Posted on 04/26/2005 1:34:40 PM PDT by rmlew
In Professor Joseph Massad's mid-March statement to the ad hoc committee investigating faculty intimidation of students at Columbia University, he listed the support he'd received from various quarters, including petitions and letters. He then added this:
The Middle East Studies Association's Academic Freedom Committee also issued a letter defending my academic freedom, as did the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
Columbia Ping
The Grad Student union, supported by the AFL-CIO,
stands behind the leftist orthodxy under the guise of
"Academic Freedom" and Anti-McCarthyism.
http://www.columbiaacademicfreedom.org/archives/000110.html
This Orwellian inversion of rights is exactly why we
don't need more political unions at Columbia, but do
need a student bill of rights.
You may also find the following editorials and letters
to be of interest.
'New Grievance Policy'
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1992
Parroted Convictions
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1989
Columbia's Anti-Jewish Conspiracy Theorist
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17808
Columbia: The Awakening
Students accused of 'McCarthyism' have enabled all
students to begin to be heard
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1988
anyone who says the evil being done them is McCarthyism these days unwittingly convicts themselves.
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