HENDERSON, Tenn. (BNC) — Claims of sexual harrassment by speaker Bill Cosby caused Freed-Hardeman University to cancel his appearance at their annual benefit dinner Dec. 5. At the same time, the university announced today that potential 2016 US presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson had been secured as Cosby’s replacement.
FHU officials made the announcement through PRWeb, a site for news releases, rather than post it to their own university website.
The immediate announcement of Carson as Cosby’s replacement apparently indicates that university officials have been concerned for some time about the bad publicity that beleaguered the famous comedian and television star.
The annual benefit dinner that provides student scholarships celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
The news release identified the university as an institution “with locations in Henderson, Memphis and Dickson [which] offers an education from a Christian perspective to approximately 1,850 students.”
2014-11-26 at 5:00 pm
Regretful, but a wisr decision at this time.
2014-11-26 at 7:02 pm
I think it was necessary for the university to do so because FHU is christian oriented institution as such they should uphold Christian principles and morality. I say bravo to our school. May God bless you for the replacement. Greeting from your brothers and sisters in Liberia. Please continue to pray for us we fight Ebola
2014-11-26 at 7:42 pm
Replacing Cosby with a politician? Really!
2014-11-26 at 7:49 pm
There is nothing regretful about this decision. Cosby has buzzards circling. Ben Carson trumps him 100 times.
2014-11-27 at 12:07 am
Am Ezekiel from Uganda, E.Africa. The decision taken by the university authorities are good simply because this will protect the image of the church as well protecting one of the few remaining Universities ownned by the Church of Christ that is still a pillar and ground of truth. Some have derailed from the truth.
2018-08-24 at 1:26 pm
I fail to understand why Bill Cosby was invited in the first place. Did he reflect the values of Jesus Christ. If not what values did he represent?