From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2005-11-30 20:43:28
I e-mailed a message of support to Steve J, and received the response below! What a nice chap! They say a week is a long time in politics… well, time passes more quickly in Physics Departments…. —–Original Message—– From: Jones, Steven [mailto:steven_jones@byu.edu] Sent: 30 November 2005 19:31 To: ad.johnson@ntlworld…. Subject: FW: VICTORY for Steven Jones and for Academic Freedom Thanks, Andrew. (See below). Steven J —–Original Message—– From: Paul Zarembka [mailto:zarembka@buffalo.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:12 AM To: Marcus Ford; etc. Subject: VICTORY for Steven Jones and for Academic Freedom All, I have just received the message below from Steven Jones. I extract only the most germaine part. Congratulations to all of us, and particularly to Steve! Paul *********************************************************************** RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, Paul Zarembka, editor, Elsevier Science ******************** ourworld.compuserve…. 1. The “statement” on the Physics Dept. page is gone. Finally. The chair told me he had received many emails… …. 3. You asked: ” Do you have ANY sense that powers higher that BYU are putting pressure on BYU. This is suggested in Greg Szymanski’s rather careless article of Yesterday´ — NO, I have no indication or evidence for that at all. Rather, some BYU administrators seem particularly sensitive to negative comments from Alumni and from media. (This based on my experience here 20+ years as well as comments from the chair and dean.) Greg means well no doubt, but I do not support his speculations in this regard. 4. I was reassured again that I have academic freedom to pursue this research on 9-11, by my chair this morning. I intend to use that freedom. The Chair is aware that I have a public talk at UVSC Feb. 1, on “9/11 Revisited: Scientific and Ethical Questions.” BTW, my academic freedom to pursue this investigation and to publish has frequently been reaffirmed by administrators here, and I believe BYU is sincere about this. It is true that the statement by the Dept. here was made, and I protested it along with others, and it has this morning been removed — but even that statement reaffirmed academic freedom. …. — No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/188 – Release Date: 29/11/2005 — No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/188 – Release Date: 29/11/2005
