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How DePaul practices Vincentian values
Prof. Finkelstein - Professor Budde has informed me that you have asked
for office space for your books. We do not have office space assigned
to you for the coming academic year. I will look into whether we can
make space available for you and either I or Professor Budde will get in
touch with you next week with more information.
In the meantime, you will not have access to your old office space. To
the extent that you left personal belongings in your old office space,
we can discuss a plan for their return to you when I get in touch with
you next week. You should not plan on moving into any office space
tomorrow, as that option is not available to you.
I will contact you next week with more information.
Dr. Charles (Chuck) Suchar
Professor and Dean
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
DePaul University
Vincent dePaul Professor
Office of the Dean
990 W. Fullerton Ave. Office#4207
Chicago, IL. 60614-3298
Phones: (773) 325-7305
(773) 325-1858
fax: (773) 325-7304
e-mail: csuchar@depaul.edu



DePaul's latest perfidy: A student writes the President
From: ariplinger[at]mac.com
To: "Fr. Dennis Holtschneider" president@depaul.edu
CC: NormanGF[at]hotmail.com
Subject: Fwd: course cancellation: PSC 235
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:05:00 -0500
Fr. Holtschneider,
I wrote you an e-mail last week about this very thing, and got no response from you about it. It has now become apparent that your silence was because you knew what you planned to do and despite the outcry from students and faculty you went ahead and did it anyways.
I am in my graduating year at DePaul. You have taken my favorite Professor away from me before I could finish my final year. You have taken one of the greatest faculty members at DePaul away from the University. And most importantly, you have taken one of the most important scholars of the Israel-Palestinian debate away from academia. And now you have even deprived the students of DePaul one final academic year with Professor Finkelstein.
I have had nothing bad to say about DePaul until all of this happened. I often told everyone my decision to come to DePaul was the best decision that I ever made. I have always been proud to be a member of the DePaul community. I am extremely involved around campus as the President of the DePaul Student Peace Alliance and Secretary of the DePaul Democrats I have worked as an Honors Program student mentor, an Honors Program peer mentor, a Discover Chicago student leader two years running, and as a research assistant and volunteer for the Adolescent Community Health Research Group. I am also proud to say that I have been doing great in school and have maintained a 3.81 GPA. All of this now means absolutely nothing to me. I have had all of these things that I was once so proud of taken away from me, and it is because of your decisions.
I really believed that DePaul was unlike other schools, that it was not afraid to take a stand for social justice. St. Vincent DePaul was an incredible man that stood up for what was right, regardless of what the powers that be told him to do. I really thought that DePaul University would help prepare me for a life dedicated to social justice and my plans to join the Peace Corps. I now realize that it is nothing but a facade. When you and the other University administrators had a chance to take a stance on social justice and tenure a Professor that has dedicated his life to these values in one of the most dangerous conflicts of our time you turned your backs on social justice and fired him. You have now barred him from coming back to teach his students about Equality and Social Justice and Freedom and Empowerment (the classes I was enrolled in and you cancelled).
I believe that as the President of my University that you owe it to me, personally, to tell me why this was done. Why did you do this? How could you let this happen? And how am I supposed to go next week during Immersion Week and tell my students all these wonderful things about DePaul? How am I supposed to run a Common Hour session about DePaul's Mission and Values when you have proven to me that they do not exist? What am I supposed to do?
Sincerely,
Andrew Riplinger
Begin forwarded message:
From: RHONOLD[at]depaul.edu
Date: August 24, 2007 11:41:30 AM CDT
To: RHONOLD[at]depaul.edu
Subject: course cancellation: PSC 235
Political Science 235, section 101, "Equality and Social Justice," for
the autumn quarter 2007-8, has been cancelled. You have been dropped
from the course.
I will work with you to make sure that your academic progress is not
impeded in any way by this regrettable development. Please contact me
directly if you need assistance getting rescheduled for a suitable
substitute course.
Sincerely,
Randall Honold, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Instructor of Philosophy
Institute for Nature & Culture
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
DePaul University
990 West Fullerton Avenue
Suite 4400
Chicago, Illinois 60614
773-325-4928 (phone)
773-325-4781 (fax)
rhonold@depaul.edu



