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FILE - This Feb. 5, 2014 file photo shows James Kilgore, a faculty member at the University of Illinois, in Urbana, Ill. More than 500 people sent emails to the University of Illinois after it decided not to keep James Kilgore as an instructor and before it went back on that decision and decided to rehire the former Symbionese Liberation Army member. (AP Photo/The News-Gazette, Robin Scholz, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

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FILE - This Feb. 5, 2014 file photo shows James Kilgore, a faculty member at the University of Illinois, in Urbana, Ill. Kilgore, a former member of the radical 1970s group the Symbionese Liberation Army who was told recently he can no longer teach at the University of Illinois where he has worked since 2011, could see that decision reversed. Ilesanmi Adesida, provost at the Urbana-Champaign campus, said Monday, April 28, 2014, that he plans to appoint a committee to review the decision to no longer hire Kilgore. Kilgore was released from prison in 2011 after serving six years for his role in the killing of housewife Myrna Opsahl during a 1975 bank robbery in California. (AP Photo/The News-Gazette, Robin Scholz, File) MANDATORY CREDITCREDIT

U of I plans committee to review Kilgore decision

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This Feb. 5, 2014 photo shows James Kilgore, a faculty member at the University of Illinois, in Urbana, Ill. Kilgore, a former member of the 1970s radical group the Symbionese Liberation Army, said Tuesday, April 22, 2014, that he was told earlier this month that the university will not let him teach classes after this semester where he has worked since 2011. He said he was not told why, but he suspects the university was pressured by donors or people with political connections. Kilgore was released from prison in 2009 after serving six years for his role in the killing of housewife Myrna Opsahl during a 1975 bank robbery. The SLA is best known for kidnapping newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst in 1974. (AP Photo/The News-Gazette, Robin Scholz) MANDATORY CREDIT

Ex-radical group member says university ending job

By DAVID MERCER - Associated Press