May 05, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 1) • Page Image 13
…Former faculty discuss Red scare BY GUS TESCHKE Hatcher... comes under fire In 1954, at the peak of the Mc- Carthy-era political persecution, three University professors refused to tes- mentary film. "I came out admiring tify before the U.S. House Un- other figures considerably less." American Activities Committee. Al- A number of participants agreed though none of them had committed that today this kind of persecution is any academic miscondu...…