CU plans to fire Churchill

The Denver Post ^ | June 26 ,2006 | Jennifer Brown

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The interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder plans to announce at 2 p.m. today whether CU will fire ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill.

A majority of professors on a university committee that investigates academic misconduct recommended two weeks ago that Churchill be fired for a "pattern of repeated, intentional misrepresentation."

In a secret ballot, six committee members recommended dismissal and three recommended suspension without pay. Two of the three recommended a five-year suspension and one a two-year suspension.

In a 20-page report, the committee agreed with a May investigative committee report that Churchill intentionally falsified his research, plagiarized other people's work and ghostwrote articles and then cited those to buttress his work.

Churchill and his attorney have threatened to sue CU if he is fired. They accuse the university of retaliating against the tenured professor because

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This just in...

[dfwgator]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[Talking_Mouse]

Please, God!

[wolfcreek]

He's a detriment and a shame to any university.

[goarmy]

First Gary Barnett, now this? Not gonna recognize CU anymore.

GO BUFFS!!!

[nmh]

Well. it's about time!

Will he be getting his benefits and early retirement package too?

[lormand]

...fingers crossed for justice

[AmericaUnited]

What a great few weeks!

[Gator101]

If they don't fire him this will rate as one of the top academic "wuss-outs" ever.

Being that this is CU, I am not holding my breath. I wouldn't be too surprised to hear a "nuanced" explanation to all of us unenlightened masses as to why this man can still "benefit" the academic experience at CU.

[Hegemony Cricket]

good

[piperpilot]

Waiting to give a good "BUH BYE, LOSER!"

[pabianice]

I would be surprised if Churchill doesn't take others of fellow psychotics down with him. Should be interesting.

[Gator101]

On some level I bet Ward is hoping to be fired. In his own mind he will finally have a real reason to call himself a victim and cite his oppression. Sounds like the whole native American thing he has used in the past is just bunk.

[TChad]

Here comes the bidding war between the ivies!

[from occupied ga]

I'll believe it when I see it.

They might fire him. He got caught and what's worse, he got caught publicly. They might actually do something to him for getting caught and making a very public spectacle of himself. Remember Michael Bellsiles at Emory? He got caught fabricating "research" and was let go (although I'm sure reluctantly)

[dhs12345]

Then plagiarism is okay at CU... for students too. Should make writing papers really easy.

[pabianice]

Boulder, CO ... Ward Churchill, under fire for academic fraud, has just announced that he is the great-grandson of Winston Churchill, former British prime minister and first sealord. Churchill is reportedly demanding that he be appointed a Professor of Anglo Saxon Studies at Cambridge University. Breaking...

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Heh. Big (Non-)Chief Loose-um Heap Big Wampum. :)

[samtheman]

Big deal. Call me on the day they put him up against the wall to be shot. That will be a good day. This is nothing.

[dfwgator]

I'm sure Berkeley or Cornell will take him. Ward would fit right in the "City of Evil."

[Manic_Episode]

Ward Churchill - Fake but accurrate.

Courage.

[Pukin Dog]

They are indeed going to fire Churchill today. They will also pay him to shut up and not sue them.

[martin_fierro]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[ozzymandus]

This will drag on forever.

[GOPJ]

... majority of professors on a university committee that investigates academic misconduct recommended two weeks ago that Churchill be fired for a "pattern of repeated, intentional misrepresentation."

The icing on the cake was Churchill, while pretending to be a Native American, he took on all the negative stereotypes... He kept his hair dirty and long, spoke with a strang halting, Hollywoodesque accent, and spoke with deep hatred for the "white man".

It's as if a German dyed his skin black, picked up some watermelon and chicken legs, and started using the N word, then tried to pass himself off as black.

It's insulting on soooooooo many levels. If they dump the insulting fake Churchill they've honored all true American Indians.

[river rat]

"The interim chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder plans to announce..."

Good grief, did the University have to name an INTERIM chancellor to get someone with sufficient balls to fire Churchill?

I wonder how much extra that will cost the taxpayers of Colorado?

A very close examination of CU faculty seems to be in order..
Somehow - Churchill was HIRED, PROMOTED and granted TENURE... HOW? and WHY?

Therein lies the root of the problem that hasn't yet been addressed.

Semper Fi

[Kenton]

The Ward Churchill Phoney Injun Award...

[Gator101]

Then plagiarism is okay at CU... for students too. Should make writing papers really easy.

It seems so common sense, doesn't it. A student or conservative professor would have been gone long ago for the same offenses. No wonder professors are so afraid to step off the liberal path.

[Tijeras_Slim]

If he's fired, he'll file a huge lawsuit which the university will probably settle out of court. Churchill will never really have to take consequences for his dishonesty and vitriol.

[SaxxonWoods]

Local wags are putting the odds at 40% for fired, 60% for 2-5 year suspension without pay.

By the way, a lot of actual Indians do not like this guy at all, and have said so in writing and speaking about him.

Big Chief-All-White-Ancestors is hoping to get fired so he can sue, as mentioned above by another poster.

[Manic_Episode]

Ward Churchill speak with heap fork tongue. Ugh.

[SaxxonWoods]

You hit nail on head with tomahawk, as usual.

[msnimje]

He will probably go on tour with Cindy Sheehan and become part of the George Soros family.

[prairiebreeze]

A majority of professors on a university committee that investigates academic misconduct recommended two weeks ago that Churchill be fired for a "pattern of repeated, intentional misrepresentation."

IOW, sociopathic. ping

[TChris]

If he's fired, he'll file a huge lawsuit which the university will probably settle out of court. Churchill will never really have to take consequences for his dishonesty and vitriol.

They should file a counter-suit claiming damages to the school's enrollment and reputation for his detestable behavior. Make sure he has something to lose.

[Kenton]

Any word yet?

[Anvilhead]

"Big Chief-All-White-Ancestors"

ROFLMAO!

Just out of curiosity, does this make him a fig newton?

[newcthem]

I'm betting they don't have the seeds to do it. Five to One Odds.

[Kenton]

I've known a few real Indians in my life, and I've known quite a few wannabes too. And the truth is usually literally as plain as their face.

Real Indians LOOK like Indians. Fake white "Cherokees" look like white people.

[Mo1]

These last 6 years have been a real eye opener for me as a parent

I have a few years to think long and hard about the colleges my children will be attending in the future

This idiot and a few others should have been fired long ago

[thile44]

He reminds me of Johnson on the cereal ad.

[Peach]

It took them long enough. And it sort of ticks me off he's being fired for "misrepresentation" instead of his hate speech after 9/11.

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Watching live webcast now...

http://9news.com/video/live.aspx

[Knitting A Conundrum]

let us who can't watch know what's going on...pretty please!

[abb]

Issued notice of intent to dismiss...

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Will start the firing process...

[RetSignman]

Yep, a teepee and a couple of yards of land on the reservation.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Means they've got the plagiarism so well documented it will handle a lawsuit...

[Wristpin]

"Disgraced ex-Professor Ward Churchill"

Has a nice ring to it.

[abb]

Churchill may request hearing from Senate faculty. LOL, lets drag this out and do as much damage as possible...