July 5, 2002

Neoconservatives Plan Boycott of Conference Where Cornel West Will Speak

By PIPER FOGG

Several prominent neoconservative scholars and writers have backed out of a conference at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York after learning that Cornel West would be among the participants. Organizers of the October meeting, which will examine the legacy of the philosopher Sidney Hook, said the scholars objected to Mr. West's presence because they felt he is "not enough of a scholar" of the neoconservative icon.

"I had never been presented with

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