August 3, 2007

Colo. Regents Vote to Fire Ward Churchill

The university cites research misconduct, but the professor says the decision was political and sues

By John Gravois

Nearly six years after Ward Churchill compared some American victims of terrorism to Nazi bureaucrats, the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado has voted to fire him. But the controversial ethnic-studies professor says he is "ready to roll" in the next arena of his struggle with the university: a court of law.

According to university administrators, it was findings that Mr. Churchill had committed research misconduct — and not the notoriety of his