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Robert C. Bergenheim, B.U. vice president for labor and public relations, yesterday criticized CLUM for not giving the university an advance copy of the report so that officials could prepare a rebuttal...
Referring to Luria as "this jerk across the river," Bergenheim said a small group of vociferous Silber critics had blown the issue way out of proportion and that the professors were inflaming tensions by making irresponsible statements...
...Bergenheim said the professors had in effect held a sympathy strike--in violation of their contracts--and could not expect to escape punishment...
...administration had hoped to settle the dispute in a quiet meeting between the professors and the provost, Bergenheim said. In a quieter setting the problems might have been resolved without firing or suspending the professors, he added...
...Bergenheim said the many controversies at B.U. demonstrate the university's academic freedom. "How could those five professors make these irrational statements if what they said were true? If John Silber had the power to whip people into line, they would have been whipped out of line a long time ago," Bergenheim said...