February 11, 2005

Fearing Violence, Hamilton College Cancels Speech by Controversial Colorado Professor

By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Citing what it called "credible threats of violence," Hamilton College canceled a speech planned for last week by a professor who has called those who died in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center "little Eichmanns."

A storm of controversy has centered on the Clinton, N.Y., college in recent days as many people, including families of September 11 victims, protested the planned speech by Ward Churchill, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at

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