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Professor fired after expressing climate change skepticism | Fox News
Was the prof eliminated for the modern-day version of heresy?
Was the prof eliminated for the modern-day version of heresy?
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A news report from southern Oregon interviews Nicholas Drapela, the OSU chemistry instructor whose contract was not renewed. It also quotes the OSU Vice President of University Relations as saying Drapela's views on global warming had nothing whatsoever to do with the decision. He added, "The University really doesn't care about individual's personal views or their personal activities."Professor fired after expressing climate change skepticism | Fox News
Was the prof eliminated for the modern-day version of heresy?
Don't know Drapela, but have had a personal run in with Dr. Fulks. If Drapela is as obtuse as Fulks, he should have been fired.
A news report from southern Oregon interviews Nicholas Drapela, the OSU chemistry instructor whose contract was not renewed. It also quotes the OSU Vice President of University Relations as saying Drapela's views on global warming had nothing whatsoever to do with the decision. He added, "The University really doesn't care about individual's personal views or their personal activities."Professor fired after expressing climate change skepticism | Fox News
Was the prof eliminated for the modern-day version of heresy?
Quark Soup by David Appell: Drapela Decision Unrelated to AGW Views, Says University
An employer is not required to tell someone why they are being fired. Sometimes you don't disclose that information because it can be harm to others or to the organization.So why wouldn't they tell him what the reasons were then?
An employer is not required to tell someone why they are being fired. Sometimes you don't disclose that information because it can be harm to others or to the organization.So why wouldn't they tell him what the reasons were then?
He was not being dismissed. His contract was not renewed.
An employer is not required to tell someone why they are being fired. Sometimes you don't disclose that information because it can be harm to others or to the organization.So why wouldn't they tell him what the reasons were then?
He was not being dismissed. His contract was not renewed.
Don't know Drapela, but have had a personal run in with Dr. Fulks. If Drapela is as obtuse as Fulks, he should have been fired.
Now there's a definate endorsement.. I'm behind ANYONE who has a run-in with Roxy..
Don't know Drapela, but have had a personal run in with Dr. Fulks. If Drapela is as obtuse as Fulks, he should have been fired.
Now there's a definate endorsement.. I'm behind ANYONE who has a run-in with Roxy..
Jogging is a "definate(sp)" advantage, to keeping ahead, in the game, to avoid growing your very own big, fat ass. Who wants YOU, behind them, Fatass?
Wonder away, but that's the business of the employer, not the public. Don't you realize this is pure propaganda. There is nothing there to support the innuendo that he was fired because of his belief. In fact there is so little information, Fox can't even claim he was fired because of his beliefs, just suggest it as possibility.An employer is not required to tell someone why they are being fired. Sometimes you don't disclose that information because it can be harm to others or to the organization.So why wouldn't they tell him what the reasons were then?
He was not being dismissed. His contract was not renewed.
You're avoiding the question. I wonder why?
Wonder away, but that's the business of the employer, not the public. .An employer is not required to tell someone why they are being fired. Sometimes you don't disclose that information because it can be harm to others or to the organization.
He was not being dismissed. His contract was not renewed.
You're avoiding the question. I wonder why?
Wonder away, but that's the business of the employer, not the public. Don't you realize this is pure propaganda. There is nothing there to support the innuendo that he was fired because of his belief. In fact there is so little information, Fox can't even claim he was fired because of his beliefs, just suggest it as possibility.An employer is not required to tell someone why they are being fired. Sometimes you don't disclose that information because it can be harm to others or to the organization.
He was not being dismissed. His contract was not renewed.
You're avoiding the question. I wonder why?
I doubt Fox News would be putting out the story if the professor was fired from a Christian college and had expressed views about his belief in evolution.
Five years ago, Oregon State Climatologist George Taylor went around quietly saying that he was not a believer. Then Governor Ted Kulongoski and many faculty at OSU including Dr. Jane Lubchenco made life impossible for Taylor, and he retired. (Lubchenco is now head of NOAA in the Obama administration.) Under those currently in charge, OSU climate research has grown to be a huge business, reportedly $90 million per year with no real deliverables beyond solid academic support for climate hysteria.
We can only speculate as to how the decision to fire Drapela was made. Unlike the decision to force Taylor out (which came from the governor’s office), this decision was likely internal to OSU with the implicit backing of Governor Kitzhaber and NOAA administrator Lubchenco. I would suspect that Dr. Phil Mote (Director of their Climate Change Research Institute) had a hand in the decision, because he has previously been highly intolerant of those who oppose his ideas and could potentially threaten his business empire.
It’s just a sad, sad state of affairs that an institution like OSU would fire a good employee for (ostensibly) no reason and then run around and hide from the person they fired. I had stellar teaching evaluations, I won College of Science awards for teaching, and published textbooks. My class sections were always full and I was well-liked by students (see ratemyprofessors.com). I was doing my job very well. But I guess I didn’t march in step with their philosophies.