Posted on 01/21/2016 12:31:39 PM PST by Steely Tom
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One of those employees, Melissa Click, a professor with a courtesy appointment to the school of journalism, not only attempted to intimidate a student, but when he would not yield to her demands, she called for "muscle" to physically remove him from a place he had every right to be.
Most of the world recognized Professor Click's actions as a clear and dangerous abuse of authority.
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David Steelman earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Missouri, and graduated first in his class from the University of Missouri Law School in 1978. He is the son of the late Dorman L. Steelman, who served in the Missouri House of Representatives, as a circuit judge, and as chairman of the Missouri Republican Party.
Steelman, a Republican, was elected to his first term in the Missouri House of Representatives in 1978 at the age of 25 (under the state constitution, the minimum age for a state representative is 24). He was re-elected in 1980 and 1982, and was chosen by his colleagues to serve as minority floor leader. Steelman did not seek re-election in 1984, returning to the practice of law in his native Rolla, Missouri. Steelman's House colleague William L. Webster was elected Attorney General in 1984 and re-elected in 1988, and Steelman eventually went to work for Webster as an Assistant Attorney General.
Click is an embarrassment, not only to Mizzou, but to the human race
She should have been fired immediately after that incident. That she is still there is a disgrace
Many alums have written demanding that Click be terminated
Great picture Company Man
Fired? I think that a good prosecutor can at least get some felony indictments for starts.
Thanks, no caption needed. Taken from Instapundit.
A journalism teacher? What is she going to teach, the First Amendment?
This moron embodies everything that is wrong with US academia.
I am a Mizzou journalism grad.
No money from me while she is there.
Period.
FTA: “Many faculty members later emphasized the principle of academic freedom and defended Melissa Click,...”
And that, right there, is one of the best examples of cognitive dissonance I have seen in a LONG time.
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