Ayers denied emeritus status after plea from Chris Kennedy

[Casino67]

Chicago Breaking News:

In a very unusual move, University of Illinois trustees this afternoon denied giving emeritus status to controversial retired professor William Ayers.

The vote, at a U. of I. board meeting in Urbana, was unanimous and came after a passionate speech by board chair Christopher Kennedy, who invoked the assassination of his father, Robert F. Kennedy in saying that he was voting his "conscience."
Ayers, the Vietnam War-era radical, had been an education faculty member at UIC since 1987. A co-founder of the Weather Underground anti-war group, he was frequently in the media spotlight and, as such, became one of the university's best known faculty members.

"I am guided by my conscience and one which has been formed by a series of experiences, many of which have been shared with the people of our country and mark each of us in a profound way," Kennedy said.

He later said: "I intend to vote against conferring the honorific title of our university to a man whose body of work includes a book dedicated in part to the man who murdered my father."

Ayers retired Aug. 31.

The emeritus position is largely honorific, and includes some benefits like library privileges. According to the UIC faculty handbook, the granting of emeritus status is "based on merit" and is "an extraordinary title that is given for extraordinary service."

-- Jodi Cohen
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[Valin]

Ayers, the Vietnam War-era terrorst

there that fixes that.

[Casino67]

Could this be considered a jab at Urkel? 'I know he is your buddy, but he is a criminal.'

[Valin]

Could this be considered a jab at Urkel? 'I know he is your buddy, but he is a criminal.'

 

 

Don't you know that Ayers was just a guy in the neighborhood? "The One" has said so, and Messiahs never lie.

[AceRimmer]

At least one Kennedy since RFK has a conscience(of course, I think only he and JFK did, because I know Joe, Sr didn't).

[Stella]

There was a huge uproar in the state several years back by the taxpayers and alum when it was discovered that Ayers was teaching at UIC and that is wife, Dohrn, was on faculty at Northwestern. If they awarded Ayers this honor, there would have been a taxpayer revolt. Even in Democratland there are certain things educated people will not tolerate, this seems to be one of them.

[Pepper]

From Article

"Ayers became a controversial figure in Barack Obama's presidential campaign because they worked on a school-reform initiative together, leading opponents to say Obama was linked to a "terrorist.""

 

 

There is a little bit of justice now and then....

 

Just imagine, the ghost writer for all of Zero's books gets the boot from UIC.