Colo. Prof. Won't Be Fired Over Comments
Sat Mar 5,11:34 AM ET
U.S. National - AP
BOULDER, Colo. - University of Colorado President
Betsy Hoffman said a professor who compared Sept. 11
victims to Nazis will not be fired if a review turns
up only inflammatory comments, not misconduct.
"If we find it is just about speech, there will be no
action," Hoffman told the school's faculty assembly
Thursday, adding that she feared a "new McCarthyism"
was responsible for the uproar over Ward Churchill's
essay.
The university is reviewing Churchill's speeches and
lectures to see whether he should be dismissed for
exceeding the boundaries of academic freedom. A
decision is expected next week.
Hoffman did not comment on published reports this week
that the university was considering buying out
Churchill's contract to end the firestorm over his
essay.
Gov. Bill Owens called on the university to fire the
tenured professor, and some lawmakers have suggested
reducing the school's funding.
Churchill's essay, which likened "technocrats" killed
in the World Trade Center to Adolf Eichmann, attracted
little attention until January when he was invited to
speak at a college in upstate New York. The college
and a handful of other schools canceled Churchill's
appearances, citing security concerns.
Churchill says he wrote the essay after television
networks characterized the attacks as senseless. He
contends they were the logical result of repressive
U.S. policies.
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