| | For example, professors at [[Washington University]] wore white armbands to protest an award of an honorary degree to [[Phyllis Schlafly]], a noted [[conservative]], in an act of political partisanship and utter unprofessionalism.<ref>Allington, Adam (May 16, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20100115052228/http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279565§ionID=1 "Faculty, students protest Schafly degree"]. St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU website/News. Retrieved from January 15, 2010 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> At the [[University of Chicago]], more than one hundred professors signed a letter to protest a proposal to honor conservative-leaning [[Nobel Prize]]-winning colleague [[Milton Friedman]].<ref>Bourdaghs, Michael K. (June 16, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080623163217/http://bourdaghs.com/blog.html?p=484 "The right and wrong ways to celebrate"]. Where have all the good times gone? blog. Retrieved from June 23, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> | | For example, professors at [[Washington University]] wore white armbands to protest an award of an honorary degree to [[Phyllis Schlafly]], a noted [[conservative]], in an act of political partisanship and utter unprofessionalism.<ref>Allington, Adam (May 16, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20100115052228/http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1279565§ionID=1 "Faculty, students protest Schafly degree"]. St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU website/News. Retrieved from January 15, 2010 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> At the [[University of Chicago]], more than one hundred professors signed a letter to protest a proposal to honor conservative-leaning [[Nobel Prize]]-winning colleague [[Milton Friedman]].<ref>Bourdaghs, Michael K. (June 16, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20080623163217/http://bourdaghs.com/blog.html?p=484 "The right and wrong ways to celebrate"]. Where have all the good times gone? blog. Retrieved from June 23, 2008 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> |