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By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:42:50 +0000

Now I am not sure — the university president seemed to suggest that was part of the “misinformation” published by the media. Clearly Dr. Antoun must have been advising him in some manner, but I don’t think they would have a retired professor acting as dissertation chair.

By: kwame

kwame — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:25:44 +0000

Peace Brother Max,

Very sad story. Peace to the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Antoun.

I skimmed the commentary on your posted and noticed a headline, “dissertation chair.” Was Professor Antoun supervising the assailant’s dissertation? kzs

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:09:15 +0000

Dear Max, please accept my deepest condolences. It is a horrible news. I wonder if the campus has any sort of security… How the murderer was able to enter the campus with a knife?

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By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:54:10 +0000

In a few of the news reports, and in the fourth video above, I see another former professor of mine, in fact my former supervisor for the MA and for year one of my PhD — Dr. Richard Moench. Considering that he was in his late 70s when I last saw him 12 years ago, he is looking great, younger than most 60 year olds.

Richard Moench knew Richard Antoun for about half a century, they were close friends and colleagues. I can only imagine the mountains of memories that will now dominate his mind, the many conversations and moments they had all replayed, the disbelief that much stronger because Dick Antoun had pretty well become a fixture of his life. I always think of them as a pair, the two brilliant, almost over educated co-conspirators, neither one having enough head space to contain all their ideas and knowledge.

I have written to Dick Moench, and I want to say here: thanks for so much, may you continue to enjoy a long and healthy life, and perhaps really consider retiring for good from that campus, perhaps leaving Binghamton altogether. For a long time now, Binghamton has been an especially bleak, depressing, and desperate place — surroundings totally in contradiction with the intellectual life of the campus. Time to move on to better places.

By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:45:59 +0000

Many thanks, much appreciated, for all those who will miss him.

By: frenchguy

frenchguy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:52:56 +0000

I know words can only be a very little support in case of such a terrible loss.

Nevertheless, I want to offer my condolences, especially as you hold Professor Antoun dear to your heart.

I also want to know the murderer’s motivation. This is awful and stupefying.

By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:17:13 +0000

I don’t know…I find these legalisms to be very mysterious. It’s only a few days now since I learned that “legal insanity” is different from “clinical insanity” or what I now have to call it, insanity-insanity.

New York State does have the death penalty, and I wonder how this charge may relate to that.

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By: Stacie

Stacie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:47:13 +0000

Sounds like a *convenient* excuse to me. Do you know why it’s second-degree murder instead of first-degree?

By: Maximilian Forte

Maximilian Forte — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:31:04 +0000

Thanks Stacie.

This story will be developed further by others, now that the suspicion of “Islamic terrorism” has quickly been introduced by a number of sites . Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani was apparently fiercely anti-Israel…and Richard Antoun, Lebanese, converted to Judaism, which I did not know.

See my updates above…to be posted in a few moments.