Apr 16, 2007 7:51 am US/Eastern
Clinton Postpones Rutgers Visit Because Of Storm
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBS/AP) ―
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Hillary Clinton (file photo)
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The Rutgers women's basketball players accepted Don Imus' apology.
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C. Vivian Stringer is the head coach of Rutgers women's basketball team.
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Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton postponed a visit to New Jersey on Monday because of the weather.
She was scheduled to speak at Rutgers University as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of its Eagleton Institute of Politics and the 35th anniversary of Eagleton's Center for American Women and Politics.
No new date was scheduled, a Rutgers spokesman said.
On Friday, more than a week after they were thrust into the middle of a national debate on race, gender and power spurred by derogatory comments by radio host Don Imus, the Rutgers University women's basketball team accepted his apology.
The team met with Imus for three hours on Thursday night at the governor's mansion in Princeton, on the same day Imus was fired from his radio show by CBS.
"We, the Rutgers University Scarlet Knight basketball team, accept -- accept -- Mr. Imus' apology, and we are in the process of forgiving," Stringer read from a team statement.
"We still find his statements to be unacceptable, and this is an experience that we will never forget," she said.
Imus' Thursday night meeting with the team came only hours after CBS fired him from the radio show that he has hosted for nearly 30 years. Sponsors had been dropping the show. MSNBC announced Wednesday that it would no longer simulcast the program.
The source of the controversy involved comments Imus made April 4 about when he called the Rutgers players -- eight of whom are black -- "nappy-headed hos." The remarks were made the day after Rutgers lost to Tennessee in the NCAA championship game, the culmination to a Cinderella season that saw them come back from some devastating early season losses.
(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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