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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Niloofar,<br>
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I TRIED TO SEND THIS EMAIL TO CHANCELLOR WISE TO THE PEACE LIST BUT IT CAME BACK.<br>
IF IT DOES NOT GO THRU THIS TIME, PLEASE FORWARD IT TO THAT LIST.<br>
THANKS,<br>
BELDEN <br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 06, 2014 1:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> AWARE<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: taking back the hiring offer<br>
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<div id="divRpF780256" style="direction: ltr;"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Fields, A Belden<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 06, 2014 1:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Illinois Chancellor<br>
<b>Subject:</b> taking back the hiring offer<br>
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Dear Chancellor Wise.<br>
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While I would not use the language that the hire in Native American Studies and English used, I think that the rescinding of the offer is as inappropriate. His tweets were not in the scholarly domain but in the rough and tumble world of political tweets.
One is also left to wonder if the fact that his obscene ire was directed toward Israel did not play a role here. There appears to be no question that his research and teaching were worthy.<br>
I am very disappointed in your decision and I would respectfully ask you to reconsider.<br>
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A. Belden Fields<br>
Professor Emeritus of Political Science<br>
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