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Ward Churchill is a painter. It turns out that at least two of his paintings are frauds. One is a mirror copy of a published artist, discovered by the guy who purchased the painting from Churchill when he found the original painting in a book. Another painting is an exact copy of an Indian photograph, like he traced it and then went over it in pen and ink.

There is a long thread on it on the news forum called "Churchill Art Piece called into question."

While I was searching for his art this morning, I came upon a blog written by someone on the Colorado faculty. It had this interesting passage:

'Kimberly Hickel is a former student of Churchill's who says she was in his class on April 19, 1995, when the Oklahoma City bombing took place.

"He actually stood in front of our class and said how the FBI got what they deserved. It was awful," said Hickel, who graduated from CU in 1997.

Some of the students tried to argue with Churchill, saying the innocent children killed in the day-care center didn't deserve to die. But he refused to allow them to speak their minds.

After that, Hickel boycotted his class and wrote a letter to Churchill, attacking his point of view. He, in turn, gave her a D- for the class. She complained to his superiors, but said they did nothing.

"The whole school is afraid of him," she said. "He is hiding behind free speech. But he doesn't allow students to stand up for free speech," Hickel said.'