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Article: DETRACTORS, DEFENDERS TO GREET CHURCHILL; OPPONENTS OF THE ACTIVIST PLAN A PROTEST VIGIL; OTHERS SIGN FREE-SPEECH PETITION.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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Byline: Alaina Potrikus Staff writer
When controversial professor Ward Churchill comes to Clinton Thursday, he'll be greeted by two groups at Hamilton College - one supporting his right to speak and another decrying his comments about the victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Professors and students have organized a vigil protesting Churchill's speech on his work "Some People Push Back," a treatise written Sept. 12, 2001, that offers justification for the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Meanwhile at the student center, people who support Churchill's appearance signed a banner saying so. Organizers hope to hang the banner on ...