Chalk one up for the good guys. Florida Atlantic University, after initially trying to discipline a student who refused to participate in an instructor's lesson plan that involved stomping on a piece of paper with the name "Jesus" written on it, has now apologized to the student and to anyone in the community who "may have been offended".
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2013/03/fau_apologizes_ryan_rotela_victory.php
Well, duh.
There is a lesson to be learned here. First of all, these things are going on in universities all over the nation. Most of the time nobody hears about it because nobody complains. In this case, however, the student chose to fight. The story came out in conservative media and the blogosphere. Glenn beck made an issue out of it. Finally, FAU realized that they could not hide under the cover of darkness.
FAU should be the template because it takes public awareness before these outrages can be ended. Somewhere along the line the lawsuits need to start flying.
Let unstated is what, if any, discipline will be imposed on the dopey professor, Deandre Poole-who just happens to be vice chair of the Palm Beach Democratic Party.
Sooner or later these schools will be paying out big awards to students. To pay them they will just increase the tuition. Nothing will change, nothing ever does.
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