[Peace-discuss] Sit-in at DePaul

[Jenifer Cartwright]

This is GREAT -- I hadn't gotten to this  when I answered David's original one. Students, etc are more likely to be successful if there's some way for top administrators to save face. Maybe -- after some of the pope's statements this past year -- his holiness will weigh in on this in Finkelstein's favor? (Not entirely kidding.) 
   
  Jenifer
   
   

David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Advisory
Media Contact: Victor Lang
(312) 576-1888
For Press Event: 11, 12 June 2007
Place: 22nd Floor, 55 East Jackson, Executive Offices of DePaul 
University

DePaul Students Sit-In for Academic Freedom
  
Upset over DePaul University's denial of tenure to Professors 
Norman Finkelstein, and Mehrene Larudee, and after a meeting between 30 
student leaders and DePaul President Fr. Dennis Holtschneider at his 
office, students have taken action to defend academic freedom which is 
under attack at the nation's largest Catholic institution. After an 
unsuccessful meeting where their demands were ignored by the 
administration, DePaul students are continuing their sit-in overnight 
and through this week at the President's office and plan to escalate 
action among the student body.
  
Student leaders called for Fr. Holtschneider to grant the 
professors tenure. They presented him with a petition of over 700 
signatures calling for a reversal of the decision, and engaged in a 
heated discussion on the legitimacy of the university's decision. The 
decision made at the secretive University-level overturned the tenure 
decisions made at the Departmental and College-levels, which approved 
Finkelstein' s position by votes of 9-3 and 5-0, respectively. Students 
were surprised by Larudee's rejection as she was unanimously approved 
by both the Departmental and University level tenure committees. The 
student leaders cite Finkelstein and Larudee's positive peer reviewed 
scholarship and flaws in the tenure process as reasons why they should 
receive tenure. Denial of tenure to the professors means their 
employment at DePaul will be terminated.
  
Finkelstein, son of holocaust survivors and outspoken critic of 
oppressive Israeli policy in Palestine, has come under attack from 
detractors like Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, who seeks to 
silence critics of Israel and has successfully interfered in internal 
DePaul tenure processes. Despite being in the midst of their hectic 
finals-week and upcoming graduation, student leaders are currently 
sacrificing their time by occupying the Executive Offices of DePaul 
University indefinitely until their demands for the tenure of 
Professors Finkelstein and Larudee are met.
  
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More information can be found at http://www.finkelga te.com

    
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