The Statement The Columbia Spectator has Madonna Constantine's statement:

Dear Teachers College Community:

I am outraged by the President's memo that summarized the outcomes of a "neutral" investigation that I used the work of others without appropriate attribution. The premature, vindictive, and mean-spirited action taken by the administration to release a statement to the faculty regarding the results of this biased and flawed investigation reflects not only a profound lack of sensitivity and due process, but it also may have sufficiently "poisoned the well" for any fair and objective review of the matter.

Wow—that is clever. The first investigation was so flawed that it actually makes any further investigation impossible. That's pretty much the definition of two birds with one stone right there.

IvyGate's take on this is pretty funny:

Now, we love damning the man as much as the next 20-something pipsqueak, but when Columbia takes a fine-toothed comb to your oeuvre and finds five years' worth of academic dishonesty? Might be time to cut your losses, maybe update your resume and check out the listings on monster.com.

The only difference is that Madonna Constantine isn't a twenty-something pipsqueak, but a tenured African-American woman who may have invented a horrific racial incident in order to portray herself, in her words, as the victim of a "witch-hunt."  ¶ 8:50 AM