Student groups show support for Minnesota college president
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a letter published Wednesday in The Oracle, the student news site at Hamline University in St. Paul, the students said they strongly support President Fayneese Miller. On Tuesday, Hamline's faculty leaders called overwhelmingly for Miller to resign, saying Miller's dismissal of the instructor violated violated academic freedom and harmed the university’s reputation. In their letter, the students said their voices have been ignored during the controversy over Miller's response to a complaint from a Muslim student that seeing images of the Prophet Muhammad violated her religious beliefs. Miller conceded last week that she had mishandled the situation, particularly in calling Lopez Prater's showing of the image “Islamophobic.” In a letter published Thursday in the Oracle, Miller said the concept of academic freedom is central to Hamline's mission.
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