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Line 13: − − In September 2020 Erik Loomis, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, on a blog to which he contributes justified murdering right-wing activists as "moral". The professor has a history of threatening comments toward right-wingers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/rhode-island-professor-killing-portland-activist-ok-moral-perspective-killed-fascist|title=Rhode Island professor says killing by Portland activist OK from 'moral' perspective: 'He killed a fascist'|work=Fox News}}</ref> and another contributor to the blog wrote on September 8, 2020 that "American universities are generally hostile to conservative views, because conservative views are generally wrong" and that "a liberal university can’t actually “welcome”...religious fundamentalists into its interpretive community". + + + +
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The '''University of Rhode Island''' (or URI) is a [[Rhode Island]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] chartered as the state's [[Agriculture|agricultural]] school in 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uri.edu/home/about/|title=About the University|language=English|work=University of Rhode Island}}</ref> The school has four campuses, the flagship is located in Kingston, Rhode Island. It was ranked a third tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 3" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t3natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Tier 3|work=US News|language=English}}</ref>
The '''University of Rhode Island''' (or URI) is a [[Rhode Island]] [[public schools|public]] [[university]] chartered as the state's [[Agriculture|agricultural]] school in 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uri.edu/home/about/|title=About the University|language=English|work=University of Rhode Island}}</ref> The school has four campuses, the flagship is located in Kingston, Rhode Island. It was ranked a third tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 3" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t3natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Tier 3|work=US News|language=English}}</ref>
==History==
==History==
Rhode Island was a land grant college, meaning [[Morrill's Land Grant Act]] (which gave each state thirty thousand acres of public land to be sold, with the profits being directed to a university) funded it (although, initially the profits went to [[Brown University]], and did not shift to URI until 1894).<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.uri.edu/home/about/history_timeline.html|language=Enlish|title=URI History and Timeline|work=University of Rhode Island}}</ref> John H. Washburn was the school's first president.<ref name="history"/>
Rhode Island was a land grant college, meaning [[Morrill's Land Grant Act]] (which gave each state thirty thousand acres of public land to be sold, with the profits being directed to a university) funded it (although, initially the profits went to [[Brown University]], and did not shift to URI until 1894).<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.uri.edu/home/about/history_timeline.html|language=Enlish|title=URI History and Timeline|work=University of Rhode Island}}</ref> John H. Washburn was the school's first president.<ref name="history"/>
==Controversies==
In September 2020 Erik Loomis, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, on a blog to which he contributes justified murdering right-wing activists as "moral". The professor has a history of threatening comments toward right-wingers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/rhode-island-professor-killing-portland-activist-ok-moral-perspective-killed-fascist|title=Rhode Island professor says killing by Portland activist OK from 'moral' perspective: 'He killed a fascist'|work=Fox News}}</ref> and another contributor to the blog wrote on September 8, 2020 that "American universities are generally hostile to conservative views, because conservative views are generally wrong" and that "a liberal university can’t actually “welcome”...religious fundamentalists into its interpretive community".
==Notes==
==Notes==
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