TRYING TO ROOT OUT THE EVIDENCE

Wayne Allyn Root replied to my email about his Columbia/Reagan story and claimed that Prof. Ester Fuchs was the instructor of the class in Root's story.  Prof. Fuchs currently teaches at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and On July 23rd, I sent her an email (see below) asking for more information about Root's story.

Today I called her and spoke with a male who I guess is her admin asst.  He took down my email address and said she would get back by email this afternoon. So far, nothing.

Email to Prof. Ester Fuchs on July 23, 2012:

Dear Prof. Fuchs,

My name is Steve Jandreau and one of my hobbies is monitoring conservative talk radio.
Last Sunday, Wayne Allyn Root (CC 1983) was a guest on the Billy Cunningham Show and related a story he had told Billy on other occasions:
(from his own blog post of 7/21/2010)

I was a witness to that abnormal hatred on the day Reagan was shot by a mentally ill assassin.  A student burst through the doors to our Political Science class to breathlessly announce that  “Reagan is dead. He’s been assassinated.” The reaction of my class? CELEBRATION. They jumped from their seats to cheer, high five, fist pump, hug each other, and even scream  “Yes! Reagan is dead.”

Mr. Root has also told the same story to Michael Savage.

I contacted Mr. Root to ask him for more information about this incident and this is his reply: yes Professor Esther Fuchs. it was a Political Science class. i believe (after 30 years) it was  given on the premises of Barnard College (across the street from Columbia). It was the biggest class
 i ever took at college- perhaps 200 to 250 students in a giant theatre in the round.

Esther Fuchs by the way is now a top advisor to Mayor Bloomberg of NYC.

Wayne

Wayne Allyn Root

I am writing to you to find out if you can substantiate Mr. Root's story.


Thank you for your time,

Steve Jandreau