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Orange Coast College: Suspension of Professor Without a Hearing for Political Science LectureCase Materials- "The Bell Tolls for Orange Coast College's Margaret Gratton: Not the Liberty Bell!," FIRE Press Release, March 15, 2002: Orange Coast College announced recently that Margaret Gratton would retire from her post as president this coming summer. During her tenure, President Gratton displayed a reckless disregard for her moral and legal obligations to academic freedom and to due process.
- "Orange Coast College President Margaret Gratton Retires," March 4, 2002: Margaret A. Gratton, Orange
Coast College's
president for the past six years, announced Monday (March 4) her intention to
retire at the end of the 2001-02 academic year.
- "FIRE Letter to Orange Coast College President Margaret Gratton, November 19, 2001," November 19, 2001
- "FIRE Letter to Orange Coast College President Margaret Gratton, October 5, 2001," October 5, 2001
- "Petition to Reinstate Mr. Hearlson," October 1, 2001
Media Coverage- "Seebach: Yet Another Recruit to the Cause of Academic Freedom," Linda Seebach, Rocky Mountain News, August 24, 2002
- "Correctness Crack-Up," Christopher Jolma and Stephen Goode, Insight Magazine, February 25, 2002
- "Is Free Speech Free Again?," David Orland, Boundless.org, January 10, 2002
- "The Faculty's Fight Against Freedom," Jonathan Last, Independent Media Center, January 1, 2002
- "Pro or Con War Talk's Risky on Campus," Tom Mashberg, The Boston Herald, December 16, 2001
- "OCC Professor Reinstated but Issue Remains; Free speech," William Lobdell, Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2001
- "OCC Professor Cleared of Students' Charges," Deirdre Newman, Daily Pilot, December 12, 2001
- "Nation Watching Battle at Orange Coast College; Free Speech: Instructor in Trouble Over Remarks to Muslim Students May Learn his Fate Today," William Lobdell, Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2001
- "Tiny Mob, a Big Injustice," Al Knight, The Denver Post, December 5, 2001
- "Radio Interview with Ina Jaffee (Halvorssen)," NPR's Morning Edition, December 3, 2001
- "Speech Under Fire," Steven Greenhut, The Orange County Register, December 2, 2001
- "Acute Lesson in Political Science," Michelle Malkin, The Washington Times, December 1, 2001
- "Interview with Kenneth Hearlson," Fox News's Hannity & Colmes, November 30, 2001
- "Investigation into OCC Professor's Comments nears End," Deidre Newman, Daily Pilot, November 27, 2001
- "Academics and Muslims Await Results of Probe," William Lobdell, Los Angeles Times, November 26, 2001
- "New Battles in Old War Over Freedom of Speech," Diana Schemo, The New York Times, November 25, 2001
- "Academic Freedoms Erode Since the Attacks," Marla Fisher, The Orange County Register, November 8, 2001
- "LI Colleges Committed to Free Speech," Olivia Winslow, Newsday, November 7, 2001
- "Suppression of Speech on Campus (Web exclusive)," Michael Barone, US News & World Report, November 6, 2001
- "The Death of Free Speech in Higher Ed," Andrea Neal, The Indianapolis Star, October 31, 2001
- "Dissenters Find Colleges Less Tolerant of Discord Following Attacks," Michael Fletcher, The Washington Post, October 30, 2001
- "War on Terrorism: Campus Critics of US Policy Barraged with Hate Mail," The Providence Journal, October 21, 2001
- "US University Staff Punished for Voicing Opinions," The Guardian, October 19, 2001
- "Liberty Group Defends Orange Coast Professor," Marla Fisher, The Orange County Register, October 16, 2001
- "College Faculty, Staff Find Chilling New Climate for Free Speech on Campus," Arlene Levinson, The Associated Press, October 13, 2001
- "Terrorist Attacks Put Academic Freedom to the Test," Ana Cox and Robin Wilson, The Chronicle of Higher of Education, October 5, 2001
- "Tasteless Talk and Terrorism; Free Speech Even Applies to Attacks on Apple Pie," Suzanne Fields, The Washington Times, October 4, 2001
- "Campus Hawks and Doves Find Speech is Not So Free," Andrea Billups, The Washington Times, October 1, 2001
- "College's Incendiary Topic is Terror; Education: Orange Coast is an Academic-Freedom Test Case, with Muslims Angry and Teacher on Leave," William Lobdell, Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2001
- "Teacher's Terrorism Remarks Stir Academic Debate," William Lobdell, Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2001
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