University president recommends firing professor {Ward Churchill} (AP/CNN)

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DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- The president of the University of Colorado has recommended that a professor who likened some September 11 victims to a Nazi should be fired, according to the professor and the school.

Ward Churchill, a tenured professor of ethnic studies, has denied the allegations and threatened a lawsuit if he is dismissed.

CU President Hank Brown made the recommendation in a 10-page letter sent to the chair of the committee that handles tenure issues. University spokeswoman Michele McKinney confirmed published reports about the recommendation Monday but said the school would not make the letter public.

The university's governing Board of Regents would have the final say on whether Churchill is fired or disciplined. It could be several weeks before the case ends up in its hands; the tenure panel must review it first.

Churchill touched off a firestorm with an essay likening some victims in the World Trade Center to Adolf Eichmann, who helped carry out the Holocaust.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/29/embattled.professor.ap/index.html

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1. Good Riddance

Anyone, in this case Ward Churchill, who copies/plagarizes another artist's work for his own profit -- is lower than scum.

See: 'Original' Churchill Art Piece Creates Controversy - CBS4 News Denver

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2. I wasn't aware of that aspect of the case. Thanks for posting. nt

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3. He isn't being canned for his remarks but for academic fraud

and its very well deserved