"The actions of the masters, which had we notbrought this decision to light would not have beendisclosed, threaten the role of the tutor in thelife of the undergraduates and undermine thetutor's ability to broaden our intellectualhorizons through unrestricted politicaldiscourse," said Rutledge.

The flyer distributed by the Dunster residentsalso criticized the "secretive" nature ofIgnatiev's firing.

Ignatiev said he did not receive a notice ofrenewal as he had in the past. When he mentionedthis to Karel Liem at a House function, the mastertold him that he was not going to be rehired andthat he would receive a formal letter shortly.

Adam K. Goodheart '92, one of the DunsterStudents for Free Expression, suggested that "theLiems were trying to stall things until the summerso that students and tutors wouldn't be around toprotest it."

Dunster House students have held at least oneinformal meeting about the incident.

"I have been extremely encouraged by what seemsto be almost unanimous groundswell support fromboth students and tutors since we distributed ourletter," said Goodheart