Ward Churchill canned... files suit.
Controversial Colorado professor Ward Churchill who called 9/11 victims Nazis and claimed that the U.S. government murdered American Indians was fired yesterday for plagiarism, faulty scholarship, falsely pretending to be of American Indian descent and using faked or unreliable sources for publications.
This guy is a real loser. He's entitled to his political opinions regardless of how asinine they are, but he steals the ideas and words of others and offers them as his own and lied about being an Indian to get his job (which of course illustrates the folly of the whole affirmative action boondoggle). Churchill is a real idiot and should have been fired two years ago.
Of course, he is now filing a lawsuit demanding damages and his job back. We'll see how sympathetic a jury will be towards this anti-American moron. I just hope the university doesn't settle to make it go away. I want him to testify in court and repeat his Nazi statements for the jury.
This guy is a real loser. He's entitled to his political opinions regardless of how asinine they are, but he steals the ideas and words of others and offers them as his own and lied about being an Indian to get his job (which of course illustrates the folly of the whole affirmative action boondoggle). Churchill is a real idiot and should have been fired two years ago.
Of course, he is now filing a lawsuit demanding damages and his job back. We'll see how sympathetic a jury will be towards this anti-American moron. I just hope the university doesn't settle to make it go away. I want him to testify in court and repeat his Nazi statements for the jury.
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+1 the sad thing is that there is more like him teaching/brainwashing students their crap. 0 -
I was actually surprised that he is filing suit in Denver. He should be filing it in Boulder. One would think you'd find a much more sympathetic jury there, and Boulder is well-known for some really whacked-out decisions.
When I worked for the insurance company, we almost always went for a change of venue when suit was filed in Boulder. You just can't win there to save your life.
Denver, of course, isn't much better. You have to get into the Denver suburbs (consisting of seven other counties) to get reasonable juries.
I think all that CU will have to do is show Churchill's plagiarized work and then show the code of conduct expected by students and faculty. It should be a slam-dunk case on CU's part.0 -
His is a pretty weak-sauce defense.
Let me see if I have this right...
Ward Churchill was fired on the grounds that he lied and plagarized. He is not denying that he lied and plagarized. But he's suing because his outrageous comments made folks look a little deeper into his academic qualifications and it was discovered that he was a liar and plagarist.
So his defense is that if he hadn't made the outrageous comments, nobody would've known that he is a liar and a plagarist.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
His is a pretty weak-sauce defense.
Let me see if I have this right...
Ward Churchill was fired on the grounds that he lied and plagarized. He is not denying that he lied and plagarized. But he's suing because his outrageous comments made folks look a little deeper into his academic qualifications and it was discovered that he was a liar and plagarist.
So his defense is that if he hadn't made the outrageous comments, nobody would've known that he is a liar and a plagarist.
Right. And, notice the kids that are demanding he not be fired because of his First Amendment rights to free speech. I can't help but wonder if these kids are also experts on the Second Amendment.0 -
Students "demanding" that Churchill not be fired...
Based on his First Amendment Rights.
How do we help them understand that there is no Constitutionally-guaranteed right to steal other people's work?
Once more form the top...
If you're going to say things that are designed to get people mad at you, don't be surprised if those words bite your ass one day.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
Students "demanding" that Churchill not be fired...
Based on his First Amendment Rights.
How do we help them understand that there is no Constitutionally-guaranteed right to steal other people's work?
Once more form the top...
If you're going to say things that are designed to get people mad at you, don't be surprised if those words bite your ass one day.
You must've read my blog entry this morning.0 -
quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
Students "demanding" that Churchill not be fired...
Based on his First Amendment Rights.
How do we help them understand that there is no Constitutionally-guaranteed right to steal other people's work?
Once more form the top...
If you're going to say things that are designed to get people mad at you, don't be surprised if those words bite your ass one day.
You must've read my blog entry this morning.
