Weeks after two University of Missouri employees were caught on video trying to force student journalists from a protest about the campus racial climate, Republican lawmakers in the state are trying to force the women from their jobs. The Columbia Missourian reports that more than a hundred state representatives and 18 senators, all Republicans, have signed a letter urging that the university fire Melissa A. Click, an assistant professor of communication, and Janna Basler, assistant director of Greek life, for their treatment of the student journalists during the November 9 event.

January 5, 2016 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education