Monday, March 07, 2005
Another free speech fight brewing
It would seem, rather embarrassingly, that it's now going to be the left which is seeking to deny free speech rights on a university campus. Guys, if you're going to rage and rant and scream that Ward Churchill deserves his paid-speech rights (he wants to keep making $90,000 a year to have his say, after all) then it must be conceded that the right has every bit as much claim to the First Amendment. I wonder whether any of the Western cultures profs have ripped off someone else's artwork or taught the Weather Underground how to make bombs, though. I have no doubt whatsoever that we'll shortly hear about it if they have.
UNC profs want talk nixed with foundation
BY ERIC FERRERI, The Herald-SunMarch 2, 2005 10:30 pm
CHAPEL HILL -- A large group of UNC faculty is demanding that the university stop talking with a conservative philanthropic foundation about a controversial proposal to create a new Western cultures program.
A letter signed by 71 UNC faculty members demands that university officials stop talking with the John William Pope Foundation, a conservative group that has made many professors uneasy due to its financial support of organizations often critical of the university.
UNC profs want talk nixed with foundation
BY ERIC FERRERI, The Herald-SunMarch 2, 2005 10:30 pm
CHAPEL HILL -- A large group of UNC faculty is demanding that the university stop talking with a conservative philanthropic foundation about a controversial proposal to create a new Western cultures program.
A letter signed by 71 UNC faculty members demands that university officials stop talking with the John William Pope Foundation, a conservative group that has made many professors uneasy due to its financial support of organizations often critical of the university.
