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Click’s firing sparks discussions on faculty job security, free speech

Claire Mitzel • March 1, 2016

A professor’s firing rarely makes national news. But since November, Melissa Click’s name has become a narrative of its own, culminating with her firing Feb. 25. Her story is well-known. Following...

Melissa Click’s classes will continue being taught by guest faculty

Taylor Blatchford • February 29, 2016

Even before assistant communication professor Melissa Click [was fired](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/25/melissa-click-fired-board-curators/) by the UM System Board of Curators last Thursday,...

Click believes more context necessary for report leading to her termination

Kyra Haas • February 29, 2016

Immediately following [assistant communication professor Melissa Click’s suspension on Jan. 27](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/1/27/melissa-click-suspended-um-system-board-curators-p/), UM System...

Curators’ decision to fire Click highlights Foley’s shift in opinion

Claire Mitzel • February 27, 2016

In exactly a month, interim Chancellor Hank Foley went from assuring MU that professor Melissa Click wouldn’t be fired until her tenure process was completed to saying that he was in agreement with the...

Chat with the Chancellor includes several conversations about Melissa Click

Tess Vrbin • February 27, 2016

The crowd was small at first for this week’s Chats with the Chancellor, an informal conversational forum hosted by interim Chancellor Hank Foley. Students and professors milled about beforehand and...

Melissa Click fired by Board of Curators

Taylor Blatchford, Nancy Coleman • February 25, 2016

Melissa Click was fired after the UM System Board of Curators voted 4-2 in a closed meeting on Wednesday. Board of Curators Chairwoman Pamela Henrickson said Click, an assistant communications professor,...

‘Racism Lives Here’ rally promotes multicultural unity

Tessa Weinberg, Allyson Vasilopulos • February 25, 2016

Students gathered on Lowry Mall Thursday afternoon as part of a Racism Lives Here rally in solidarity with marginalized groups and people of color on campus. The rally highlighted key issues from previous...

Foley responds to faculty complaints about Melissa Click’s firing

Claire Mitzel • February 25, 2016

Interim Chancellor Hank Foley spoke to Faculty Council at its Thursday meeting, less than two hours after the [announcement that Melissa Click had been fired](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/25/melissa-click-fired-board-curators/)...

Curators finalize presidential search committee

Taylor Blatchford • February 24, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators met Wednesday morning to finalize the members of the search committee for the next UM System president. The committee includes all six current curators, two faculty members,...

Concerned Student 1950 reissues list of six remaining demands to be met

Thomas Oide • February 24, 2016

This past November, members of Concerned Student 1950 said that even though they were successful in ousting former UM System President Tim Wolfe, their work to achieve equality at the university [would...

Graduate student employees hold grade-in to make their work publicly known

Alyssa Bessasparis • February 24, 2016

“We are paid a wage,” posters read in Jesse Hall’s entrance for the Coalition of Graduate Workers grade-in Wednesday. “We receive W-2’s. We pay taxes. What else do we have to do?” Graduate...

‘Teaching Green’ buildings important for future of green technology, study finds

Max Fillion • February 24, 2016

Students who attend school in green buildings are more educated on energy efficiency and environmentally friendly building practices, according to a recent study by an MU researcher. The study also found...