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Date:    Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:45:03 +1100
From:    Julian.ODea@MAILHOST.DPIE.GOV.AU
Subject: More on the Rindos Affair

More on the Rindos Affair
Cross-posted with Anthro-L

>From an editorial in a recent edition of an
Australian newspaper:

     Rindos Affair Points to Academic Hubris

"Last week a West Australian parliamentary committee
reported adversely on the university [of Western
Australia], saying it had not acted sufficiently
fairly in denying tenure to archaeologist David
Rindos.....

... Dr Rindos, a homosexual who died of a heart attack late
last year, maintained he was persecuted because he supported
female students who made allegations of sexual misconduct
against the former head of the university's archaeology
department, Sandra Bowdler, who denied the allegations.
Professor [Fay] Gale denies those allegations led to
Dr Rindos being denied tenure in 1993, citing instead adverse
reports on his teaching and research performance.  It
subsequently emerged in evidence to the State Ombudsman
that Professor Gale had offered Dr Rindos the equivalent
of two years' salary in exchange for his resignation....

... it is inappropriate for a taxpayer-funded organisation to
deny Parliament the right to investigate its performance."


I gave an URL earlier which is not the freshest on this
case.  Those wanting more information should try:

http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Rindos/


Julian O'Dea
julian.odea@dpie.gov.au
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/5396/

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