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We were deprived of his teaching
Posted by Raven on October 3rd, 2007
He’a BAACCKK…Ward Feather Fondler Churchill that is.
Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill on Tuesday began what he told students would become a series of classes held at the school despite being fired from his position in July.
Churchill elicited applause and handshakes from the majority of the 30 or so CU students and area residents who came to hear his lecture, which he titled “ReVisioning American History: Colonization, Genocide and Formation of the U.S. Settler State.”
Churchill, who did not allow the Camera to attend the class, said the group would come up with various topics to discuss.
“I’ve been invited by people who are concerned with content of the mind,” Churchill said.
Hmm….
The controversial former professor was invited to speak in a classroom at CU’s Eaton Humanities Building by a group of student supporters who rented out the space. Churchill handed out a class syllabus, which includes scheduled classes to be held Oct. 9 about colonialism, Oct. 23 on genocide and Oct. 30 about racism.
Yea he’s all about teaching racism. Who cares about the fact that Churchill’s FACTS are made up fairy tales concocted in his mind and spewed out as real history. Who cares that he plagiarized the works of others. Who questions his integrity and ethics?
A written introduction to the class states that it “carries no credit, fulfills no institutional requirements, involves payment of no tuition, entails no paycheck to its instructor. … It is therefore in no sense bound by the rules supposedly governing courses offered in the university catalogue.”
Aaron Smith, a 24-year-old senior political science and ethnic studiesmajor, said he helped organize the class because he and other students wanted to hear what Churchill had to say.
“We were deprived of his teaching,” Smith said of the university’s decision to fire Churchill, who taught American Indian studies. “He was one of the most valuable professors we’ve had on this campus.”
Most valuable? And the kids were deprived eh? Well maybe. But I say the kids at least have a better chance of learning factual history and might get off to a better start in life- vs. looking like a bunch of dumbasses graduating from this college. Why the kids see anything in this non man is beyond me; why they insist upon fondling Churchill’s over bloated and undeserved ego escapes me as well. I suppose he’s become a legend to some. Legends are usually full of half truths and out right BS- as the case with Churchill.
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Allowing Churchill to speak his mind is useful because it reinforces the 1st Amendment, not because anyone really believes his opinions. If he can speak, then you can speak without worrying about being punished.
October 4th, 2007 at 2:35 am
I’m with WMD on this one, though I am somewhat loathe to admit it since this guy is a douchebag. I see having issues with the University rehiring him, though.
And if the morons who go to him really want to decrease their collective intelligence that much; oh well, more competitive edge for the rest of us.