California professor flunks Kuwaiti's pro-U.S. essay

Washington Times ^ | January 16, 2005 | George Archibald

[islandman78]

A 17-year-old Kuwaiti student whose uncles were kidnapped and tortured by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's invaders more than a decade ago said his California college political science professor failed him for praising the United States in a final-exam essay last month.

[Waco]

The stinking "Ratherhole" alert is missing from the post.

[AQGeiger]

Has anyone read if the student filed a complaint of harassment against the professor with the Dean of this college? I haven't read anywhere if that has occurred. Seeing as the petulant, whiny professor saw fit to file a complaint against the student, an official complaint should be filed against him as well. Especially since he is the party that actually did harass the other (instead of just "feeling" harassed).

[Brian328i]

Professor Files Grievance Against Pro-American Kuwaiti Arab Muslim Student for Revealing Classroom Intimidation

Free Speech Issue Adds To Ongoing College Controversy. In an ongoing controversy at Foothill College, Political-Science Professor Joseph Woolcock filed a grievance against student Ahmad Al-Qloushi for mentioning Woolcock's name in the media. Don Dorsey, Dean of Student Affairs, summarized the grievance as, “Professor Woolcock feels harrased by your (Al-Qloushi) having mentioned his name to the media.”

Los Altos Hills, CA (PRWEB) December 10, 2004 -- On Tuesday, December 7th, in an ongoing controversy at Foothill College, Political-Science Professor Joseph Woolcock filed a grievance against student Ahmad Al-Qloushi for mentioning Woolcock's name in the media. Don Dorsey, Dean of Student Affairs, summarized the grievance as, “Professor Woolcock feels harrased by your (Al-Qloushi) having mentioned his name to the media.”

On Wednesday December 1st, Foothill College Political-Science Professor Joseph Woolcock tried to intimidate student Ahmad Al-Qloushi into seeing a therapist because of a Pro-American essay he wrote in Woolcock's class. The thesis of Al-Qloushi's essay is that the US constitution was a very progressive document, which has contributed to freedom beyond America's borders. Al-Qloushi and the Foothill College Republicans defended that intellectual diversity must be respected on campus, and are lobbying to have the "Academic Bill of Rights" adopted as official policy by the college’s elected Board of Trustees. Professor Woolcock's name was mentioned on numerous websites including www.townhall.com/clog and www.davidlimbaugh.com.

“This (Woolcock’s) grievance will not detour us from our goal,” said Cori Jenab, Vice-President of Foothill College Republicans. “This grievance ignited a First Amendment rights outrage from the kindling of existing controversy at Foothill College.”

"Intellectual diversity must be respected at Foothill College," said Ahmad Al-Qloushi. "This grievance will not detour us from our goal of having Foothill's Board of Trustees pass the ‘Academic Bill of Rights’ as official school policy."

Woolcock filed the grievance through an institutional process normally used by students who experience inappropriate behavior on behalf of Foothill teachers such as an "act or threat of intimidation or general harassment." To learn more about this grievance process, please visit http://www.foothill.edu/services/studentright.html#stucomplaint Dorsey was not able to release the case number or text of the grievance at this time.

Ahmad Al-Qloushi and Cori Jenab are available for immediate interview.

For more information about this controversy, please visit http://www.collegegop.org. To learn more about the Academic Bill of Rights, please visit http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org


Student Ahmad Al-Qloushi at Foothill College

http://ca.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prweb187767.htm

[Malsua]

gosh, if this woolcock Ahole hates the USA why hasn't he moved out yet?

I'd email him but the left would hold up my mail, as they would/will this post as reason why the right is intolerant. This joker needs to go. Eat a bullet, oh wait, the left is against guns. Ok, woolcock, smash yer head into the wall till yer brains leak out, you're a waste of flesh.

[bahblahbah]

This guy was threatened to have his VISA taken away and/or be thrown into a loonie bin just for loving America. I want some legal action taken against this professor. Who cares if we lose, I just want some press on this story.

[AVNevis]

Don't have time to read all of the comments made to this thread tonight, but let me just say that if this ever happens to me (being flunked for writing a conservative essay) that professor or High School teacher doesn't know what he has coming. For starters I would post his contact info. here on Free Republic.

[bahblahbah]

I'd kick the crap out of him and plead for a presidential pardon.

[AVNevis]

Don't know whether I would do that, but in this student's position, perhaps The White House might intervene.

[WOSG]

BUMP for another travesty on campus!

[Brian328i]

Chronological Overview of Foothill Outrage
By Ahmad Al-Qloushi, 12/11/04

November 24th: An Essay is Assigned in Ahmad Al-Qloushi political science class, the topic is: "Dye and Zeigler contend that the constitution of the United States was not "ordained and established" by "the people" as we have so often been led to believe. They contend instead that it was written by a small educated and wealthy elite in America who representative of powerful economic and political interests. Analyze the US constitution (original document), and show how its formulation excluded majority of the people living in America at that time, and how it was dominated by America's elite interest."

