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Show Wednesday, April 6,2005 News Editor: Heather Hunt-Wood At A Glance Phone: 626-7655 By Nicholas Gurewitch Perry Bible 0 Wednesday, April 6 •Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff presents "Real Men Don't and Real Women Won't"; noon; Student Union Ballroom; free. For more information, call 626-6090. Free speech at risk, professor tells Cal crowd By Matt Krupnick Knight Ridder Tribune A Colorado professor who compared some World Trade Center terrorism victims to Nazi leader Adolph Eichmann told a UC Berkeley crowd March 28 that the outcry over his remarks signals a dangerous trend that could erode academic freedom. Ward Churchill,'an ethnic-studies professor at the University of Colorado, told a mostly supportive crowd of 600 that college instructors are increasingly being told what to teach by off-campus groups. Churchill has been criticized by legislators and others for writing an essay that called some Sept. 11 victims "little Eichmanns." He explained that the term was not meant to refer to the victims as Nazis, but rather as "nameless bureaucratic functionaries." Several political leaders have called for Churchill's removal from the Colorado faculty. University officials are considering it, but have said they will not remove him simply because of the essay. Free-speech rights used to protect professors who offered personal opinions in class, but that day has passed, Churchill said at an academic-freedom forum on the campus where the Free Speech Movement began in 1964. "I was taken under investigation for do-ing exactly what I was hired and contracted to do," he said. "How will your regents, how will your governor, how will your political lobbyists react to similar circumstances?" The controversy comes amid a flurry of proposed restrictions on political speech in classrooms. Author and activist David Horowitz has advocated a nationwide "Academic Bill of Rights" to require professors to discuss both sides of political issues, while several states have proposed similar laws. The drive to restrict academic speech has increased since Sept. 11, said retired UC Berkeley professor Carlos Munoz. "What is going on with Ward Churchill is not just an attack on an individual," Munoz said. "It is an attack on all of us." While the crowd gave panelists like see Solutions page 16 ACROSS As soon as Farm measure Roll with a hole Possess Pressing device Sermonize Everybody Hockey great Gretzky 20 Comic Feldman 21 Hibernating mammal 23 Immature 25 Actor McKellen 26 Ger. auto 28 Malone or Marx 30 Clumsy clod 35 Cheerleaders' shouts 37 Lady's address 39 Package string 40 Type of code 41 English homework 43 Otherwise 44 Waterproof covers 46 Some antitoxins 47 Wineglass part 48 Increase 50 Some parents 52 60-minute units 53 Charged particle 55 Slightly adhesive 57 Toddler's canine 62 Composer Copland 65 Lotion additives 66 Unpolished grain 68 King's territory 69 Late night Jay 70 Dull throb 71 Uncle Miltie 72 Sinclair's gas ~ "pump'rfval 1 5 9 14 15 16 17 19 1 2 3 9 14 15 10 11 12 13 16 19 17 20 131 3b 39 10 ^•43 32 33 34 Churchill and Munoz warm applause, it turned hostile when UC Berkeley student Kerry Eskenas criticized Churchill during a question-and-answer period. One attendee shouted at her after she quoted conservative television host Bill O'Reilly, and Churchill berated her. The World Trade Center victims "were working hard and trying to earn money," said Eskenas, 20. "I'm Jewish, and I get very offended when someone uses the term 'Nazi' lightly.'' UC Berkeley instructors say academic freedom debates occur on the campus occasionally, but a Churchill-like furor has yet to arise. Intellectual debate is one of the hallmarks of quality education and should not be stifled, said Ralph Hexter, UC Berkeley's dean of arts and humanities. Higher education is made stronger by opposing viewpoints, he said. "The homogenization of discourse is more dangerous than the extremity of comments made on either side," he said. "If a statement is made that you find really onerous, your best recourse is to rebut it." A handful of Native Americans protested Churchill's appearance outside the King Student Union where he spoke. Churchill, w,ho has said he is part Native American, brings unwanted attention to American Indians, said Oakland resident Zachary RunningWolf, a Blackfeet Indian. "If you want to use the Eichmann comment, use it on Bush and Cheney," he said, holding a sign reading "Ward Churchill speak with forked tongue." 57 Letters 52~" 58 59 60 62 •Nontraditional student program sponsors Yoga workshop; 2-3:30 p.m.; Shepherd Union Building, Room 338; free. For moreinformation, call 626-7794. •Alumni Services sponsors another session in the "Classes Without Quizzes" series, featuring Ron McBride; 6:30 p.m.; Lindquist Alumni Center; free. To reserve a seat, call 626-7535. •Jazz in the Skyroom with the WSU Jazz Ensemble; 7:30 p.m.; Shepherd Union Skyroom; free. Thursday, April 7 •Apr. 7-22 - As part of the 2005 Holocaust Commemoration, the Diversity Center hosts a photo display entitled: "Pictures Speak Louder than Words"; SUB, Diversity Center; free. •Ralph Nye Lecture Series features Thomas R. Kunz, president and CEO of Century 21 Real Estate; 11:30 a.m.; Wattis Business Building, Room 206; free. For more information, call 626-7307. •Benyamin Korn, associate director of the Davis S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, speaks on media coverage of the Holocaust; noon; Shepherd Union Wildcat theater; free. •Country Dancing; 9p.m.-12 a.m.; Union Station, 25th and Wall Ave.; $4/$5. Corrections 44 48 •Honors Issue Forum features Emily Little, owner of Emily Little Architects, Inc.; noon; Stewart Library, special collections area; free. For more information, call 626-7067. Wednesday High: 6V Low: 45' 64 65 1 68 71 73 Thunder god DOWN 1 "For _ the Bell Tolls" 2 Mandlikova of tennis 3 Part of CARE 4 Peachy keen! 5 Helping hand 6 Lawn bane 7 Throw, as dice 8 Zhou _ 9 Loopy tie 10 UAEword 11 Motown singer Marvin .12 Sicilian volcano 13 Salacious stare 18 Comment from Curly 22 Blackguard 24 Appellation 26 Spoiled kids 27 Corday's victim 29 Blasted cataracts 31 Becomes a debtor 32 Obscenely wealthy 33 Foyt rival 34 Appears 36 Warren of the NFL 38 Long runs 42 "Seinfeld" word 45 No argument here 49 Cutesy ending 51 Read a bar code 54 Aristocratic 56 Measure of purity 57 Cutting remark 58 Away from the wind 59 Porcine tusker 60 Caterwaul 61 Very French? 63 Eight in Madrid 64 Not e'en once 67 Court Thursday Submissions Please submit to The Signpost offices in person SUB #267 or e-mail natalie@wsusignpost .com or call 626-7974 for more information. ig//; 70' Low; 44 c Friday |