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SRJC uproar over Republican protest Several instructors targeted by student's posting of red stars, state code on teaching of communism Wednesday, March 2, 2005 By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Santa Rosa Junior College's oak-studded campus is aflame with controversy triggered by the anonymous posting of red stars and a reference to communist indoctrination on 10 faculty office doors. Instructors quickly saw the action as a threat to academic freedom, but the student who claimed credit for the protest said it was about left-leaning bias in the lecture hall. The stars, which unnerved some instructors, were accompanied by a copy...

Several instructors targeted by student's posting of red stars, state code on teaching of communism Santa Rosa Junior College's oak-studded campus is aflame with controversy triggered by the anonymous posting of red stars and a reference to communist indoctrination on 10 faculty office doors. Instructors quickly saw the action as a threat to academic freedom, but the student who claimed credit for the protest said it was about left-leaning bias in the lecture hall. The stars, which unnerved some instructors, were accompanied by a copy of a state Education Code section prohibiting the teaching of communism with the "intent to...

SRJC teacher found dead Instructor's 'kill the president' e-mail assignment controversial Wednesday, November 10, 2004 By PAUL PAYNE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Michael H. Ballou, a Santa Rosa Junior College instructor questioned last year by the Secret Service over a controversial assignment involving President Bush, has died, the Sonoma County coroner said Tuesday. The 49-year-old political science instructor died Saturday at his Guerneville home where he lived alone, Sheriff's Sgt. Will Wallman said. The cause of his death is under investigation, but detectives have ruled out homicide, Wallman said. "There's nothing to say he died at the hands of another, but,...