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Oklahoma Christian University: Faculty Librarian Rebuked for Inaction Following Guest Speaker鈥檚 Presentation

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In March 2022, Oklahoma Christian University fired Professor Michael O鈥橩eefe based on a guest speaker鈥檚 presentation to O鈥橩eefe鈥檚 class, which included the speaker telling a story about peer pressure involving the phrase 鈥渢ruth or dick.鈥 Shortly thereafter, OC administrators called faculty librarian Chris Rosser into a meeting and rebuked him for attending the talk but failing to report the 鈥渘ature of the presentation鈥 to administrators or to otherwise intervene. On May 19, FIREwrote OC explaining that its apparent demand that Rosser report colleagues for exercising their academic freedom to host controversial speakers contravenes the university鈥檚 promises of free speech and academic freedom.

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