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CU plans to fire Churchill
The Denver Post ^
| June 26 ,2006
| Jennifer Brown
Posted on 06/26/2006 12:25:10 PM PDT by abb
The interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder plans to announce at 2 p.m. today whether CU will fire ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill.
A majority of professors on a university committee that investigates academic misconduct recommended two weeks ago that Churchill be fired for a "pattern of repeated, intentional misrepresentation."
In a secret ballot, six committee members recommended dismissal and three recommended suspension without pay. Two of the three recommended a five-year suspension and one a two-year suspension.
In a 20-page report, the committee agreed with a May investigative committee report that Churchill intentionally falsified his research, plagiarized other people's work and ghostwrote articles and then cited those to buttress his work.
Churchill and his attorney have threatened to sue CU if he is fired. They accuse the university of retaliating against the tenured professor because
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: academia; churchill; cu; fakeindian; fired; highereducation; uc; wardchurchill
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This just in...
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:25:14 PM PDT
by
abb
To: abb
I'll believe it when I see it.
2
posted on
06/26/2006 12:26:25 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: abb
3
posted on
06/26/2006 12:27:42 PM PDT
by
Talking_Mouse
(Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just... Thomas Jefferson)
To: abb
He's a detriment and a shame to any university.
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:28:12 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
To: abb
First Gary Barnett, now this? Not gonna recognize CU anymore.
GO BUFFS!!!
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:28:25 PM PDT
by
goarmy
(Zarqawi's OH SH*T moment lasted 52 minutes)
To: abb
Well. it's about time!
Will he be getting his benefits and early retirement package too?
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:28:39 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
To: abb
...fingers crossed for justice
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:28:39 PM PDT
by
lormand
(Republicans make better lovers because they don't pull out until finished.)
To: abb
To: abb
If they don't fire him this will rate as one of the top academic "wuss-outs" ever.
Being that this is CU, I am not holding my breath. I wouldn't be too surprised to hear a "nuanced" explanation to all of us unenlightened masses as to why this man can still "benefit" the academic experience at CU.
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:29:56 PM PDT
by
Gator101
To: abb
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:30:29 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Rugged individualists of the world, unite!)
To: abb
Waiting to give a good "BUH BYE, LOSER!"
To: abb
I would be surprised if Churchill doesn't take others of fellow psychotics down with him. Should be interesting.
To: Gator101
On some level I bet Ward is hoping to be fired. In his own mind he will finally have a real reason to call himself a victim and cite his oppression. Sounds like the whole native American thing he has used in the past is just bunk.
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:33:35 PM PDT
by
Gator101
To: abb
Here comes the bidding war between the ivies!
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:33:54 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: dfwgator
I'll believe it when I see it.They might fire him. He got caught and what's worse, he got caught publicly. They might actually do something to him for getting caught and making a very public spectacle of himself. Remember Michael Bellsiles at Emory? He got caught fabricating "research" and was let go (although I'm sure reluctantly)
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:33:59 PM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
To: Gator101
Then plagiarism is okay at CU... for students too. Should make writing papers really easy.
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:34:23 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: abb
Boulder, CO ... Ward Churchill, under fire for academic fraud, has just announced that he is the great-grandson of Winston Churchill, former British prime minister and first sealord. Churchill is reportedly demanding that he be appointed a Professor of Anglo Saxon Studies at Cambridge University. Breaking...
To: abb
Heh. Big (Non-)Chief Loose-um Heap Big Wampum. :)
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:35:22 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
To: abb
Big deal. Call me on the day they put him up against the wall to be shot. That will be a good day. This is nothing.
To: Gator101
I'm sure Berkeley or Cornell will take him. Ward would fit right in the "City of Evil."
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posted on
06/26/2006 12:37:11 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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