Not until just now. But you and I are are of an identical mind when it comes to Ward Churchill.0 -
I predict he will forgo the jury and find one of those "Colorado" judges. [:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
I predict he will forgo the jury and find one of those "Colorado" judges. [:D]
+1 Or move it to NYC and get that judge that always takes the opposite opinion. Weinstein or something like that!0 -
About time that communist got the "pink slip weggie"! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
His is a pretty weak-sauce defense.
Let me see if I have this right...
Ward Churchill was fired on the grounds that he lied and plagarized. He is not denying that he lied and plagarized. But he's suing because his outrageous comments made folks look a little deeper into his academic qualifications and it was discovered that he was a liar and plagarist.
So his defense is that if he hadn't made the outrageous comments, nobody would've known that he is a liar and a plagarist.
Yea what he said!!!0 -
Move the trial. Would suggest Cherokee North Carolina. Since Mr. Churchill claims to be a member of the Cherokee Nation- let him be tried by a jury of his peers- the Cherokee Nation. [:p] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by sig232
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
I predict he will forgo the jury and find one of those "Colorado" judges. [:D]
+1 Or move it to NYC and get that judge that always takes the opposite opinion. Weinstein or something like that!
NO! The fruit will end up here in my neck of the woods, plead his case, and win.
quote:Churchill is a real idiot and should have been fired two years ago.+1
This is the exact same type of professor's that spew this type of stuff at UCSC.0 -
I predict Churchill will lose his lawsuit.
They took their time making the decision to fire him and made their case as bulletproof as possible.0 -
I would like to recomend that if he is going to be on our tv for a while that he break down and purchase some shampoo and see a dentist. 0 -
The part that kind of disgusts me is even if he loses, he still gets paid for another year at $100K per year. 0 -
Churchill is a liar, an idiot, and a criminal, and deserved to get fired. He will most likely get at least a settlement, but I will be interested to see who hires him next. 0 -
What did he plagierize?
quote:Originally posted by SaxonPig
Controversial Colorado professor Ward Churchill who called 9/11 victims Nazis and claimed that the U.S. government murdered American Indians was fired yesterday for plagiarism, faulty scholarship, falsely pretending to be of American Indian descent and using faked or unreliable sources for publications.
This guy is a real loser. He's entitled to his political opinions regardless of how asinine they are, but he steals the ideas and words of others and offers them as his own and lied about being an Indian to get his job (which of course illustrates the folly of the whole affirmative action boondoggle). Churchill is a real idiot and should have been fired two years ago.
Of course, he is now filing a lawsuit demanding damages and his job back. We'll see how sympathetic a jury will be towards this anti-American moron. I just hope the university doesn't settle to make it go away. I want him to testify in court and repeat his Nazi statements for the jury.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Makahrsig
What did he plagierize?
quote:Originally posted by SaxonPig
Controversial Colorado professor Ward Churchill who called 9/11 victims Nazis and claimed that the U.S. government murdered American Indians was fired yesterday for plagiarism, faulty scholarship, falsely pretending to be of American Indian descent and using faked or unreliable sources for publications.
This guy is a real loser. He's entitled to his political opinions regardless of how asinine they are, but he steals the ideas and words of others and offers them as his own and lied about being an Indian to get his job (which of course illustrates the folly of the whole affirmative action boondoggle). Churchill is a real idiot and should have been fired two years ago.
Of course, he is now filing a lawsuit demanding damages and his job back. We'll see how sympathetic a jury will be towards this anti-American moron. I just hope the university doesn't settle to make it go away. I want him to testify in court and repeat his Nazi statements for the jury.
He stole the work from several authors and incorporated it into his own book.
What is almost as bad is that he created a second personna, wrote a few fabricated reports under that name, and then used that second personna as a source for material in his own name.
I say it is almost as bad because there is no real crime here, whereas the first there is theft of intellectual property. But, it is deceit and falsifying evidence just the same.
