In a surprise move, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted to reject Professor Steven Salaita.
In the video below you can hear the vote against “Steven Salaita, number 14, page 23”
Salaita was offered a position in U of I’s American Indian Studies program but he lost his job offer when he tweeted out very hateful and hostile remarks about Jews and Israel.
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UPDATE:
Supporters of Salaita have packed the Board room and are making a lot of noise in support of the pro-Hamas professor:
supporters of @stevensalaita hold up signs “Reinstate Salaita”, “Civility=Silence” at #UIUC #BoT mtg. pic.twitter.com/L3Baqwow57
— Josh Winters (@jw_daily_illini) September 11, 2014
Steven Salaita: the US is behind ISIS and “every armed outfit in the Arab World” https://t.co/njvJaypx3i pic.twitter.com/LvWJnZdHOm — Adam Holland (@ad_holland) September 11, 2014
Robert Warrior, dir of AIS at #UIUC: Salaita’s tweets are not obviously troublesome in a way that “justifies what has been done to him.”
— Lauren Rohr (@LaurenRohr) September 11, 2014
AIS director Robert Warrior: @stevensalaita “fair and open to all students” #UIUCBoardOfTrustees — Josh Winters (@jw_daily_illini) September 11, 2014
UPDATE: Salaita was officially rejected for a position at the University of Illinois by the Board of Trustees.
