Petition updateWe join our voices to those of 41 executive officers at UIUC and call for the reinstatement of Steven Salaita.OUR SIDE & THEIR SIDE

Rima MerrimanBloomington, IN, United States
Sep 4, 2014
REMEMBER, OUR SIDE HAS MORE THAN 17,000 ON A PETITION IN SUPPORT OF PROFESSOR SALAITA. AND WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE?
"So who are the signatories to this advertisement [in the local newspaper in support of Chancellor Wise]? The good people of Twitter have been crowd-sourcing it. It turns out that a fair number of the signatories are administrative staff at UIUC, or donors and boosters. And some of the signatories are affiliated with the First Busey Corporation/Busey Bank, on whose board sits…Phyllis Wise. Of the many hats. Of the 139 signatories (remember, our side has over 17,000 on a petition), only ten are academics...." From Corey Robin's blog today (More Votes of No Confidence, a Weird Ad, and a Declaration of a Non-Emergency).
http://coreyrobin.com/2014/09/03/more-votes-of-no-confidence-a-weird-ad-and-a-declaration-of-a-non-emergency/
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