Lecturer accused of harassing conservative student will no longer work at UNL
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Rick Ruggles
University of Nebraska officials announced Friday that new steps are being taken in relation to an incident involving a conservative student Aug. 25.
NU President Hank Bounds said the graduate student/lecturer who called a conservative student a neo-fascist for recruiting for Turning Point USA would no longer teach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The World-Herald further learned that the lecturer, Courtney Lawton, will be released completely from employment when her contract expires at the end of the school year.
Bounds also sent Gov. Pete Ricketts and Nebraskas state senators a letter that cites various actions that reflect the importance of open conversation that respects each others differences on campus.
One of those is to have Gallup do a survey to assess the campus environment for people of diverse political backgrounds on NUs campuses in Omaha, Lincoln and Kearney.
FULL story and video at link below photo.
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dhol82
(9,353 posts)Pity that the grad student was fired.
Wonder if NU will try to have a kumbaya moment? Tiki torches provided for all.
jl_theprofessor
(95 posts)lecturers creating an environment that's not conducive to learning. We don't fight for freedom for the speech we like, but freedom of speech for all. Lecturers do not have a right to create a hostile environment for students because it limits the ability to have open debate on campus.
Hugs.
marble falls
(57,540 posts)CIVILLY (no tiki torches or shouts of "blood and land" than have them sharpening their knives in private. It was hard for me to understand why the ACLU fought for the free speech of Nazi protesters in Skokie in the late sixties, but I do appreciate it now.
If they can't speak, someday we won't be able to either.
If they protest I want be able to counter protest.
That's weird..... where did the smiley face come from????
SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)That is the code for the software to insert a winking smiley emoji.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)DallasNE
(7,404 posts)UNL has an area designated for these booths. Initially this woman put her booth up in the designated area but she wasn't getting a lot of traffic so she moved it into a prohibited area sure to have more traffic. When she was asked to move her booth back into the designated area she refused. Students complained about the booth blocking passage to class. This was a matter that should have been handled by campus security but when it dragged on this lecturer stepped in - a classic two wrongs situation. The fact that she was conservative had nothing to do wit the situation. It was her refusal to abide by campus rules that triggered this whole episode.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)They are about to find out all about Conservative values when the GOP Tax Cuts make it impossible for them to continue going for school and being covered on their parents health insurance.
jl_theprofessor
(95 posts)but it's also the right of a student to expect a non hostile environment created by university staff.
SergeStorms
(19,205 posts)they'll be taxed on any tuition wavers for graduate work. That'll open their eyes in a big hurry!
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)The GOP Tax Cut bill is going to come crashing down on college students and their parents. Doubly so if they manage to gut Obamacare at the same time. Sadly, it will do the same to all college kids - regardless of their political persuasion.
This monstrosity of a bill is going to hurt lots of folks starting they day it goes into effect. We need to be on the phones, email, and sending letters to our senators. They need to understand this vote is a career killer for them.
a la izquierda
(11,803 posts)Not that I would call a student a fascist, but that isnt even necessary. I have a student who will probably complain about me because I refuted his right wing nonsense.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I lived in Nebraska for a year and found it very conservative.
Aristus
(66,530 posts)Hey down there!...
jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)opt instead to fire the professor who dared to challenge the student's Fascist agenda. This is Trump's America in a nutshell, and why it sucks.
MichMary
(1,714 posts)Or is "Fascism" defined as "anything we disagree with?"
paleotn
(18,015 posts)They can all kiss my arse......but only after I get a rabies vaccination.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)one of the states in the great white nationalist-racist territories west of the Mississippi River. Idaho, Montana, S-N Dakota, Wyoming, Utah. Can't speak against the superior white conservative, even if you are a white person with principle, integrity and most important...a conscience.
MichMary
(1,714 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 18, 2017, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)
same type of state, though. Probably will be a border state when the new 21st century western-southern KKK confederacy is complete