website.2 i$ D$ n( W/ ^$ N$ \% t
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In a list of “lab rules,” apparently meant to be humorous, there was the phrase: “Don’t believe anything the Chinaman says.” ) p# l/ X$ l2 @" C" c2 h3 w% |3 R5 K; M
The existence of the web page was disclosed on an Internet forum for Chinese speaking academics. / L0 [: t/ O0 `: J1 B) r! d2 K4 l' d- W: E. T9 C6 D
University officials took the site down as soon as they learned of it and issued an apology late Monday.0 L# }( _. u; G, J* P' a
5 q& G7 ~5 Y1 x' f/ g# bKubiak’s message, posted on his lab website, reads: - d0 {4 ?. n" b: Y " j4 W' }$ P* u4 H! J+ ?0 `“Please accept my personal and sincere apologies for the insensitive language recently found on my laboratory’s website. I find the language offensive and I am embarrassed by the poor judgment exhibited in posting the offending language. Although I was unaware of the existence of this page until it was brought to my attention, I accept full responsibility. I have taken steps to remove the offending language and will arrange for appropriate training for my research group and me relative to the UCSD Principles of Community.”