Militant's award raises concerns at UM

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A plaque presented to Orlando Bosch at the conference hall of UM's Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies upset some academics, who want the university to investigate.

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"Outrage over a plaque awarded to an aging exile militant at a University of Miami academic center has triggered protests from professors and accusations that the school's Cuba institute favors hard-line politics.

A local historical group recently used a hall at UM's Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies for an event commemorating 50 years of armed struggle in Cuba. The program culminated with the awarding of a plaque to Orlando Bosch.

A hero in the eyes of some in the Cuban community, Bosch, 84, was convicted of blasting a Bazooka off the MacArthur Causeway at a Polish freighter and was acquitted of a Cuban airline bombing that killed 73 people.

Academics from around the country -- and now also professors at UM -- have criticized the Oct. 12 event organized by the Institute of Cuban Historic Memory against Totalitarianism.

"I think universities are places to think the unthinkable and speak the unspeakable,'' said University of Denver lecturer Arturo López-Levy, one of 70 academics who signed an Oct. 27 letter of protest to UM President Donna Shalala. The academics asked for an investigation. ``But to pay homage to a convicted terrorist, whoever authorized renting the place for that use has shown a lack of wisdom and a lack of judgment.''

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/11/1921732/militants-award-raises-concerns.html#ixzz153D3ZWJS

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1. Imagine if he was a Muslim.

This would be on Fox news 24/7.

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2. Yep.

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