Well, the F-Troop Indian took a big hit today.The committee investigating hate-America professor Ward Churchill finished its investigation of the Peoria-area native, who gained international infamy when he called the 9/11 World Trade Center victims "Little Eichmanns," may soon be perusing Monster.com looking for work.
Last week the University of Colorado Ward Churchill Research Misconduct Inquiry finished its investigation of Churchill, its findings became public this afternoon.
From the Rocky Mountain News, which has performed a great public service in exposing the fraud known as Ward Churchill:
A University of Colorado investigative committee found deliberate and serious misconduct by ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill, including plagiarism, fabrication, and "serious deviation from accepted practices in reporting results from research," according to a report made public today.
The committee also noted Churchill was "disrespectful of Indian oral traditions" when he wrote the U.S. government distributed blankets infested with smallpox to Mandan Indians in 1837 on the Upper Missouri River.
Three of the five members of the committee said the transgressions were serious enough that CU could revoke Churchill’s tenure and fire him. But two of those three said the most appropriate sanction would be a five-year suspension without pay.
The other two committee members said they were "troubled by the circumstances under which these allegations have been made," and "believe his dismissal would have an adverse effect on other scholars’ ability to conduct their research." Those two recommended that Churchill be suspended without pay for two years.
Marathon Pundit spend much of October on the Ward Churchill beat. It's believed that DePaul University, which defended Churchill's free speech rights after the DePaul College Republicans spoke out against the invitation, paid Churchill $5,000 to speak at the Chicago Catholic school.
But DePaul, as regular visitors to this blog know, is not a friend of free speech.
In fact, its shameful behavior in regards to the group of students who tried to protest Churchill's paid appearance at DePaul is documented here, from FIRE.
The University of Colorado Ward Churchill Research Misconduct Inquiry is here.
As always, Pirate Ballerina has more on Ward Churchill than anyone else.
And in the interest of fair-play, here is Ward Churchill's side of things, from Alexander Cockburn's Counterpunch.
UPDATE May 16, 10:15am: It appears that the initial report from the Rocky Mountain News was incorrect, only one committee member wants Ward fired.
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