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Chafin was accused of assaulting Steven R. Verr '79 on February 10. Verr, now a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, testified yesterday that, after he called Chafin a "lackey," the chief jabbed him with his index finger, grabbed him in a headlock, and "pummeled...
Detailed descriptions of a brief encounter between Chafin and Verr dominated the four hours of testimony. Verr, the only witness called by the prosecution, said he called Chafin a "lackey" after the chief refused to divulge the reasons behind a meeting he had requested with the student. Chafin said University officials had informed him Verr had been expelled, and said he had therefore summoned him to tell him he was "being terminated" as a student security guard...
When Verr did not know of the expulsion--which has since been revoked--Chafin made several calls during the meeting to Harvard officials asking for confirmation. When he repeatedly refused to tell Verr who he had called or what they had said. Verr referred to Chafin as a "lackey" at least twice, and the altercation ensued...
...mail piles up. There was the incident when Grover Cleveland was made to appear a lackey of Great Britain because Sir Lionel Sackville-West, then British Ambassador, was tricked into writing a letter stating that in the election of 1888 England favored the Democrats. There was the famous (and forged) Zinoviev letter, supposedly a directive from Moscow to the British Communist Party, that toppled the government of Ramsay Mac Donald. There was the Zimmermann telegram that pushed the U.S. into the first World War, and the letter General Douglas MacArthur sent Congressman Joe Martin from Korea indirectly attacking the Truman...
...discussion that might seem contrary to the generally understood political position of the institution." Later, Pastor LaHaye helpfully sent along John Birch Society materials for Barton to study. Barton was also criticized for hiring two Catholics to work at Christian High. After reviewing the record, current School Superintendent Alex Lackey said Barton's dismissal was based "solely on his inadequacies as an administrator...