It's hard to not be against terrorism, but for some reason, coming out against it is difficult for some on this campus.

I told (the sources) the story would be about both a post-9/11, Arabs in America kind of thing and racial profiling. The quotes showed they at least tacitly agreed with my column.

This is innocent people being attacked by an SUV, driven by a man who was doing it for retaliation for treatment of Muslims around the world. To me, that spells terrorism.

I think that societal influences were the reason behind my dismissal.

I have a right to say these things without censorship. Isn't it the duty of an opinion writer to be provocative and stir debate?