Al-Arian Affair: Academic Freedom Challenged

"Any university that wants to be first-rate - you measure its quality by measuring how much dissent it is willing to tolerate." 

Professor Sheldon Grebstein, former President of the State University of New York at Purchase in "Putting Us to the Test" [Editorial/Op Ed on the al-Arian affiar, in The New York Times, March 1, 2002]

"USF asks permission to fire professor" [Gainesville Sun, August 22, 2002]

"Putting Us to the Test" [Editorial/Op Ed in New York Times, March 1, 2002]

"Protecting Speech on Campus" [Editorial in New York Times, January 27, 2002] If link does not work here is the text copy.

"No Land's Man" [text version from the Weekly Planet, Tampa's alternative newspaper, January 24-31, 2002 Cover Story]

"USF's firestorm" [St. Petersburg Times, January 18, 2002]

"Al-Arian pledges to fight for job" [St. Petersburg Times, January 15, 2002]
"Al-Arian Vows to Win Fight to Keep Job" [Tampa Tribune, January 15, 2002]

Letters to the Editors: USF faculty is misguided in backing Al-Arian [St. Petersburg Times, January 15, 2002]

"USF faculty union supports Al-Arian" [St. Petersburg Times, January 11, 2002]

"Faculty leaders refuse to back Al-Arian firing" [St. Petersburg Times, January 10, 2002]

"Palestinian professor put on leave at USF" [Gainesville Sun, September 29, 2001]

"USF Examines Academic Freedom" [Tampa Tribune, December 21, 2001]