March 20, 2009
As His Day in Court Arrives, Ward Churchill Is Depicted in Sharply Different Lights
The trial in Ward Churchill's lawsuit against the University of Colorado got under way here last week with lawyers for the opposing sides painting starkly different pictures of both the controversial ethnic-studies professor and the circumstances surrounding his dismissal by the university in 2007.
In delivering their opening remarks in a crowded courtroom, the two sides agreed that the university had been under intense outside pressure to fire Mr. Churchill as a result of the media
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