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Professor settles libel suit
against Post columnists
Douglas Card filed the lawsuit in 2003 over a 2002
column that labeled him an anti-Semitic extremist
BYAYISHAYAHYA
NEWS EDITOR
A University professor has re
solved a long process to clear his
name of bias charges. Adjunct soci
ology professor Douglas Card re
cently settled a libel lawsuit against
New York Post columnists Daniel
Pipes and Jonathan Schanzer. Card
said the terms of the settlement
are confidential.
Card said he feels like, “I got the
weight of the world off my shoulders.”
Card filed the lawsuit in 2003, af
ter Pipes and Schanzer published an
article in June, 2002 titled “Extrem
ists on Campus,” that claimed Card
had made anti-Semitic and anti-Is
raeli statements in his “Social In
equality” class. Pipes has written
extensively on the Middle East and
is the director of the Middle East
Forum and a President Bush ap
pointee to the U.S. Institute of
Peace. Schanzer is a Middle East
scholar, currently at The Washing
ton Institute specializing in radical
Islamic movements.
According to the columnists’ arti
cle, a student claimed Card would
“bash Israel and Jews at every op
portunity.” Card also reportedly
called Israel “a terrorist state” and
Israelis “baby-killers” during the
class, and said Israel “stole land” in
the class’ final exam.
As part of the settlement, Pipes
and Schanzer wrote a joint statement
stating that they now believe that
Card “does not condone extremism
in the classroom.” The columnists’
conclusion is based on their assess
ment of Card’s final exam, his con
demnation of anti-Semitism, anti
Zionism and “professors who use
their classrooms to promote anti-Se
mitic and anti-Israel beliefs,” and
Card’s recognition of “the danger of
espousing such views — particular
ly on university campuses,” accord
ing to the statement. Card said
he had “hated anti-Semitism
all my life,” in a Sept. 29, 2003
Emerald article.
Card gave Pipes and Schanzer the
exam in question and “they have
found that the exam does not state
that Israel stole land,” according to
the statement.
The joint statement is linked to
the article on Pipes’ Web site,
www.danielpipes.org.
“If Mr. Pipes and I can reach a
compromise, there may really be
hope for Israel and Palestinians to
reach a just settlement,” Card said
in a press release.
Card said he tried to get the
columnists to retract their state
ments before he filed the suit. Sev
eral members of the campus and the
local Jewish communities also
spoke out in Card’s support.
But Pipes and Schanzer initially
stood by their statements, stating in
a 2002 letter to the Jewish Review, a
Portland newsletter, that Card had
not fulfilled their requests to war
rant a retraction. One of the re
quests was providing them with a
copy of the contentious final exam. *
After the suit was filed in a Lane
County Circuit Court, Pipes and
Schanzer had it moved to the U.S.
District Court in Eugene where they
sought to dismiss it on procedural
grounds, according to the release.
The motion was granted, leading
Card to appeal the decision in the
9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals,
before the case was settled.
Card said the charges troubled
him especially when he was ac
cused of forcing students to agree
with him.
“That’s really frightful,” he said.
“They don’t have to agree with any
thing I say. ”
He said even when facts are pre
sented in controversial issues, peo
ple may disagree on the details.
However, professors must try to ob
tain objectivity at all times in
the classroom.
“The key thing is to stick to the
facts and show both sides,” he said.
In the case of the Israeli-Palestin
ian conflict, it is vital to examine
both groups’ position fairly, he said.
In his classes, Card said he goes
so far as to bring in guest speakers
to present different views.
“We are professors, and a profes
sor’s job is to be objective,” he said.
Card also stressed the need for ac
ademic freedom, saying faculty
should not feel intimidated about
speaking on controversial issues.
“I think that the issue of academ
ic freedom during this time of politi
cal crises is extremely important,”
he said.
ayishayahya@dailyemerald.com
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