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Setting the Record Straight about Guillermo Gonzalez’s Denial of Tenure by Iowa State University

The real reasons Gonzalez did not get tenure at ISU were simple: discrimination and intolerance. Read More ›
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To Go Along with the Flight Premiere in Seattle, a Very Cool Bonus

The Museum of Flight will be giving those in attendance free access to the Personal Courage Wing, complete with 18 and 10 exhibits respectively of World War I and World War II fighter aircraft. Read More ›

Statement from Astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez about His New Position at Ball State University

"In my opinion, the controversy surrounding my hire is artificial -- largely generated by one activist blogger who is not an astronomer." Read More ›

Is Intelligent Design Too "Transgressive" to Tolerate? More on the Investigation of Ball State University Physicist Eric Hedin

In deciding the fate of a vulnerable, untenured scientist, Professor Juli Eflin may be the wild card. Read More ›

More than 7,000 Urge Ball State University to Protect Academic Freedom of Professor Eric Hedin

Discovery Institute has delivered a petition to Ball State University from more than 7,000 people, including more than 1,200 residents of Indiana, urging the university to defend the academic freedom of assistant professor of physics Eric Hedin. Read More ›
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A Tale of Two Professors

In 2004, the academic freedom of another Ball State University professor was challenged by an outside interest group. But university officials treated that professor in a dramatically different way from how they are treating Professor Eric Hedin. Why? Read More ›

Questions Raised about Impartiality of Panel Reviewing Ball State University Professor’s Course

Three of the four appointed panelists are publicly connected to groups explicitly opposed to intelligent design. Read More ›

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