A demonstration is scheduled this morning at DePaul University in Chicago to protest the school’s denial of tenure to Professors Norman Finkelstein and Mehrene Larudee. Students are also criticizing DePaul’s last-minute decision to cancel Finkelstein’s classes for this semester. Before the rally, Finkelstein is expected to meet with students who had signed up to take his two courses, “Freedom and Empowerment” and “Equality and Social Justice.” Finkelstein has said DePaul’s decision to deny him tenure was a result of political opposition to his speaking out about the Israel-Palestine conflict. For years Finkelstein has been one of the most prominent critics of Israel in American academia.