* IRVINE, Calif. – Faculty members at Irvine Valley College were banned last week from discussing the Iraqi war in classrooms, unless their course touches directly on the conflict, sparking an angry response from professors.
Vice President of Academic Instruction Dennis W. White said Friday that he was responding to student complaints when he sent a memo telling deans it was “professionally inappropriate” for their instructors to discuss the war in the classroom, unless the course material was linked directly to the war.
The issue came up after a student with a loved one in military service went sobbing to the counseling office, upset over antiwar remarks that a professor had made in class, according to students and faculty.

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