India, Sept. 16 -- Tamar Shirinian, a faculty member at the University of Knoxville, is set to be terminated over a Facebook comment she made about Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was fatally shot on September 12. The University of Tennessee in Knoxville announced Monday that they have placed Shirinian on administrative leave and begun termination proceedings.

UT Knoxville said in a statement that Shirinian "failed to meet our expectations for civil engagement," and added that she has been "out of the classroom, placed on administrative leave, and termination proceedings have begun."

Tamar Shirinian commented on a post on Facebook about Kirk's fatal shooting at Utah Valley University. She said the world is "better off" for K...