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| − | + | CHAMPAIGN, Ill. 鈥?A professor who lost a job offer from the University of Illinois over dozens of sometimes-profane Twitter messages that critics deemed anti-Semitic demanded Tuesday that he be given the position and threatened to take legal action otherwise.Attorneys for Steven Salaita said during a news conference at a YMCA on the Urbana-Champaign campus that they believe the university鈥檚 Board of Trustees will make a decision on his hiring during a meeting scheduled Thursday. If he isn鈥檛 given the job, they said they鈥檒l go to court to try to get an injunction to force the university to hire him.鈥淢y Twitter messages were no doubt passionate and unfiltered,鈥?said Salaita, who was speaking publicly for the first time since he lost the job offer after he posted messages about Israeli military action in Gaza.Salaita accepted an offer in October 2013 to become <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/gucciusaonlineoutlet.php> cheap gucci</a> a Native American Studies professor and was due to start last month before being told that same month that the offer was rescinded.鈥淚 had one foot in the door already,鈥?Salaita said, adding that he didn鈥檛 regret posting the messages but regretted they鈥檇 led to 鈥渉urt feelings.鈥濃€淚鈥檇 come to Champaign-Urbana twice already looking for housing, trying to get the move in order. ... My <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/michaelkorssonline.php> michael kors handbags</a> classes had already been assigned.鈥漀either trustees Chairman Christopher Kennedy nor Urbana-Champaign campus Chancellor Phyllis Wise, who wrote Salaita on Aug. 1 to tell him he didn鈥檛 have a job, responded to requests for comment.But Robin Kaler, a spokeswoman for Wise, said the chancellor would not change her mind and that the university 鈥渟tands by the decision not to hire Professor Salaita.鈥濃€淲e remain devoted to fostering a campus-wide dialogue on the most uncomfortable issues that are vital to our very foundation and will continue to work closely with our students, faculty and staff to nurture an environment where all issues, including the most complicated ones, can be discussed,鈥?she said.Trustees are scheduled to meet Thursday in Urbana. The meeting agenda doesn鈥檛 reference Salaita but includes a closed-door executive session.Salaita wrote dozens of anti-Israel Twitter messages in July and August. Some were profane while others drew charges of anti-Semitism and other concerns from university students, parents and donors who emailed Wise.Trustees hadn鈥檛 approved Salaita鈥檚 hire, the final step before he would have been granted tenure, which likely would have protected his speech. Salaita鈥檚 defenders say that since many professors begin work before trustees have the chance to approve their hires, Salaita was already effectively employed.After she wrote to Salaita, Wise said her decision was based on concerns about the 鈥渁busive鈥?nature of his messages and the need for civility in the classroom.On Tuesday, Salaita said he鈥檇 never 鈥渂row-beaten鈥?any students for their views and that the tone and content of Twitter messages don鈥檛 reflect the approach he takes in class.鈥淭witter is a kind of medium in <a href=http://www.alportico.net/prodotti/christianlouboutin-sale.jkmsw.php>Christian Louboutin Replica</a> which argument is happening in real time amid a rush of reaction and perspectives,鈥?he said. | |
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@@@ CHAMPAIGN, Ill. 鈥?A professor who lost a job offer from the University of Illinois over dozens of sometimes-profane Twitter messages that critics deemed anti-Semitic demanded Tuesday that he be given the position and threatened to take legal action otherwise.Attorneys for Steven Salaita said during a news conference at a YMCA on the Urbana-Champaign campus that they believe the university鈥檚 Board of Trustees will make a decision on his hiring during a meeting scheduled Thursday. If he isn鈥檛 given the job, they said they鈥檒l go to court to try to get an injunction to force the university to hire him.鈥淢y Twitter messages were no doubt passionate and unfiltered,鈥?said Salaita, who was speaking publicly for the first time since he lost the job offer after he posted messages about Israeli military action in Gaza.Salaita accepted an offer in October 2013 to become <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/gucciusaonlineoutlet.php> cheap gucci</a> a Native American Studies professor and was due to start last month before being told that same month that the offer was rescinded.鈥淚 had one foot in the door already,鈥?Salaita said, adding that he didn鈥檛 regret posting the messages but regretted they鈥檇 led to 鈥渉urt feelings.鈥濃€淚鈥檇 come to Champaign-Urbana twice already looking for housing, trying to get the move in order. ... My <a href=http://www.avanttravel.com/michaelkorssonline.php> michael kors handbags</a> classes had already been assigned.鈥漀either trustees Chairman Christopher Kennedy nor Urbana-Champaign campus Chancellor Phyllis Wise, who wrote Salaita on Aug. 1 to tell him he didn鈥檛 have a job, responded to requests for comment.But Robin Kaler, a spokeswoman for Wise, said the chancellor would not change her mind and that the university 鈥渟tands by the decision not to hire Professor Salaita.鈥濃€淲e remain devoted to fostering a campus-wide dialogue on the most uncomfortable issues that are vital to our very foundation and will continue to work closely with our students, faculty and staff to nurture an environment where all issues, including the most complicated ones, can be discussed,鈥?she said.Trustees are scheduled to meet Thursday in Urbana. The meeting agenda doesn鈥檛 reference Salaita but includes a closed-door executive session.Salaita wrote dozens of anti-Israel Twitter messages in July and August. Some were profane while others drew charges of anti-Semitism and other concerns from university students, parents and donors who emailed Wise.Trustees hadn鈥檛 approved Salaita鈥檚 hire, the final step before he would have been granted tenure, which likely would have protected his speech. Salaita鈥檚 defenders say that since many professors begin work before trustees have the chance to approve their hires, Salaita was already effectively employed.After she wrote to Salaita, Wise said her decision was based on concerns about the 鈥渁busive鈥?nature of his messages and the need for civility in the classroom.On Tuesday, Salaita said he鈥檇 never 鈥渂row-beaten鈥?any students for their views and that the tone and content of Twitter messages don鈥檛 reflect the approach he takes in class.鈥淭witter is a kind of medium in <a href=http://www.alportico.net/prodotti/christianlouboutin-sale.jkmsw.php>Christian Louboutin Replica</a> which argument is happening in real time amid a rush of reaction and perspectives,鈥?he said.
