No job, no money for Churchill

[masuki bance]

Does he have Indian ancestry?

A judge has ruled that the University of Colorado doesn't have to give controversial former professor Ward Churchill his job back, even though a jury found he was improperly fired.

Churchill, who taught ethnic studies at CU's Boulder campus, lost his teaching position after an investigation found he had plagiarized and falsified scholarly work for years.

The university launched the investigation on the heels of controversy that erupted when an essay surfaced in which Churchill called some victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at New York's World Trade Center "little Eichmanns."

CU said he was fired for academic misconduct. Churchill sued, arguing that he was penalized for exercising his right to free speech.

"This ruling recognizes that the regents have to make important and difficult decisions. The threat of litigation should not be used to influence those decisions," CU president Bruce Benson said in a release.

Earlier this year, a jury awarded Churchill just $1 after deciding that his firing was retaliation for the essay.

That decision left Denver District Judge Larry Naves to rule whether Churchill should be reinstated or receive "front pay" — a monetary settlement.

In a 42-page decision issued today, Naves agreed with the university that Churchill's presence on the Boulder campus would suggest that the university tolerated academic misconduct.

"The evidence was credible that professor Churchill will not only be the most visible member of the department of ethnic studies if reinstated, but that reinstatement will create the perception in the broader academic community that the department of ethnic studies tolerates research misconduct," Naves wrote.

"In addition, this negative perception has great potential to hinder students graduating from the department of ethnic studies in their efforts to obtain placement in graduate programs," he wrote.

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http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12769291

[Raineyb]

1. Remind me again what's the point of proving you were fired improperly if the

university can do so with impunity?

Idiot judges. The laws clearly are only meant to be followed by some of us.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. He fucked up -

he plagiarized and got caught.

That's always grounds for dismissal. Of course, he made himself a target with his 9/11 comments, bless his heart, but he really should have done and used his own research. He played right into the hands of the people who wanted him out...................

[Buzz Clik]

6. Bingo.

[Raineyb]

9. Be that as it may there's still procedure and they didn't follow their own damn procedures

There still should be some punishment for that. Otherwise they'll just do it again to the next person whose views they don't care for. That is the point here. I don't give a damn about who it is that they've fired wrongly its the wrongly part that I'm concerned with.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. This ruling should have been made before the trial

[vadawg]

10. i think he got a financial reward from the court $1 or so

[JVS]

3. The recent behavior of financial institutions in our country has vindicated Churchill's assessmen

[masuki bance]

4. The people who died in the towers were "little Eichmanns" -ok.

Wev.

[JVS]

5. Some were

[NightWatcher]

7. he's a fucking wannabe phony

"Ward Churchill has been masquerading as an Indian for years behind his dark glasses and beaded headband. He waves around an honorary membership card that at one time was issued to anyone by the Keetoowah Tribe of Oklahoma. Former President Bill Clinton and many others received these cards, but these cards do not qualify the holder a member of any tribe. He has deceitfully and treacherously fooled innocent and naïve Indian community members in Denver, Colorado, as well as many other people worldwide. Churchill does not represent, nor does he speak on behalf of the American Indian Movement."

-from Dennis Banks and Clyde Bellecourt

http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/churchill05.html

[Hannah Bell]

11. DB & CB have issues of their own:

"In keeping with this we must not forget that the Storm Troopers are not the only liars. For without a doubt there are those within the American Indian Movement who know who did what. Can anyone in their right mind not imagine that Dennis Banks, lover to Anna, did not get to the bottom of this way back then? I think not. Was it an accident that NO ranking member of AIM attended her funeral?

If you are innocent, Dennis, say so to the world, and give us the exact names, places, dates, and all the details of these terrible tragedies we are still suffering from. It means nothing to show up for marches at White Clay and Mobridge and Rapid City if you have lost the trust of the grassroots oyayes and tiyospayes, which you have. AIM is not trusted on our Reservations-Concentration Camps anymore, because of the deceit and double-dealing, and the many stories of your corruption with our young girls, violence to our men, millions of dollars of donations that have never trickled down to the People....Whoever killed Anna Mae Aquash, whoever did the dirty work for the FBI, I think they were duped. Those guys were tricked into doing this..."


http://www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Native/news/dill_aquash.asp

It's insider baseball, there's no way to know who's credible.


Churchill was pushed out though, that's clear. The charges of plagiarism = pretext.