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Originally Posted by CSB
Isn't this the same college that formerly hosted Professor Ward Churchill?
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CSB -
Yes, the University of Colorado, Boulder, did formally host Ward Churchill. Interestingly enough, my international law professor is his wife. She had Ward come speak to us during the final class of the semester on the topic of indigenous peoples' rights. After class, I sat down and spoke with him. I told him of my plans to tryout for SF upon completion of law school.
Of course, my initial presumption was that he would be totally against the armed forces, especially the tip of the spear. However, he was quite complimentary of the military in that it is a necessity - it seems his issue is not with the fact we have a military but rather with what international policies we use it to implement - he didn't exactly say this, but it is what I gathered from the discussion. It was also interesting to found out that he served in Vietnam. I don't agree with his politics, but from my experience he seems to have good intentions, albeit misunderstood and taken out of context much of the time. But to qualify what I have said - I would need to do much more research on exactly what he has advocated in the past before I made a definitive assertion that he has good intentions - this is just my initial perception; however inaccurate it may be.
Anyway, thought it was interesting that you mentioned him and I just happened to be talking with him a couple weeks ago.