Yes, this is really him.
Posted on 02/03/2005 6:47:50 PM PST by aculeus
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - University of Colorado administrators Thursday took the first steps toward a possible dismissal of a professor who likened World Trade Center victims to a notorious Nazi.
Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano ordered a 30-day review of Ward Churchill's speeches and writings will determine if the professor overstepped his boundaries of academic freedom and whether that should be grounds for dismissal.
Also Thursday, the Board of Regents issued an apology for Churchill's remarks at a meeting and voted to support the university's review of Churchill.
The raucous meeting drew dozens of protesters who back Churchill; at least two were arrested for disrupting the meeting and another was led away in handcuffs.
The regents refused to take public comment at their meeting, prompting an outcry from some of the 35 students who carried signs reading, "Protect academic freedom" and "Witch hunt." About a dozen professors also attended.
"I wish the regents had agreed to take some public comments," said law professor Barbara Bintliff, chairwoman of the Boulder Faculty Assembly. "Discussion and debate is what a university is all about."
The furor erupted last month after Churchill was invited to speak at Hamilton College in upstate New York. Campus officials discovered an essay and follow-up book by Churchill in which he said the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were a response to a history of American abuses abroad, particularly against indigenous peoples.
Among other things, he said those killed in the trade center were "little Eichmanns," a reference to Adolf Eichmann, who organized Nazi plans to exterminate Jews. The college canceled Churchill's appearance, citing death threats and concerns about security.
Colorado Gov. Bill Owens has called for Churchill's firing.
University officials have previously condemned Churchill's comments but defended his right to express them. University President Elizabeth Hoffman declined to comment Thursday on Churchill's future.
Churchill, whose pickup truck was vandalized with swastikas in front of his Boulder home sometime late Tuesday, has promised to sue the school if he is removed.
Earlier Thursday, the state Senate passed a resolution denouncing Churchill's comments as "evil and inflammatory." The nonbinding resolution was identical to one passed Wednesday by the House.
Democratic state Sen. Peter Groff cast the lone "no" vote, saying he disagreed with Churchill but that the resolution provides him with undeserved attention and attacks free speech.
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Churchill ping
A wise move. Their kind would just perpetuate the embarrassment.
Churchill...has promised to sue the school if he is removed.
Good for him; I hope he keeps this alive and in the front pages for as long as possible. I want his apologizers at the top to twist and squirm for as long as possible.
He deserves it.
That would be "Shutting down discussion and debate is what a university is all about."
Can you say pathological liar??
RATS are as RATS do!
~ping~
Thanks for the AIM link.
Liberals' misunderstanding of the 1st amendment is rivaled only by their misunderstanding of the 2nd.
The regents refused to take public comment at their meeting, prompting an outcry from some of the 35 students who carried signs reading
Dozens? As opposed to somewhere between 2 or 3 dozen?
A certified phony. A real poseur.
Thus, qualified to run for President on the Democrat ticket...
Sure, he can say whatever he wants, First Amendment. Go for it. But the taxpayers of the state of Colorado can also demand accountability for how their money is being spent at a state school, and this is one example of ABUSE of that trust. No way does his First Amendment right of free speech extend to forcing taxpayers to subsidize, at the tune of $90,000 per year, his moonbat rantings.
BTT fake indian alert.
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