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I Am Professor Khalidi (Why John McCain Doesn't Get to Pick My Halloween Costume)

David Quigg | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, John McCain, Columbia University, Barack Obama, Xenophobia, Negative Attacks, Smears, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Academic Freedom, Israel, Rashid Khalidi, Politics News
David Quigg

Khalidi is a big-time professor. Which is to say that, until quite recently, he was someone most of us had never heard of. But then John McCain picked Professor Khalidi's new Halloween costume.

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University Of Illinois Political Ban May Extend To Students

Chicago Tribune | Megan Twohey | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago

Read More: U of I Ethics Rules, Campus Free Speech, U of I Barack Obama Rally, U of I Politics Ban, Unviersity of Illinois, Academic Freedom, Dan Colson, Barack Obama, Chicago News

Students and professors at the University of Illinois decided to rally for Barack Obama on the Urbana-Champaign campus Thursday to make clear their st...

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Obama's Campus Troops "Ravished Our Virgins"

John K. Wilson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home

Read More: College Students, Barack Obama 2008, Education, College, Academic Freedom, Obama, Election 2008, Students, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News
John K. Wilson

The Obama candidacy may be most transformative in how it has affected young people. It's about more than mere voting: It's about developing ways for students to be part of a bigger movement for social change.

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Law Scholar Fired Over Conservative Complaints May Be Rehired

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Academic Freedom, UC Irvine Conservatives, UC Irvine Professor, Liberal Colleges, Politics News

UC Irvine officials on Friday were attempting to broker a deal to once again hire liberal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as dean of its fledging law school...

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Furor After Law School Head Rejected Over Conservative Pressure

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Academic Freedom, UC Irvine Professor, Conservative Pressure, Chemerinsky, Politics News

In a showdown over academic freedom, a prominent legal scholar said Wednesday that the University of California, Irvine's chancellor had succumbed to ...

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