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Last month, a group of students and alumni protested to support former continuing lecturer Keith Fink. They demanded the university keep Fink as a continuing lecturer and that Kerri Johnson, the communication studies chair, resign. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

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This post was updated June 29 at 6:10 p.m. The department of communication studies ended the appointment of a lecturer following a review process that began in May.

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Social sciences dean terminates appointment of lecturer Keith Fink

By Sharon Zhen

June 28, 2017 3:32 p.m.