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(Cont') UCLA Conservative Prof. May Be Fired For Refusing to Cave In to Political Correctness
Heat Street (https://heatst.com/) ^ | 6:10 am, April 18, 2017 | By Lukas Mikelionis

Posted on 04/19/2017 8:23:35 AM PDT by johnk

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In case anyone wants to call over to UCLA:

Contact Them in Support of Keith Fink, a UCLA professor who teaches classes on entertainment law and free speech.

I just called, bear in mind the time differences.

UCLA LAW SCHOOL: Human Resources 310-825-6946

Office of the Dean 310-206-6465

Campus Human Resources 310-794-0800

Campus Human Resources Email: chr@chr.ucla.edu | Phone: (310) 794-0800

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Also this is Professor Fink's email at UCLA, send him note of support (he replied back to me in minutes):

kfink@ucla.edu

His reply:

"I appreciate your support.

Keith A. Fink Keith A. Fink & Associates"

1 posted on 04/19/2017 8:23:35 AM PDT by johnk
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To: johnk

From Feb 21, 2107

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/21/ucla-professor-rips-school-conservative-free-speech-tucker-keith-fink

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“...school is blocking students from taking his free speech course, lashed out at administrators for “violating” students’ rights.

Keith Fink told the College Fix that after a liberal shift in the school’s administration, some students were blocked from enrolling in his “Sex, Politics and Race” course. He said the class size has been restricted due to his conservative leanings.

“I go over principles that govern First Amendment free speech, due process rights and ‘kangaroo’ campus court proceedings,” he said, adding that he often uses UCLA as his example.

“They continuously and consistently trample students’ rights,” he said.

Fink, who is untenured, argued the school “sends emails that chill speech they don’t like” and punishes students who run afoul of the administration’s leftist ideology.

On the other hand, he said an obscene cartoon in a school publication, featuring Bibi Netanyahu with a large nose and the Commandments of “Thou Shalt Not Steal” and “Thou Shalt Not Murder” visible in the background, elicited no response from those same administrators...”


2 posted on 04/19/2017 8:26:34 AM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: johnk

Instead of the Koch brothers and company blowing hundreds of millions of dollars per campaign season they should create a conservative university. There are tons of high quality conservative scholars black balled by the current environment available. Considering all the private liberal arts colleges struggling to attract students there are opportunities to buy existing campuses.


3 posted on 04/19/2017 8:27:46 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: johnk

Political Correctness = Mind Slavery


4 posted on 04/19/2017 8:28:57 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: johnk

one of these days people will figure out that government-run education is a bad idea

any day now


5 posted on 04/19/2017 8:34:27 AM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: johnk

How about a state initiative to defund and privatize all colleges and universities at the state level here in California?


6 posted on 04/19/2017 8:35:18 AM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: Vaduz

The modern day office is bad enough.

I cannot imagine having to work at one of these hell holes. Brain washed children and their slave masters all walking around in angry PC, triggered, liberal trances.

All my kids went to private Christian schools just for this reason. Our family is reaping the rewards now, all of them following Christ still. One of my sons decided to let the “corps” straighten him out after High School. It did.

Now he is finishing mechanical engineering degree and marrying great Christian girl.


7 posted on 04/19/2017 8:39:13 AM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: C19fan

That is a really good point.

Incredible how the left wing liberal nut jobs stole our nation’s education system from K all the way through Graduate School.

That has always angered me. They go for the minds of the weak, desperate, poor and the young.


8 posted on 04/19/2017 8:42:58 AM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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To: BigEdLB

Yes just like Trump’s idea with Planned Parenthood and PBS.

Now we are talking. This would force kids into schools with pro American and Pro Common sense agendas.

Affordable schools.


9 posted on 04/19/2017 8:45:11 AM PDT by johnk (faithful with little....)
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Interesting. I guess it’s a myth that professors can’t be fired.


10 posted on 04/19/2017 8:45:54 AM PDT by ssfromla (Free)
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To: johnk

Yet other professors can call for violence against the president and Republicans and that’s just fine.


11 posted on 04/19/2017 8:53:31 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: C19fan

That’s a great idea.

Honestly, half of the colleges and universities in the country could close their doors and we probably would be better off.

Higher education has become nothing more than a cash cow for Leftist professors and administrators.


12 posted on 04/19/2017 8:54:33 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: ssfromla

Unless they’re tenured ...


13 posted on 04/19/2017 8:55:48 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: johnk
If a panel of senior faculty members decide the professor doesn’t meet the excellence standards, they are forced to leave the position.

What happened to "tenure"?

ML/NJ

14 posted on 04/19/2017 9:01:52 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: johnk

bump


15 posted on 04/19/2017 9:14:50 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: johnk

Liberals have a very twisted mind they hate everything and want everyone to be like them just to feel they are right.
You did good with the kids they still must be alert to the many ways of the liberal works.


16 posted on 04/19/2017 9:18:41 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: johnk

When LTG Leslie Groves was warned by his intelligence staff about recruiting scientists from universities for Manhattan Project assignments, he complained something to the effect of, “Where am I supposed to find scientists if not from the universities?”

Robert Oppenheimer, who headed up the scientists of the program at Groves behest, had been a lefty himself, but with no “official” attachment to any such cause. But his wife sure had.


17 posted on 04/19/2017 9:31:08 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: johnk

Thanks for posting. I sent him a supportive email.


18 posted on 04/19/2017 10:41:56 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: C19fan
Instead of the Koch brothers and company blowing hundreds of millions of dollars per campaign season they should create a conservative university.

The big issue will be the accreditation bodies, which are control by Leftists. It doesn't matter if you open a conservative university, if your degrees are not recognized because your school is not accredited.

The Secretary of Education has some power over these groups, which is likely the real reason why Democrats tossed such a fit over Trump's pick.

19 posted on 04/19/2017 11:02:58 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: PapaBear3625; C19fan

Yes, the statists locked up higher ed with accreditation. And accreditation is a sure path to mediocrity.

Now that some states have laws requiring accreditation before an institution can call itself a college or university, there really needs to be an entirely different model.

Working ....


20 posted on 04/19/2017 11:06:17 AM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump)
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