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August 13, 2008
The ultimate university "the situation is under investigation" statement. Really.
"We're sure that there's probably some facts and information that's just not available. I mean, you see a lot on the video, but we need to make sure everything is revealed before we take any action," said Fort Hays provost Larry Gould.
That's in response to this:
FORT HAYS, Kan. -- A professor at a Kansas university who dropped his pants and mooned a room full of students and teachers is under investigation after video of the incident was posted on YouTube, school officials said.Bill Shanahan, a professor at Fort Hays State University, was at a debate with the Fort Hays State debate team last March when the incident occurred.
School officials said they believe things got out of control when the team got low scores from two of the judges.
Shanahan is seen on the video jumping up and down, ranting and then mooning the crowd in the room.
You'd think checking the video would clear things up for Provost Gould.
Here's the YouTube link - the language is as bad as the mooning.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at August 13, 2008 4:55 PM
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Posted by: Another Damned Medievalist 
at August 13, 2008 5:30 PM
My guess is that society has become so litigious that if this (alleged) professor were to get fired for (allegedly) violating common tenets of accepted social behavior, there would be the strong possibility that he would (allegedly) sue the university, which would presumably have to not only tie up the university's attorneys but possibly force them to hire outside attorneys to defend themselves (allegedly).
.....I figure that he (1) was wearing underwear when he dropped trousers but (2) it was grey. Fire him!* --MCT
*with any luck, a track record published online like this will prevent me from ever applying for provost positions. Thanks, friend of my youth!
Posted by: 1050 lb. at August 14, 2008 6:20 PM
I work in Public Safety for a university and one of our officers walked in while I was viewing the video. His response - "Did you notice that during the 8 minutes of that exchange no one called Security?"
.....Very interesting point! --MCT
Posted by: Marc at August 16, 2008 1:07 PM