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...Witzel also wrote that "[a]s agreed by DeanKnowles and me last Summer, I will, as of January30, return to teaching and research, after havingbeen an administrator since July...
...Witzel wrote in the next newsletter, inFebruary, that "several times I have asked you asa group and the 'reporter' as an individual toclarify or revoke them. Nothing has been doneabout this, though I know that some of you havewritten to the Deans about the matter. As the caseremains unresolved, and from all that I hear willremain so, I am no longer prepared to serve as theDirector of Graduate Studies...
According to LeVine at the February graduatestudents meeting, Wolff and the University's"Legal Counsel" told Witzel that he should not suea student, since students' freedom to criticizeteachers is protected within the University...
...Witzel's statement also said that "his personalchampionship of Mrs. Garzilli is an attempt torectify the harm James Benson did to her in thepast, and to make up for the administration'sfailure to defend her at that time. This is anissue with a history...
...Thus in the view of some students the factthat, as a scholar, Professor Witzel did good workdid not exonerate him from, as a professor,intimidating students," the minutes continue. "Aprofessor should be encouraging his students'intellectual development, not threatening themwith libel suits...