Tuesday, April 18, 2006
NKU Professor Will Not Be Allowed to Return
Sally Jacobson, the women's studies professor who lead her students in the destruction of a pro-life display, will no longer teach or be employed at Northern Kentucky University. She has been placed on leave and will retire at the end of the semester.
I am surprised at the swift and strong action by the university. Perhaps Ms. Jacobson had planned to go out with a bang. It's sad that supposedly learned and intelligent people are having more and more difficulty engaging in civil debate rather than acts of vandalism.
As I've said, I know plenty of people who went to NKU. My 17 year old son is considering attending there. I feel much better about this possibility after the administrations strong stance.
Instapundit says, "Bravo!"
Volokh has more.
Instapundit also reports that the sexual harassment allegations against librarian Scott Savage have been dropped. Thank goodness. Interestingly Instapundit also reports that the American Library Association did not come to Savage's aid. Apparently they are tied up with protecting the rights of terrorists to use library computers for Internet access to plan more attacks.
Oh, well, I guess all the news can't be good.
Sally Jacobsen, who is a professor in the literature and language department, will not return to the school. University president James Votruba said what Jacobsen did was outside the scope of her employment.Whether or not her retirement was planned previous to this action is not known by this writer.
I am surprised at the swift and strong action by the university. Perhaps Ms. Jacobson had planned to go out with a bang. It's sad that supposedly learned and intelligent people are having more and more difficulty engaging in civil debate rather than acts of vandalism.
As I've said, I know plenty of people who went to NKU. My 17 year old son is considering attending there. I feel much better about this possibility after the administrations strong stance.
Instapundit says, "Bravo!"
Volokh has more.
Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Librarian Dropped at OSU
Instapundit also reports that the sexual harassment allegations against librarian Scott Savage have been dropped. Thank goodness. Interestingly Instapundit also reports that the American Library Association did not come to Savage's aid. Apparently they are tied up with protecting the rights of terrorists to use library computers for Internet access to plan more attacks.
Oh, well, I guess all the news can't be good.
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Sounds to me like common sense won out over nonsense in both of those cases (and thank goodness for that).
I don't find it particularly bad news that an interest group didn't come to someone's aid, as interest groups are usually on their own side no matter what they claim in public (Just like how the Corey Maye case is being ignored by many anti-death penalty groups). It is a matter of resources vs. publicity.
To me that just seems like more of the same old song.
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I don't find it particularly bad news that an interest group didn't come to someone's aid, as interest groups are usually on their own side no matter what they claim in public (Just like how the Corey Maye case is being ignored by many anti-death penalty groups). It is a matter of resources vs. publicity.
To me that just seems like more of the same old song.
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