News that a university librarian is suing professors who accused him of "sexual harassment" after he recommended the best-selling book "The Marketing of Evil" comes just as the Midwest school's accreditation is being reviewed – with Tuesday the last day for the public to comment on the school's track record.

In what has been called the year's most "shameful" campus persecution case, Scott Savage, head of Reference and Instructional Services at the Bromfield Library on Ohio State University's Mansfield campus, was condemned by a 21-0 faculty vote on March 13, 2006, to be formally investigated for "sexual harassment." The reason? Several professors, two of them openly homosexual, had become extremely upset over Savage's nomination for the freshman reading program of "The Marketing of Evil," calling it "hate literature." Subtitled "How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised as Freedom," chapter one of the book exposes the marketing strategies and tactics of the "gay rights" movement.

The unprecedented attack on a librarian over a book recommendation attracted national media attention, as well as a threat of a legal counterattack by the Alliance Defense Fund. Finally, on April 18 of last year, OSU backed down and informed Savage the charges against him had been withdrawn.

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Tuesday, Savage's attorneys filed a defamation lawsuit, in the Court of Common Pleas in Richland County, Ohio, against the faculty members who accused him of sexual harassment.

"This is the most extreme case of political correctness I've ever heard of," said attorney Tom Condit. "For the faculty to say it doesn't want to suppress any viewpoint, and then to go after Scott in this way, it's shocking, people have to be appalled at this."

In addition, said Condit, "this has done real damage to Scott and his family. He feels his career is threatened by the publicity, with his name associated with sexual harassment. And he's now in his second six-month, unpaid leave of absence, since he felt staying at the university had become untenable." Savage is scheduled to return to OSU in June.

Ironically, the lawsuit over what many see as one of the most egregious cases of campus persecution and viewpoint discrimination in memory, comes just days before OSU's 10-year review by the Commission on Higher Education, OSU's accreditation board, is scheduled to end.

In fact, Tuesday, March 13 is the deadline for third-party comments to the commission – which solicits public input as part of its deliberative process.

"Universities today pride themselves on their diversity," said David Kupelian, WND's managing editor and author of "The Marketing of Evil." "It would be great if people would let the Commission on Higher Education know exactly what they think of Ohio State University's dismal track record when it comes to intellectual diversity."

"Scott Savage recommended four best-selling conservative books, and as a result the faculty voted to persecute him, to endanger his career, his livelihood, his family, his reputation with the stigma of 'sexual harassament,'" said Kupelian.

Kupelian wrote a critical analysis of Ohio State University titled "How Ohio State University is marketing evil."

"Probably the best chance to bring about meaningful change at OSU," he added, "is if the Commission of Higher Education gives them a warning, but that will only happen if they're informed about this outrageous case of campus intolerance."

Editor's note: Comments can be made to the Commission of Higher Education on this Third-Party Comment Form.

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