More articles on tenure denial:
- The Chronicle of Higher Ed: A reliable source (06.04.2007)
- Raul Hilberg:
"I have a sinking feeling about the damage this will do to academic freedom..." (Chicago Tribune, 06.10.2007)
- The Washington Times: 'Denied tenure, DePaul professor planning protests' 09.02.2007
- How not to succeed at being clever while really trying (Andrew Sullivan: 'Leon Wieseltier put it best when he referred to Norman Finkelstein--the hysterical, Hezbollah-loving, soon-to-be-late-of DePaul University political science professor--as "poison, he's a disgusting self-hating Jew, he's something you find under a rock."'; 09.02.2007)
- Chicago IndyMedia: "Photos from [DePaul's] Convocation protest
" (09.02.2007)
- Chicago Sun-Times: " Denial of tenure defended" (09.01.2007)
- AcademicFreedomChicago.org: "A Battle for the Soul of DePaul, and for the Future of Academia: An Open Letter to DePaul Faculty " (08.31.2007)
- Fox News: "Controversial Professor Plans to Risk Arrest After University Cancels His Classes" (08.30.2007)
- The Guardian: "Holocaust academic vows to fight axe of university class" (08.30.2007)
- Inside Higher Education: "Terminating the Terminal Year" (08.28.2007)
- The Chicago Tribune: "DePaul pulls plug on controversial professor. Course cancelled a week before class" (08.28.2007)
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: "DePaul U. Cancels Courses of Professor Who Lost Tenure Bid, but He Plans to Teach Them Anyway" (08.28.2007)
- AAUP writes DePaul yet again (08.27.2007)
- DePaul's latest outrage (08.27.2007)
- How DePaul practices Vincentian values (08.25.2007)
- DePaul Students Put Administration on Notice: We Will Defend Academic Freedom! (08.23.2007)
- Another robust message from AAUP to DePaul
(08.22.2007)
- Another letter to DePaul's President
(08.20.2007)
- A letter to DePaul's President
(08.16.2007)
- DePaul Students write President Holtschneider (DePaul Academic Freedom Chicago: "Norman Finkelstein's right to return to teach," 08.15.2007)
- A detailed analysis of Depaul's tenure decision ("ACADEMIC FREEDOM ON TRIAL: NORMAN FINKELSTEIN AND THE MINORITY REPORT," 08.10.2007)
- DePaul Faculty Comments on Tenure Decision (Bill Martin, Professor of Philosophy at DePaul, DissidentVoice.org: "Urgent Need to Right Wrongs at DePaul University," 08.09.2007)
- RESOLUTION OPPOSING DEPAUL UNIVERSITY'S DECISION TO DENY TENURE TO DR. NORMAN FINKELSTEIN AND DR. MEHRENE LARUDEE (08.02.2007)
- AAUP v. Father Holtschneider (of Depaul) (07.28.2007)
- American Association of University Professors letter (07.25.2007)
- Letter from former student to DePaul (07.25.2007)
- Protesting Norman Finkelstein's Tenure Denial; or, Academic Freedom Declines across the U.S. - Part II" (07.15.2007)
- If the Stairs Do Fit, You Cannot Acquit (Finkelstein comments: "The DePaul administration now alleges that I am a Menace II Society. To prove this allegation, they have...", 07.03.2007)
- More photos from DePaul students (07.03.2007)
- Letter from a student at Harvard Law School (07.03.2007)
- Interesting revelations, interesting speculations (CounterPunch: "Anatomy of a Smear: The Commissar Two-Step at DePaul," 07.02.2007)
- Photos and more from DePaul students "Who is John Simon?..." (07.02.2007)
- Resolution presented to US Social Forum (Atlanta) (07.02.2007)
- "The 'F-Word'- How DePaul Is Terrified Of Anything Finkelstein" (Chicago Indymedia, 06.29.2007)
- A DePaul Faster Speaks (CounterPunch: "Academic Injustices: Fasting for Justice at DePaul," 06.29.2007)
- A Reasoned Statement on Tenure Denial (CounterPunch: ""The Poisoning of Academic Freedom: Strange Calculus at DePaul," 06.28.2007)
- [DePaul students'] FAST UPDATE (06.30.2007)
- Iran on Tenure Denial (06.26.2007)
- Chronicle on DePaul Fast (06.25.2007)
- Dersh again: "Finkelstein's Sexism" (06.25.2007)
- Letter to DePaul President Holtschneider about Student Fast (06.25.2007)
- Al-Hayat on Tenure (06.24.2007)
- The plot thickens (Chicago Sun-Times: "Outwit. Outplay. Outlast. Outtenure?" 06.22.2007)
- Vancouver Jewish Group on Tenure (06.21.2007)
- CounterPunch: "Student Anger at the Denial of Tenure for Two Progressive Professors. Boycotting DePaul" (06.22.2007)
- Video: Aljazeera on tenure (06.21.2007)
- A letter to Father Holtschneider (06.19.2007)
- NBC5 | WMAQ TV, Chicago: "DePaul Students Turn Graduation Into Protest w/ video segment (06.19.2007)
- Counter Punch: Fallout from a Smear: Finkelstein and The Progressive (06.16.2007)
- DePaul Student Statement to Faculty (06.14.2007)
- Harvard Crimson on Tenure Denial (06.17.2007)
- Chicago Sun-Times: "Students ordered to leave chief's area" (06.14.2007)
- Chicago Sun-Times: "DePaul chief may face vote of no confidence" (06.13.2007)
- Students Call for Rally to Defend Academic Freedom (06.13.2007)
