Thursday, February 03, 2005

Review May Lead to Churchill Firing

By Catherine Tsai
The Associated Press

Aurora
- At a meeting Thursday distrupted by demonstrators, the University of Colorado Board of Regents issued an apology to "all Americans" for a professor's comparision of World Trade Center victims to Nazis as administrators began the first steps of possible dismissal.

A 30-day review of Ward Churchill's speeches and writings would determine whether the American Indian Movement activist and tenured professor would be removed from his post, Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano said.

The full story is in the Denver Post, with links to related coverage.

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