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Ward Churchill Rests His Case: News from Days 12 and 13 of Churchill’s Wrongful Termination Suit Against the University of Colorado

Ward Churchill’s legal team rested its case on Day 13 (Wednesday, 25 March, 2009) in the wrongful termination suit against the University of Colorado. The trial is expected to come to a close this Friday, on Day 15, as scheduled. Day 12 (Tuesday, 24 March, 2009) saw the second day of testimony by Ward Churchill […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Ward Churchill Testifies: News from Day 11 of the Churchill Lawsuit Against the University of Colorado

Unfortunately, given limitations of time, I cannot produce a digest of the various reports, and I am worried about leaving out seemingly small but potentially very significant details in condensing other reports. Day 11 (Monday, 23 March, 2009) saw Ward Churchill take the stand in his own defense, preceded by at least three other witnesses. […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

News from Days 9 & 10 of Ward Churchill’s Lawsuit Against the University of Colorado

Day 9 (Thursday, 19 March, 2009) and Day 10 (Friday, 20 March, 2009) produced what seemed to be a vast amount of testimony concerning the details of Churchill’s scholarship. If there is anything of value in witnessing such a debate, is that there is a debate, a very serious one that demonstrates that there is […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

News from Days 7 & 8 of Ward Churchill’s Lawsuit Against the University of Colorado

Day 7 (17 March 2009) and Day 8 (18 March 2009) featured a lot of heated exchanges and sometimes complex testimony on fairly small, densely clustered issues pertaining to rules of scholarship and — this will be of particular interest to anthropologists — what is considered valid knowledge, indigenous oral traditions, secrecy, and from the […]