UO professor, authors settle defamation suit.Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard A University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. sociology instructor has settled a defamation defamation In law, issuance of false statements about a person that injure his reputation or that deter others from associating with him. Libel and slander are the legal subcategories of defamation. Libel is defamation in print, pictures, or any other visual symbols. lawsuit against authors of a column that labeled him anti-Semitic and listed him as one of six examples of "left-wing extremists" who indoctrinate in·doc·tri·nate tr.v. in·doc·tri·nat·ed, in·doc·tri·nat·ing, in·doc·tri·nates 1. To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles. 2. students. Douglas Card sued the column's authors: Daniel Pipes, a Middle East scholar; and Pipes' research assistant, Jonathan Schanzer, a specialist in radical Islamist movements. Card claimed the pair is wrong about how and what he teaches and their column defamed him. Terms of the settlement are confidential. In a joint statement issued by both parties, Pipes and Schanzer said they "are now convinced that Card does not condone condone v. 1) to forgive, support, and/or overlook moral or legal failures of another without protest, with the result that it appears that such breaches of moral or legal duties are acceptable. extremism Extremism See also Fanaticism. drys advocates of Prohibition in America. [Am. Hist.: Allen, 41] Jacobins rabidly radical faction; principal perpetrators of Reign of Terror. [Fr. Hist. in the classroom." In their 2002 column, published in the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 and on several Web sites, Pipes and Schanzer accused Card of describing Israel as "a terrorist state" and Israelis as "baby killers" in his course. They also charged that Card forced students to agree in a final exam Noun 1. final exam - an examination administered at the end of an academic term final examination, final exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of with Card's view that Israel "stole land." Pipes and Schanzer said they have reviewed Card's exam, which had been the basis for their column, and also have considered Card's public condemnation of anti-Semitism and of professors who use their classrooms to promote anti-Semitism. While Pipes and Schanzer said they still dispute one aspect of Card's exam, they nevertheless agreed to drop their accusation that he espouses extremism in his classroom. In a news release prepared by Card and his lawyer, David Force of Eugene, Card said he was compelled to file the suit to defend his reputation, the reputation of the UO and the concept of academic freedom. The lawsuit seeking $1.1 million, filed in 2003, had been dismissed from federal court on what Card described as "procedural grounds." Card was appealing the dismissal when the case settled out of court. "If Mr. Pipes and I can reach a compromise, there may really be hope for Israel and the Palestinians to reach a just settlement," Card said. He declined to comment further about the settlement. |
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