Right Wing "Alumni" Org. targets liberal UCLA Professors

[joefree1]

Bruin Alumni Association Targets 'Radical' Faculty
By Malcolm Maclachlan
(published January 17th, 2006)

An organization calling itself the "Bruin Alumni Association" that has no official affiliation with the University of California has published an online list of UCLA professors it deems "radical."? The Association also posted an online offer to pay students for evidence proving that instructors have been espousing left-wing views in class, in violation of University of California rules.

The Association lists an advisory board of UCLA alumni that includes Senator and current Congressional candidate Bill Morrow, R-San Diego, former Congressman Jim Rogan, and former California Republican Party head Shawn Steel. The group's founder is Andrew Jones, a 2003 UCLA graduate who has worked as a research assistant to David Horowitz, the right-wing commentator closely identified with criticizing universities for being too liberal.

The Web site, www.uclaprofs.com, lists 31 current and former professors in disciplines such as African-American studies, Chicano studies, education, history and political science. These names are linked to detailed profiles of professors and their activities. There is also a ratings system in which faculty are rated from one to five "black power" fists to indicate how radical they are.

The site, which states that it was launched Jan. 7, also includes a button that reads, "UCLA Students: Help UCLAprofs and get paid!"? This invitation leads to a page that states:

"Do you have a professor who just can't stop talking about President Bush, about the war in Iraq, about the Republican Party, or any other ideological issue that has nothing to do with the class subject matter? It doesn't matter whether this is a past class, or your class for this coming winter quarter. If you help UCLAProfs.com expose the professor, we'll pay you for your work. Full, detailed lecture notes, all professor-distributed materials, and full tape recordings of every class session, for one class: $100."
http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=434

Here's some more information posted on a thread in LBN.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2048780

[yorkiemommie1]

1. how soon before children are encouraged to rat on their parents?

n/t

[Kerrytravelers]

2. I wonder if they also want the names of anyone who was ever a

member of the Communist party or a Communist sympathizer? :eyes:

[joefree1]

3. Good news

Board members resign after group targets UCLA profs

Thursday, January 19, 2006; Posted: 9:58 a.m. EST (14:58 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A former congressman is among three people who have quit the advisory board of a conservative alumni group at the University of California, Los Angeles, after it offered students money to police professors accused of pushing liberal views.
Former Rep. James Rogan, a Republican who served two terms, sent an e-mail Wednesday to Andrew Jones, head of the Bruin Alumni Association, saying he didn't want his name connected to the group.
"I am uncomfortable to say the least with this tactic," Rogan wrote in his e-mail. "It places students in jeopardy of violating myriad regulations and laws."
Rogan's resignation follows those of Harvard historian Stephan Thernstrom and UCLA professor emeritus Jascha Kessler, who both quit the board once they learned of the group's activities.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/01/19/professors.targeted.ap/

[davidinalameda]

4. maybe this will blow up in the group's collective faces

[rinsd]

5. Even conservatives are running from this.....

...well except for that nutball Horowitz.