[lbo-talk] Chicago Tribune on Finkelstein

[ravi]

On 31 Aug, 2007, at 14:29 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
>>
>> Finkelstein said that, rather than filing a lawsuit, he intends to
>> fight the university's action with a hunger strike, and the attendant
>> publicity.
>>
>> "In the court of public opinion, I can win," Finkelstein said. "I
>> say: 'Let the people judge.'"
>>
>
> As much as I disagree with DePaul's tenure decision, I just can't
> support Finkelstein here.  Academics shouldn't earn tenure via  
> political
> theater.
>

Eh, wot? Didn't the committee vote that he earned his tenure on  
merit? What he is fighting for is the political campaign against  
ratifying that decision.

	--ravi