Student Blogger to be Flogged

Not literally, but given the choice of the original punishment, which was loss of scholarship and one year suspension, the student would have preferred to be flogged. The student in question attends Marquette Dental School in Wisconsin, and apparently posted some negative comments on an unnamed prof. He was quickly taken to task on his blog posts, even though the school encourages anonymous feedback (including critical feedback) from students on profs. How stupid can they get? Check out John McAdams' post. And here I thought academia encouraged free thinking and open debate.

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  1. Amal10:10 p.m., January 07, 2006

    Free thinking and debate are only encouraged when they fall in line with the status quo.

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