*This essay topic asked students to express a certain point of view

Ahmad Al-Qloushi submits an essay of which the thesis is, "The US constitution was a very progressive document, which has contributed to freedom beyond America's borders."

November 29th: Professor Woolcock returns the paper without a grade and he asks Ahmad Al-Qloushi to see him the next day.

December 1st: Ahmad Al-Qloushi Sees Professor Woolcok, who tries to intimidate Al-Qloushi into seeing the school therapist. He says statements like, "America is not God's gift to the world" and "Your views are irrational" and "You need regular psychotherapy" He even threatens to call the Dean of International students (this Dean has the power to take away student's visas)

Dec 2nd: Ahmad Al-Qloushi and the Foothill College Republicans decide to publicize the outrage. The message being, "This is not an isolated case...The only way to guarantee that intellectual diversity is respected is to have Foothill's elected Board of Trustees adopt the "Academic Bill of Rights."

Dec 4th: www.davidlimbaugh.com and www.townhall.com/clog pickup this story

Dec 5th: Ahmad Al-Qloushi is a guest on a talk radio show in Kansas City. Numerous e-mails are sent to Board of Trustees members expressing shock and urging them to pass the Academic Bill of Rights as official school policy.

Dec 6th: Ahmad Al-Qloushi is a guest on the Brian Sussman Show on 560 KSFO in Northern California. After his appreance, Barbara Simpson calls Ahmad and invites him on her show on Saturday Dec. 11th.

Dec. 7th, Professor Woolcok files a grievance against Ahmad Al-Qloushi for harassment. Don Dorsey, Dean of Student Affairs, summarized the grievance as, "Professor Woolcock feels harassed by your (Al-Qloushi) having mentioned his name to the media." Dorsey said that he could not show Ahmad the grievance but he would "send it by [physical] mail"

* We think it's an effort to block our supply of material to give the press and to kill the story

Dec. 8th: A local GOP group donates the money for us to send press release #2 on a newswire service.

Dec 10th: Press Release #2 makes Yahoo and Google News and is (so far) read by 15k people and 70 journalists have read it (so far).

Dec 11th: Ahmad Al-Qloushi to appear on Barbara Simpson Show at 4PM

Professor Woolcock has committed many offenses, some of these are:

1) Singled out political or religious beliefs for ridicule -according to the professor, Arabs should not have pro-American views
2) Forced students to express a certain point of view in assignments
3) Threatened to participate in psychotherapy
4) Attempted to limit Ahmad Al-Qloushi's of the press and freedom of speech by filing a grievance against Al-Qloushi for mentioning Woolcock's name.

[Dustbunny]

Unbelievable !! The professor should be fired !!

[Brian328i]

Whoops forgot the link.

http://studentsforacademicfreedom.org/archive/December2004/Foothillchronology121304.htm

[Cooltouch]

Looks like they already have :)

At this point, I believe legal action against this professor is warranted. And I also believe that it is he who is in dire need of psychiatric counselling. The isolation of academe has done this fellow in.

btw, Foothill College is not exactly a heavyweight school. I think our young Kuwaiti friend deserves much better.

[daybreakcoming]

Someone should send it to Drudge, Rush, Hannity, and even BOR. If enough interest has been shown - they will talk about it. Since the prof has already filed a complaint because his name has been publicized - might as well justify his complaint. He hasn't seen publicity yet. I would rather see the young man stand and fight at "Foothill"(?) but I am sure another college will pick him up.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The one who needs therapy is this so-called Professor. What's scary is that, if it hadn't been brought to light, he might have gotten away with destroying this kid's future.

[Brian328i]

Looks like Rush covered this already on the 10th and 11th so we are behind!

[ajolympian2004]

Sent info to Michelle Malkin, Bill O'Reilly, all other FoxNews email addresses, Hugh Hewitt, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity's producer Sweet Baby James, and all local talk show hosts here on 850 am KOA...

[Williams]

These professors are creepy dirtbags. However, by his actions the professor did indeed demonstrate that America has many flaws. We allow pathetic leftist scumbags to pollute the minds of our youth.

More than thirty years ago I attended a Catholic University. I got a "D" for giving a favorable review to a book that said "Reconstruction" (the North's decades long military occupation of the South) was a mistake. Same prof taught that FDR was a reactionary conservative, Lincoln a racist, etc. Actually had an Iranian prof who hated the shah and said my discussion of the Soviet ICBM threat was something only Henry Kissinger or "a redneck living in the southern United States" would believe. You can imagine his views on Israel.

We also had sweet young women crying because their mentoring lesbian feminist profs were insisting the students have lesbian sex to prove they didn't need a man. Meanwhile the activist priest who ran the community house was trying to seduce the young men who slept over, telling them he was "lonely". And this was a relatively "conservative" institution. They were and are the lowest left wing filth and they should be run off these campuses.