- ChicagoPublicRadio.org, Eight Forty Eight: "Dr. Norman Finkelstein joins us to reflect on DePaul University's decision to deny him tenure." (06.12.2007)
- The Jerusalem Post: "US Jewish prof. refused tenure due to Shoah views" (06.11.2007)
- DePaul Students Take a Stand - by Sitting In! (06.12.2007)
- Inside Higher Education on Tenure Denial (06.11.2007)
- The (British) Guardian on Tenure Denial (06.11.2007)
- The New York Times on tenure denial (06.11.2007)
- Anti-Defamation League on tenure denial (06.11.2007)
- Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Tenure Denial (06.11.2007)
- Chicago Sun-Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog, the Associated Press on tenure denial (06.08.2007)
More articles leading up to the tenure decision:
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What we can do:
On Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem & the Occupation:
On the Lobby & "the New anti-Semitism"
On Hezbollah & Hamas:
- The Guardian: Hamas acted on a very real fear of a US-sponsored coup. (06.22.2007)
- Haaretz: Haniyeh: Hamas willing to accept Palestinian state with 1967 borders. (11.09.2008)
- Henry Siegman, International Herald Tribune: Bring in Hamas. (03.04.2008)
- The Washington Post: No Peace Without Hamas. (04.17.2008)
- Al Jazeera English: Talk to Jazeera - Khaled Meshaal. (03.05.2008)
- International Herald Tribune: Bring in Hamas. (03.04.2008)
- "the Hezbollah model"
and "There is this claim that the obstacle [to peace] is that Hamas won't recognize Israel..." (09.30.2006)
"Israel always depended on the fact that its adversaries were stupid, incompetent... and, in fact, they were right... That when they were dealing with a Nasser, he was a blowhard; a Saddam Hussein,
he was a windbag; when they were dealing with Yasser Arafat, he was a hot air ballon.
They were nothing of any substance... [inaudible]... That was Israel's ace in the hole. Now comes along an Arab leader who says we have to use "reason."
It's a very remarkable thing to read. We have to use "reason."
We have to think, plan, organize."
- Hamas: A reasonable statement. (Los Angeles Times, 07.10.2007)
- The Guardian: Hamas condemns the Holocaust. (05.12.2008)
- Salon.com: The "hiding among civilians" myth. (07.28.2006)
- AIPAC v. Norman Finkelstein: A Debate on Israel's Assault on Gaza. (06.29.2006)
- Foreign Policy: Habitat for Hezbollah. (08.2006)
- The Irish Times: Hizbullah rockets cannot be fired from buildings. (07.31.2006)
Finkelstein on Israel:
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Video: On the place of civility
in academic life (10.18.2007)
Finkelstein's talk at the academic freedom conference
Tenure Denial Letters
(June - November, 2007)
On How Actual Survivors Were Cheated by
Jewish Organizations:
- Haaretz: "The Claims Conference intentionally defrauded Holocaust survivors." (09.25.2008)
- Ynet: Where did the Shoah money go? (12.11.2006)
'First Class flights around the world, accommodation at deluxe hotels, dining at fancy restaurants and a series of credit cards, this is how the Claims Conference, which deals with restitution of stolen Jewish property from the Holocaust, operates.'
- Haaretz: Survivors' protest makes foreign journalists gasp, security vanish (08.06.2007)
"I want the Germans to know where the money they gave Israel went," he said angrily. "I want the Germans to know that Israel took the money we should have received. I want them to answer one question: Where did our money go?"
- AP: Holocaust survivors blast $20 stipend (07.31.2007)
'Survivors have long claimed that European countries treat them far better than Israel, where many elderly survivors live in poverty.'
- Jewish Week: Holocaust Cash Went To Shadowy Pal Of Ousted WJC Leader (05.04.2007)
'Israeli finance minister, now being probed for corruption, urged death camp tour group to hire little-known N.Y. consultant; Singer friend Curtis Hoxter can't explain what he did for $709,000.'
- Jewish Week: "Survivors Balking At Lawyer's Fee" (03.02.2006)
- Shocking revelation in the London Jewish Chronicle. ("The man on the left earns $437,811 a year handling Shoah claims. So why are so many survivors pleading poverty?"; 05.30.2006)
- Survivors Protest Holocaust Industry Shakedown (08.29.2000)
- Finkelstein: Will The Holocaust Industry Incite Anti-Semitism? (08.11.2000)
- Finkelstein: Lessons of Holocaust Compensation (2001)
Finkelstein on Jimmy Carter:
Israeli civil libertarian's introduction to German edition of Beyond Chutzpah. (03.27.2006)
Communication for Middle East Journal. (02.19.2006)
Alleged Errors in Beyond Chutzpah. (2005)
MEMRI NAZIS (again) (10.23.2006)

New evidence of old lies (2005)
Under the heading DIABOLICAL PLOTS, I stated in Beyond Chutzpah...



Articles and Reviews Related to The Holocaust Industry

Preface to German edition of The Rise and Fall of Palestine
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