SCSU Scholars on tenure and Churchill

King at Northern Alliance member SCSU Scholars has an interesting read today on tenure and individuals like Ward Churchill. He also asks the Badger Blog Alliance to cover this story imploring us and concerned citizens to do the following:

I hope Sean and others of the Badger Blog Alliance will go to Whitewater to liveblog Churchill when he comes to talk, whether it be the speech he plans to give or the other event he intends to create if UW-W reneges on the contract. I hope other concerned citizens will show up and listen to Churchill and then challenge him for his views.

If we believe, as I do, that the only answer to hateful speech is more speech, Churchill provides you with your opportunity to practice your faith. I hope you'll take it. It's hard work, of course, because the group around you may be hostile, and your nerves may be shaky. And many faculty who find Churchill repugnant simply lack the nerve to speak out about him. But what are your alternatives?

Sean at BBA member The American Mind uses part of this quote today in response to Ann Althouse, who asked Sean if he was helping Churchill get the attention he desires. While it is true that this controversy is only serving to increase Churchill's national profile, it is also serving to expose Churchill's work as the caustic, poor scholarship that it is. Without this bright spotlight, it would have been possible for Churchill's work to continue to influence ethnic studies students with little critical investigation.

And yes, the Badger Blog Alliance will be at the speech on March 1. I'm not so sure that live blogging will be possible, but coverage of the speech will occur shortly after its conclusion. Provided, that is, Chancellor Miller's feet don't get ice cold in the next two weeks.
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For more on Churchill & Whitewater at Badger Blog Alliance member sites, see:
The American Mind
Should We Even Bother?
Churchill's Coming to Whitewater

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