The Olympian: ISU asks chair of physics department to resign
BOISE, Idaho – The new chair of the Idaho State University physics department was asked to resign his post after allowing an Ecuadorian professor without proper visa papers to teach in the classroom, a school spokesman said.
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News & Observer: Protest stops Tancredo’s UNC speech
CHAPEL HILL — UNC-CH police released pepper spray and threatened to use a Taser on student protesters Tuesday evening when a crowd disrupted a speech by former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo opposing in-state tuition benefits to unauthorized immigrants.
Hundreds of protesters converged on Bingham Hall, shouting profanities and accusations of racism while Tancredo and the student who introduced him tried to speak. Minutes into the speech, a protester pounded a window of the classroom until the glass shattered, prompting Tancredo to flee and campus police to shut down the event.
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