NJ Prof. Linked to Pro-Nazi Group

Associated Press/April 3, 2005

Teaneck, NJ -- A Fairleigh Dickinson University adjunct professor, who hosts a Web cast program called "White Viewpoint," has been dismissed.

University officials said they dismissed Jacques Pluss, 51, for missing too many days of teaching a history class. Pluss says each of his three absences were for illnesses excused with a doctor's note, and he expects he was let go because he crossed the line of political correctness.

The professor, who joined FDU in 2002, previously was tenured at William Paterson University. He said he became a member of the pro-Nazi group, the National Socialist Movement, in February.

FDU dean, John Snyder, called the professor's views as - quote- "hatred directed at the very students he taught."