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SAF Wins at U Nevada-Reno
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| 6/10/2004
| Jim Brown
Posted on 06/20/2004 9:09:57 PM PDT by Chills KmK
A conservative student at the University of Nevada in Reno has successfully contested a discriminatory grade he received for supporting the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In her advanced Organizational Behavior class, Professor Linda Barrenchea had asked students to argue the gun control issue using the utilitarian approach to moral reasoning. Jeremy Rosenstengel and several classmates took a pro-Second Amendment approach to the assignment and argued against gun control, and because of that, received lower grades than classmates who argued for gun control. The former University of Nevada student, who now has his bachelor's degree, contends that the professor allowed her personal opinions on the gun control issue to enter into her evaluation of students' tests. "After going through my education," he says, "I really found that, in a lot of classes, if you don't kowtow to what the teacher believes -- not even what they're teaching, but what they believe -- your grades will suffer, not just on paper but through in-class intimidation." After Rosenstengel confronted Barrenchea with further evidence to support his position, she reluctantly raised his test grade from a score of 70 percent to a 100 percent. However, the instructor would not apologize and still questions the validity of the pro-Second Amendment argument and certain facts and studies that the student used to back it up. In getting his grade changed, Rosenstengel feels he scored a win for student's intellectual and academic freedom. He says this victory would not have been possible without the help of the group Students for Academic Freedom (SAF), which provided him with counsel. Rosenstengel feels university officials need to do more to ensure that all students are graded fairly and equally. "What I'd really like to see them do is to adopt an academic bill of rights. I think that would be really beneficial, not just for the campus itself, but really for the student body," he says. The university graduate notes that just such an Academic Bill of Rights has been developed by SAF and author-activist David Horowitz in an effort to protect the expression of free ideas on college campuses. SAF is a national coalition of independent campus groups dedicated to promoting intellectual diversity and restoring academic freedom and educational values in Americas institutions of higher learning.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2nd; amendment; control; correctness; education; gun; political; second
To: Chills KmK
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posted on
06/20/2004 9:12:32 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Chills KmK
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posted on
06/20/2004 9:14:23 PM PDT
by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: Tribune7
Student Argues Teacher Bias, Wins Better Grade
Professor Concedes After Downgrading His Work for Anti-Gun Control Stance
By Jim Brown
June 9, 2004
(AgapePress) - A conservative student at the University of Nevada in Reno has successfully contested a discriminatory grade he received for supporting the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
In her advanced Organizational Behavior class, Professor Linda Barrenchea had asked students to argue the gun control issue using the utilitarian approach to moral reasoning. Jeremy Rosenstengel and several classmates took a pro-Second Amendment approach to the assignment and argued against gun control, and because of that, received lower grades than classmates who argued for gun control.
The former University of Nevada student, who now has his bachelor's degree, contends that the professor allowed her personal opinions on the gun control issue to enter into her evaluation of students' tests. "After going through my education," he says, "I really found that, in a lot of classes, if you don't kowtow to what the teacher believes -- not even what they're teaching, but what they believe -- your grades will suffer, not just on paper but through in-class intimidation."
After Rosenstengel confronted Barrenchea with further evidence to support his position, she reluctantly raised his test grade from a score of 70 percent to a 100 percent. However, the instructor would not apologize and still questions the validity of the pro-Second Amendment argument and certain facts and studies that the student used to back it up.
In getting his grade changed, Rosenstengel feels he scored a win for student's intellectual and academic freedom. He says this victory would not have been possible without the help of the group Students for Academic Freedom (SAF), which provided him with counsel.
Rosenstengel feels university officials need to do more to ensure that all students are graded fairly and equally. "What I'd really like to see them do is to adopt an academic bill of rights. I think that would be really beneficial, not just for the campus itself, but really for the student body," he says.
The university graduate notes that just such a bill of rights has been developed by SAF and author-activist David Horowitz in an effort to protect the expression of free ideas on college campuses. SAF is a national coalition of independent campus groups dedicated to promoting intellectual diversity and restoring academic freedom and educational values in America?s institutions of higher learning.
? 2004 AgapePress all rights reserved.
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posted on
06/20/2004 9:36:29 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
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To: 45Auto; Squantos; glock rocks; Eaker; TexasCowboy
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posted on
06/20/2004 9:38:17 PM PDT
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B4Ranch
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To: B4Ranch
Yep post five is the same as the main body of the thread.........Stay safe !
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posted on
06/20/2004 9:45:16 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: Squantos; B4Ranch
"Yep post five is the same as the main body of the thread........." Nope! I thought the same thing, Squantos, but I looked more closely.
"? 2004 AgapePress all rights reserved." is not in the body of the thread.
At any rate, maybe this will set some kind of precedent for other Conservative students to use to fight the constant barrage of liberal crap they get shoved down their throats every day.
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posted on
06/20/2004 10:15:57 PM PDT
by
TexasCowboy
(COB1)
To: Squantos; TexasCowboy
#5 has paragrahs, the way it was intended to.
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posted on
06/21/2004 1:48:19 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
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To: B4Ranch
Sounds like he got a touch more education than was in the class curriculum. Always nice to see a step in the right direction.
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posted on
06/21/2004 3:19:00 AM PDT
by
glock rocks
(I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything.)
To: glock rocks
Messing with a mans guns isn't considered too smart out in this part of the world.
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posted on
06/21/2004 3:47:31 AM PDT
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B4Ranch
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To: B4Ranch
LOL!
Just a-joshin' you, B4!
To: TexasCowboy
When Texans gang up on me, I'll reach for my holster, Pardner. Be careful when I put my back top the wall, life will get exciting shortly.
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06/21/2004 7:24:50 AM PDT
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B4Ranch
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