WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) — The president of a California college is sending a letter to President Bush apologizing for an instructor who gave students extra credit for writing anti-war missives to the White House.
Citrus College President Louis E. Zellers wrote that Professor Rosalyn Kahn “did abuse her authority” in assigning students in her Speech 106 class to write letters to Bush protesting the possible war with Iraq.
“Students were clear in their understanding that they would only receive credit if they wrote ‘protest’ letters,” Zellers said in a letter of thanks to FIRE — the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education — a Philadelphia-based campus watchdog group.
FIRE’s Chief Executive Officer, Thor L. Halvorssen, praised the school. “When fully informed of a frightening violation of freedom of conscience, the college administration responded swiftly and boldly to restore liberty and to undo the harm already done,” he said.
An apology to Bush? How about an apology to the academic community, for making it look like a bunch of politically-driven weasels?