by the University of Colorado for various mis-
representations. Not only was Churchill a
tenured professor but he was the head of an
tenured professor but he was the head of an
entire department, the Ethnic Studies program.
Of course Churchill, supposedly a transgen-
dered American Indian, should not have been
denied employment because of his ethnic
identity and gender choice. Universities
should be tolerant. More importantly how-
ever they must be wise in their faculty hiring
decisions.
Whether the allegations against Professor
Churchill are true or not, the University's
administration obviously believes that they
are and that is a damning condemnation of
are and that is a damning condemnation of
their own hiring judgment.
Perhaps for other universities this scandal
would not have gotten the publicity that it
has. But this is merely the latest at Colorado.
In the 1990's the university was embarrassed
when it was revealed that the daughter of the
football team's deeply religious head coach
was pregnant by the team's starting quarter-
back. The coach subsequently resigned to
spend more time with his family.
More recently a successor head coach, Gary
More recently a successor head coach, Gary
Barnett, left the university amid allegations
of sexual harassment by players of co-eds and
the use of girls as sex lures in recruiting,
although none of those allegations were
ever proven.
C.U. is the face of the state's higher education
system. Yet time and again it has embarrassed
its state. This is Public Occurrences.
"WARD CHURCHILL"
