August 4, 2000

Alleged Death Threats, a Hunger Strike, and a Department at Risk Over a Tenure Decision

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

At Indiana U., officials debate closing down Near East studies to separate feuding professors

If you thought you knew all there was to know about nasty tenure disputes, think again, and consider recent events surrounding the battle of John Walbridge in the tiny department of Near Eastern languages and cultures at Indiana University.

Sure, there were the internecine backstabbings and poison-pen missives we've come to expect of this process. And the usual

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