Professor’s Charlie Kirk post ‘harmed the reputation of the university’

Tennessee University Knoxville Chancellor Donde Ploughman, conservative activist Charlie Kirk’e assassinating the “better”, the assistant Fire Assistant Assistant Tamar Sirinian, who wrote the decision to suspend and maintain a Faculty Senate meeting.

“Although this institution does not deserve Tamar, your students and your actions are also deprived of a very bright scholar, teacher and mentor, even though this institution does not deserve Tamar.

Ploghman, the Faculty Senate Shirinian’ın people’s confidence in the university, and violating the rules of behavior in the faculty, he said. He listed three reasons for his “fast action ında about the removal of Şirinian from the classroom, suspension and termination.

1. “In my opinion, a faculty member violated the expectations of the university’s civil and professional participation and respectful behavior.”

2. “The faculty member weakened the mission and focus of the university with abuse of duty.”

3. “And third, damaged the reputation of the university. Our reputation is something we have built for years, and like me, like this, let’s say this reputation, our brand, as a land grant university, our reputation is something we take seriously, and I thought that the action is really damaged by the university.”

Shirinian, “He received a statement of written notifications and evidence about the accusations,” said Ploughman and Shirinian, he added that he could refute the charges.

If it is fired, Shirinian will have the option to take a hearing by a special committee of the faculty.

Ploghman said it was open to work with the Faculty Senate to create new policies and language about the use of social media and behavior and behavior and free speech.

Provost John Zomchick, UT’s chief academic manager, addressed the meeting of the Faculty Senate members and Ploghman that he had “calling for decisions”.

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After his testimony, several faculty members addressed Ploughman in turn, either read the prepared statements or asked questions about the disciplinary punishment against Shirinian. They all spoke against Ploughman’s decision.

Berenstain said how previous administrations dealt with similar situations, especially in 2016 ın Run them ”and in 2018, the anti -Semitic messages painted on rock” run them “.

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Reynolds was not disciplined for a social media article, which many of them claimed that they were openly called for violence and that they were an explanation in favor of defense. He continues to be a professor at the university.

Berenstain said, “The university will not condemn the real white superior and anti -Semitic hate speech, but the feminist professor will open to publicly for a Facebook comment that makes any of them,” Feminist Professor will open to public. “

Ploghman refused to comment on the decisions of the previous chancelide, but Shirinian’s interpretation was not protected by academic freedom.

Journalism Professor Amber Roessner said that political leaders worried about what kind of free conversations of UT leaders’ decisions affecting their decisions on their decisions. He called on Ploughman and UT leaders to stand against other state universities to promise to support free speech and academic freedom.

Roessner said, iz We need civil discourses that help reduce the temperature surrounding the national politics and Tennessee state for the sake of our nation, ”Roessner said.

“I haven’t joined your last statement anymore,” Ploghman said, “And I think there was nothing in this article reflecting civilian discourse.”

Associate Professor Megan Haselschwerd, who works at the Department of Consultancy, Human Development and Family Sciences, said that he was dealing with online attacks. “To be a faculty member who wants to establish a public relationship but also wants their jobs,” he said.

Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Michael Gilchrist, said the university needs leaders who were strong during the political uncertainty.

“My main message is scared. My students are afraid. “We need leadership, we need cooperation not only from the Faculty Senate, but this very, very dark time.”

Who is Tamar Şirinian at Tennessee University?

Şirinian, conservative social media activist Robby Starbuck, on September 14, as well as a screenshot of Shirinian’s interpretation of the UT profile page, when Kirk was killed, he began to speak national.

“The world is better without it,” he wrote and referred to Kirk’s wife as “patient F — .. Starbuck called on about 845,000 followers to “activate now” to communicate with the UT System President Randy Boyd on X.

Starbuck’s article has been viewed millions of times, more than 21,000 users and re -published more than 12,000 times. Both attracted the attention of the US Sen Sen Marsha Blackburn and US representative Tim Burchett, who supported the punishment for Şirinian.

The punishment came quickly.

Boyd published statements in the accounts of the personal and UT system chairman who declared an investigation into Şirinian on 15 September and was suspended by campus leaders who promised to fire him on the same day.

“I finally made this decision in consultation with many people. Ultimately, I am responsible and people can judge my actions and give me feedback. “This is a part of an open university and I appreciate that they are here today.

“I feel that free conversation does not mean that you can say anything in an organization.”

Keenan Thomas He is a higher education reporter for Knox News. E -posta keenan.thomas@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as twitter @specialk2real.

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This article initially Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee University Chancellor: Kirk Post ‘violated expectations’