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February 19, 2007
The last stand of Ward Churchill
Via Boker Tov Boulder . . . .
Remember faux-Indian "Ethnic Studies" professor Ward "little Eichmanns" Churchill? His case continues to inch through the bureaucracy of the University of Colorado. As of last week, according to his defense team:
A University of Colorado faculty committee has recently heard testimony in Professor Ward Churchill's final internal appeal of the Chancellor's recommendation that he be fired for 'research misconduct.' The faculty committee is also holding hearings on Prof. Churchill's grievances concerning (a) selective or pretextual enforcement and (b) breaches of confidentiality by University officials. Their recommendations will be sent to President Hank Brown who, in turn, will make a recommendation to the Board of Regents, who have the final say.
Churchill's advocates are making a last-ditch effort to mobilize supporters in academia, via an Open Letter calling on the U of Colorado to reverse its decision. The signatories include the usual suspects Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, also controversial academics Rashid Khalidi and Juan Cole. Both Khalidi and Cole have recently had to defend their academic credentials in pursuit of professional advancement, and their participation in Churchill's defense gives credence to their detractors. (In a truly moronic convergence of nutty professors, Deborah Frisch (fired from U of Arizona for stalking a blogger and threatening his child) defended Churchill at CounterPunch in 2005.)
Other activities planned in support of Churchill include conferences, articles, coordinated responses to campus appearances by David Horowitz, and publication of the Open Letter, which isn't getting very far:
Recently, a number of people involved in this effort have expressed the opinion that we should seek to broaden the list of initiators of the Open Letter to include a wider, more "mainstream" spectrum of concerned individuals. However, in trying to do that, some of the people that we've approached have declined to sign, saying either that they haven't been following the case or don't know enough about it to take a public stance on the issue(s), particularly in light of the "research misconduct" charges. . . . The Falk Letter has been sent to the New York Review of Books, and to Harpers Magazine, for publication – both have declined to publish it. And on 2/9/07 it was submitted for publication in the NY Times Op Ed page.It will be interesting to see whether the NYTimes prints what Harper's declined.
Judith | 02/19/07 at 07:02 AM | Categories: - Wackademia
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Maybe the position, that was reserved for an "Indian" could go to... a real "Indian"?
Seriously... exactly what is 'too far' for a Lefty-hater?
Even if you didn't know anything else about America's worst : Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Rashid Khalidi and Juan Cole, their "defense" of someone so morally bankrupt... who spews hate and calls it intellect yet hasn't the wit to produce authentic hate as he has to plagiarize his bile, who produces bad art and excuses it as 'Native American' as if that isn't bigotry, and finally faked his own membership of his chosen victim class costing an actual member their token affirmative action preference... even if you didn't know anything else about these haters their celebration of Ward Churchill is a comprehensive illustration.
DANEgerus | February 22, 2007 01:03 AM