And, Churchill has not denied any of the allegations. He simply states that they would have not been dug up if not but for his hateful speech against the 9/11 victims.0 -
Subject: Communication from President Hank Brown on the Board of
Regents Vote
FROM: Office of the President
DATE: July 24, 2007
SUBJECT: Communication from President Hank Brown on the Board of
Regents Vote
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of the University of Colorado,
The Board of Regents today voted to accept my recommendation to
dismiss Professor Ward Churchill from the faculty.
I made the recommendation for the good of the university. CU's
success depends upon its reputation for academic integrity. A public research university such as ours requires public faith that each faculty member's pofessional activities and search for truth are conducted according to the high standards on which CU's reputation rests.
We are accountable to those who have a stake in the university: the
people of Colorado who contribute $200 million annually in tax dollars, the federal entities that provide some $640 million annually in research funding, the donors who gave us more than $130 million this year to enhance academic quality, the alumni who want to maintain the value of their degrees, the faculty and staff who expect their colleagues to act with integrity, and the students who trust that faculty who teach them meet the high professional standards of the university and the profession.
Given the record of the case and findings of Professor Churchill's
faculty peers, I determined that allowing him to remain on the faculty would cast a shadow on our reputation for academic integrity.
Throughout the case, we have adhered to shared governance procedures as determined by the CU Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws and
adopted by the Board of Regents. During the course of two-plus years, Professor Churchill presented his position in writing, in person, with his attorney and with witnesses of his choosing. He was afforded full due process.
More than 20 tenured faculty members (from CU and other universities) on three separate panels conducted a thorough review of his work and found that the evidence shows Professor Churchill engaged in research misconduct, and that it required serious sanction. The record of the case shows a pattern of serious, repeated and deliberate research misconduct that falls below the minimum
standard of professional integrity, including fabrication,
falsification, improper citation and plagiarism. No university can abide such serious academic misconduct.
Professor Churchill fabricated historical events and sought to
support his fabrications by manufacturing articles under other names. His publications show more than just sloppy citations or using the work of others without crediting them. The Investigative Committee of the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct found multiple instances of falsification, fabrication and plagiarism. Any student engaging in such a wide range of academic misconduct
would be seriously sanctioned. We should hold our faculty to a high
standard of professionalism. While Professor Churchill's peers on the faculty panels were unanimous in finding research misconduct, views on the appropriate sanction varied. Some faculty recommended dismissal while others suggested a less severe penalty. My
obligation as president is to recommend to the Board of Regents an
appropriate sanction that is for the good of the university.
Some on the Boulder campus and beyond claim Professor Churchill was
singled out because of public condemnation of his writing about September 11, 2001. They see this case as a referendum on academic freedom. The university determined early in the process that his speech was not at issue, but that his research was. The prohibition against research misconduct extends to all faculty, regardless of their political views. We cannot abandon our professional
standards and exempt faculty members from being accountable for the
integrity of their research simply because their views are controversial.
Professor Churchill's activities not only run counter to the
essence of academic freedom, but also threaten its foundation. Academic freedom is intended to protect the exploration and teaching of unpopular, even controversial ideas. But that pursuit must be accompanied by the standards of the profession. Academic freedom does not protect research misconduct. After his research misconduct was identified, Professor Churchill did not admit any errors or come forward to correct the record, as is expected in the profession.
CU's most important asset is its academic reputation. Professor
Churchill's actions reflect poorly on the University of Colorado, but we will not let the research misconduct of one individual tarnish our reputation. Our faculty members take pride in their work and demonstrate their respect for the high standards of their profession and this university day in and day out. Professor
Churchill's research misconduct is an affront to those who conduct
themselves with integrity.
We will remain accountable to those who have high expectations of
Colorado's flagship university. And our faculty will remain true to high professional standards to ensure our reputation for academic integrity remains intact.
Sincerely,
Hank Brown
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Yep, that was in this morning's Rocky Mountain News. 0 -
quote:We are accountable to those who have a stake in the university: the people of Colorado who contribute $200 million annually in tax dollars, the federal entities that provide some $640 million annually in research funding, the donors who gave us more than $130 million this year to enhance academic quality???
What the hell are they teaching out there that costs a BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR to learn????0
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