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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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To: dfwgator
He reminds me of Johnson on the cereal ad.
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posted on
06/26/2006 1:09:55 PM PDT
by
thile44
(Simplicity is too complex.)
To: prairiebreeze
It took them long enough. And it sort of ticks me off he's being fired for "misrepresentation" instead of his hate speech after 9/11.
42
posted on
06/26/2006 1:11:06 PM PDT
by
Peach
(Iraq/AlQaeda relationship http://markeichenlaub.blogspot.com/2006/06/strategic-relationship-between.)
To: Kenton
43
posted on
06/26/2006 1:11:12 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: abb
let us who can't watch know what's going on...pretty please!
44
posted on
06/26/2006 1:12:09 PM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Issued notice of intent to dismiss...
45
posted on
06/26/2006 1:13:07 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: abb
Will start the firing process...
46
posted on
06/26/2006 1:13:36 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: nmh
Yep, a teepee and a couple of yards of land on the reservation.
To: abb
Means they've got the plagiarism so well documented it will handle a lawsuit...
48
posted on
06/26/2006 1:14:34 PM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
"Disgraced ex-Professor Ward Churchill"
Has a nice ring to it.
49
posted on
06/26/2006 1:16:23 PM PDT
by
Wristpin
("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Churchill may request hearing from Senate faculty. LOL, lets drag this out and do as much damage as possible...
50
posted on
06/26/2006 1:16:59 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: abb
Funny, he don't look Sioux-ish
51
posted on
06/26/2006 1:18:03 PM PDT
by
duckman
(I refuse to use a tag line...I mean it.)
To: Manic_Episode
Ward Churchill speak with heap fork tongue. Ugh. I heard a real American Indian call him 'Walking Eagle'. Walking because he's too full of sh*t to fly!
52
posted on
06/26/2006 1:18:28 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: abb
Interim Chancellor says "we're prepared to defend ourselves in this matter."
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posted on
06/26/2006 1:18:48 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: Kenton
Fake white "Cherokees" look like white people.LOL - You're right on that...
54
posted on
06/26/2006 1:20:11 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
( NY Times editors have the right to publish and the US has the right to arrest them for treason.)
To: GOPJ
55
posted on
06/26/2006 1:21:36 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: abb
56
posted on
06/26/2006 1:22:38 PM PDT
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: abb
57
posted on
06/26/2006 1:22:46 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: mollynme
It's News now people - it's posted on FreeRepublic...
See tagline...
58
posted on
06/26/2006 1:23:36 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
To: pabianice
I'm just curious as to which college/university will pick him up next.
59
posted on
06/26/2006 1:24:42 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(I am the King Nut.)
To: admin
Could you change the headline to this, please?
CU plans to fire Churchill
60
posted on
06/26/2006 1:24:52 PM PDT
by
abb
(If it Ain't Posted on FreeRepublic, it Ain't News)
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