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  • newsmagazine news anal sis september 4- 10, 2002 9. WCU Faculty Senate approves Academic Freedom resolution By: Chad Messer I WCnewsmagazine response to the controversy surrounding UNC-Chapel Hill's summer freshman reading assignment, the WCU Faculty Senate has approved a resolution supporting their version of academic freedom on Thursday, August 22. This resolution, "We, the members of the Faculty Senate at Western Carolina University, reaffirm academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas and information," comes after the legal troubles of UNC's decision to add "Approaching the Qu'ran: The Early Revelations" by Michael Sells as a part of their freshman reading list. The book is a discussion of 35 verses from Islam's holy book. Lauded by some as a way to help American students better understand a religion shared by 1.2 billion people, Sells's book is derided by others who believe that requiring students to read a book about Islam is akin to teaching them what some have termed "the religion of the enemy. UNC-CH was sued by three unnamed students and a Christian organization in hopes that the reading program would be stopped, but the Fourth Circuit US Court of Appeals in Richmond refused to halt the university's plans to begin discussion of the book in class on Monday, August 19. UNC chancellor James Moeser defended the discussion of the book saying that it was important for such subjects to be studied and understood in a post-9/ 11 United States. Newton Smith, president of the Faculty Senate, is passionate about the subject. "If a university doesn't have academic freedom it is a propaganda machine," he said. "It turns students into automatons. Western's proclamation is, in theory, meant to help give educators and students the freedom to discuss any subject or issue in the classrooms in an open manner without fear or molestation by anyone outside, or within, the university. "I understand what the threats are," said Smith, comparing his life as an Army information officer to his life as an educator. "If we allow things like this to happen, we are losing the war and becoming a state-run society. The first amendment freedoms that people fought and died for will be thrown away." Dr. Newton Smith Faculty Senate President Similar proclamations in support of academic freedom have been signed by the faculty at NC State University and UNC-Charlotte. Duke University, a private institution with ties to the United Methodist Church, says they support UNC but think that the issue of the separation of church and state is a valid point. WCU has a freshman summer reading list of its own. However, the selections have never raised an eyebrow outside of Cullowhee. Recent selections have included "A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons" by Robert Sapolsky and "In Mind/ In Country: From Mount Kenya to Tenewi Island" by Worth Allen of Charlotte, NC. Western also has classes that might have come under fire if the Virginia court had upheld the challenge to UNC's book list. One of these classes, "The Bible as Literature," is taught by Dr. Mary Warner of the English department, who is a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. "1 really didn't get into an area of concern," said Dr. Warner, "but [such censorship] is not uncommon in English education. One of the things that is problematic is that we fear what we don't know and when folks can't deal with complexity." In her literature class, Dr. Warner is always careful to make clear the fact that the class will be looking at the whole text as a piece of literature. "So many times our experience is that we look at parts of the text in isolation," Warner said, going on to explain that it is important to study such emotionally loaded texts with the knowledge of how far we are removed from their original creation. This is a hot-button issue, and the universities certainly have not heard the last of it. For as many holy texts as are in the world, there are millions of people who are affected deeply and differently by them. Education is the key to compromise in these matters, and Dr. Warner and WCU are taking steps in the right direction. varied views - [ONLINE] news analysis—--— August 19, 2002 - Christianity Today Magazine - Weblog: UNC Students Wilt Discuss Qur'an Book Today - Appeals court won't bar students from reading and discussing book about Qur'an - Compiled by Ted Olsen- "The organization's [Christian Family Policy Network] main beef wasn't necessarily that the college was informing students about Islam, but that it wasn't informing them about Islam's violent side. t We do not believe the university is trying to indoctrinate in the sense of strict proselytizing,' said the students' chief lawyer. t The goal is not to convert them to Islam but to coerce them into believing a positiye yiew of the religion. "' August '27*2002. WRAL ONLINE UNC Chancellor Defends} Stance Debates? .Chäncé110FÅåmeS Moeset déféhded •the •lilt SCh+OoVfthOicepta ControverSia! bOokf9Eiricoi6ifig Nation at. press: Club%in Ch6iCé tin thehfåmé thisA&ete •the Wrohgl 000k, eVe6#i Yftbtatlydisågfeed witlöth%é •Caroliha:aboutcthe defended their?rightftQ Chooseihe booK:aSå said; Ibåoeser Said the uniyet$ityt$tintegiity had by August 21, 2002 - Carolina Journal Online - Is It Really About Academic Freedom? - Published By The Herald-Sun of Durham - "Substance: Debating a non-issue ... One hesitates to comment further on ... UNC-Chapel Hill's ... Qu'ran commentary and discussion groups regarding the text. The issue is tiresome and has been beaten to death...Yet when ... North Carolina State and Eastern Carolina have faculty wasting their time debating and voting on an issue that was not an issue regarding the UNC-Chapel Hill dispute one must wonder why these people need to engage in rhetorical affirmation of a point that was never really in question. What others are saying about - "Academic Freedom" Septembef 16, 975 UNC Greensboro— Regulations on Academie Freedom Faculty Council The University of. North Carolina. atfreensboro :is: dedi- cated to the transmission and advancement of knowledge and understanding. Academic essential to. the achievement of these purposes, This institution supports and encourages freedom of inquiryfovfaculty,members students onexternal restraints fhatsyould unreasonably http://alumni.unc.edu/car/weekly/story, asp?sid=259 August 13, 2002 - From the Hill Online - Amid Reading Program Controversy, Board of Governors Won't Affirm Academic Freedom in UNC System - The controversy over the freshman summer reading assignment has broadened with the UNC System Board of Governors having declined to support a resolution affirming academic freedom in the state's universities. As the public debate accelerated about the University's choice of a book on Islam for the reading program, the BOG on Aug. 9 voted 18 for and 10 against a resolution of support for "commitment to freedom — religious, academic and political" on the 16 UNC System campuses. 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