Re: "Cleaning Up the Burke"

[MICHAEL SCHMIDT <dmichaelschmidt@shaw.ca>]

strange....I wonder why there is no mention anyhere in the article about 
charges being levelled against John M. Rensberger???  As I understand this, he 
illegally collected fossils for DECADES, and the administration of the museum 
knew about it and essentially did nothing to stop it from happening.

Didn't Mr. Larson of the Black Hills Inst. go to prison for less than this?

Academics scream bloody murder everytime some commercial collector collects the 
smallest fossil illegally, yet here you have an example of an academic who has 
behaved reprehensibly, yet no legal action (apparantly) is being mentioned in 
these articles.

Why is there such a double standard, I wonder.....

Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: mkirkaldy@aol.com
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 12:29 pm
Subject: "Cleaning Up the Burke"

> New article on the Burke Museum and the Dr. Rensberger problems:
> 
> http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0618/burke-museum.php
> May 3, 2006 - Seattle Weekly
> "Cleaning Up the Burke"
> "A prof's notes are seized, and the UW museum's fossil records are 
> studied"
> By Roger Downey
> 
> "More than three years after Seattle Weekly broke the news of 
> scientific funny business among the fossil collections at the 
> University of Washington's Burke Museum, it's beginning to look 
> like 
> the authorities are back in control, and the confusion and 
> suspicion 
> surrounding the collections is gradually being dispelled."
> 
> Mary
>