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--- In [email protected], Rick Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/O.5XsA/8WnJAA/E2hLAA/08NolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> contact owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you. please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quick_vegetarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
