I could walk over to his office in about half an hour, too. It's only a few blocks from here. You can only imagine how much local tv news around here has been feeding off the whole thing for the past week. I did like the moment when he was striding along the campus on his way to a class, surrounded, of course, by a horde of reporters, students, and hangers-on, and, smoking his cigerette, he growled "get the fuck out of my way."
The guy's opinions are disgusting, but I do think academic freedom to be a complete asshole has value. I'm just so liberal.
I keep thinking I should blog about it, but somehow I continue to feel a profound yawn.
Christ, if you're going to be a nutcase, at least make it Dr. Nutcase. He is grossly underqualified to be an eccentric academic iconoclast.
Posted by susan | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 11:31 AM
Lileks had the definitive side by side of Ward Churchill and "Mordercai" from The Omega Man.
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 12:09 PM
I'm many years removed from my last stint on a college campus, but I'd assumed a doctorate was pretty much an entry requirement to chair a department.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 12:12 PM
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Posted by [redacted] | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 12:28 PM
FWIW, I believe its spelled Sangamon.
Posted by unf | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 2:25 PM
Weren't you supposed to post once a week?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 2:37 PM
Once every two weeks. Not that he's done that either.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 2:40 PM
I could walk over to his office in about half an hour, too. It's only a few blocks from here. You can only imagine how much local tv news around here has been feeding off the whole thing for the past week. I did like the moment when he was striding along the campus on his way to a class, surrounded, of course, by a horde of reporters, students, and hangers-on, and, smoking his cigerette, he growled "get the fuck out of my way."
The guy's opinions are disgusting, but I do think academic freedom to be a complete asshole has value. I'm just so liberal.
I keep thinking I should blog about it, but somehow I continue to feel a profound yawn.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 3:11 PM
WC was the lead-off story on the CBS Evening News, by the way. [roll eyes]
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 02- 3-05 7:07 PM
My mom would be surprised to see Ward Churchill sporting her high school yearbook hairdo.
Posted by Lindsay Beyerstein | Link to this comment | 02- 4-05 5:48 PM
Read CU Regent Michael Carrigan's comments on Ward Churchill at http:www.thecherrycreeknews.com or http:www.northdenvernews.com.
Posted by vonda | Link to this comment | 02- 6-05 3:37 PM
Wow, Vonda is going from blog to blog, defending her man.
Or is she just Ward in a skirt?
Posted by SCSIwuzzy | Link to this comment | 02- 6-05 7:41 PM