Ward Churchill fired

Ward Churchill has finally been fired and it has nothing to do with his inflammatory remarks a few years ago. Of course, he and his lawyer are going to pretend it's a free speech thing. The bottom line is that an academic review panel unanimously found him to have falsified, fabricated, and plagiarized his academic work and in doing so failed to comply with established standards and accepted practices. Anyone who thinks that he needs to stay under those circumstances is gravely mistaken.

'I'm going nowhere' says Churchill after firing

BOULDER – The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to terminate controversial professor Ward Churchill on Tuesday evening.

The Board of Regents passed a motion to accept the recommendation from CU President Hank Brown to fire Churchill from his position in the Ethnic Studies department.

The measure passed with an 8 to 1 vote. The vote was made just after 5:30 p.m. and Cindy Carlisle was the dissenting vote. The move came after academic committees found in 2006 that Churchill was guilty of academic misconduct, including plagiarism.

The board's decision came more than an hour after it was initially expected. It is unclear what caused the delay.

Immediately after the decision was announced people in the crowd booed and some swore at the board members.

Churchill and his supporters then participated in a Native American ceremony outside of the building.

"I am going nowhere," said Churchill. "This is not about break, this is not about bend, this is not about compromise."