A controversial Colorado professsor who has compared the victims of the 9-11 attacks to the Nazi’s may lose his chance to speak at UW-Whitewater next month. University officials say they are weighing both safety concerns and free speech rights in deciding whether to allow Ward Churchill to speak at a Native American student forum. Gil Halsted reports…
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