University of Colorado may offer Churchill a buyout
PUBLISHED in the Denver Post, 3/10/05
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E416%257E,00.html
Re: CU weighs buyout for firebrand prof (Denver Post, March 8, 2005)
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~53~2733299%2C00.html
To the Editors:
A buyout of Ward Churchill is a terrible idea for many reasons. First, the case against Churchill is much too strong for the University to be afraid of losing in court.
Second, it sets a terrible precedent. Future bad behavior and violation of contract will become exceptionally difficult to punish. Would a professor who is even more destructive than Churchill simply be worth a bigger payout?
Third, the University of Colorado is a public institution and has a fiduciary responsibility to taxpayers including not paying the equivalent of protection money to a terrorist.
If a buyout is offered, citizens should take every possible legal action to block it. If the University is worried about the cost of defending themselves in a lawsuit, put me down for a $1000 contribution to a legal defense fund for any regent with the courage to stand up and fire Ward Churchill.
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Yours truly
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03/09/05 @ 12:46:29 am
I like your proposal. Thanks for your generous offer to help finance the legal costs of defending a decison to fire this sick person.
03/09/05 @ 05:00:38 am
Wow. If that's not the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time. The buyout won't work, for the following reason:
Churchill will refuse. He knows he won't be offered another tenured teaching job if he gives up CU, and will be able to claim the moral victory of sticking a thumb in the eye of the administration trying to silence him. It's just bad PR, because there is no way he'd accept it.