http://dirwww.colorado.edu/whitepage...full=100052236
Small detail:
He was just a lecturer, without tenure or any rehiring rights whatsoever.
Absolutly no comparison with Ward Churchill, who had been tenured for what, 20 years?
If Ward Churchill had also been a lecturer, he would have been out on his a$$ in 5 seconds.
And Churchill probably will end up leaving, anyway:
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HEADLINE: CU, CHURCHILL NEAR AGREEMENT;
SETTLEMENT WOULD END PROFESSOR'S TENURE, LAWYER SAYS
BYLINE: Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News
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Attorneys for the University of Colorado and ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill are nearing an agreement on a financial settlement that would end his tenured professorship, according to one of Churchill's lawyers.
David Lane, one of the Denver lawyers representing Churchill, said late Thursday that a settlement could be reached "quickly."
"There has been no settlement at this moment," he added. "We have nothing at this point to comment on."
In response to suggestions that Churchill, 57, might not agree to a settlement unless he was allowed to complete teaching his spring semester classes, Lane said, "I don't think there are any sticking points. It's just a matter of drafting an agreement that's acceptable to everyone."
Churchill's annual salary is about $94,000. Lane did not give any indication of what financial terms were being discussed.
Churchill has been under fire since late January, when nationwide controversy erupted over an essay in which he sought to explain the possible motivations for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
Many were angered by the essay's comparison of white-collar workers inside the World Trade Center to Nazi bureaucrats.
The CU Board of Regents on Feb. 3 directed Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano to lead what was to be a 30-day probe into Churchill's voluminous writings and speeches to determine whether there is cause for him to be dismissed.
A university spokeswoman said earlier this week that the findings likely would not be known until at least Monday.
DiStefano's report, which could lead to a vote by regents on whether to fire Churchill, could be upstaged, however, by a negotiated settlement and buyout of Churchill's contract.
Lane has said that if CU moved to fire Churchill, he would likely answer with a lawsuit charging an infringement of Churchill's First Amendment rights.
LOAD-DATE: March 11, 2005
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