Anti-war prof in Charleston tries to stifle free speech by threatening student?

Shaw is depriving his rights as legally as if I said "don't say such things or I'll tell your mother." Is that illegal too?

Could be, if mom is known to be an illegal physical abuser, in which case such an action may not only be illegal, but failure to report your knowledge that the vicious theoretical mommy dearest may be so abusing the kid can also be a criminal act, in some cases, a felony. All 50 states have passed some form of a mandatory child abuse and neglect reporting law in order to qualify for funding under The Act was originally passed in 1974, has been amended several times and was most recently amended and reauthorized on October 3, 1996, by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Act Amendments of 1996 (P.L. 104-235). All states require certain professionals and institutions to report suspected child abuse, including health care providers and facilities of all types, mental health care providers of all types, teachers and other school personnel, social workers, day care providers and law enforcement personnel. Many states require film developers to report, and a number of states have broad statutes requiring "any person" to report.

You can find many of the toll-free numbers for the offices for reporting such acts in most states *here*.

In this instance, however, I think the folks at the website here have a better track record in dealing with such civil rights violations, and accordingly, I cc'd a copy of my thoughts on the matter to President Higdon to them, along with one to my old boss at World Net Daily.

Stay tuned for further developments....

-archy-/-

You can play but you will lose.

Don't bet your university's federal funding on that.

It's pretty stupid to get into mudslinging contests with someone who's had a fruitful career in a racket where they buy ink by the drumload, even if cleaner electronic pixels have now mostly replaced that messy old stuff. And a lot of us in this line take the defense of the First Amendment real seriously- even for snotty college kids.

-archy-/-

How odd... Was just looking at the resume... Dr. Shaw is a BYU grad, and therefore overwhelmingly likely to be a Mormon himself, as well as a former naval officer with wartime service. And his studies have been in geography, a reasonably 'hard' science. And he was administrator of a battlefield preservation trust. Men like this don't usually take loony leftist positions in public.

Furthermore, it is worth reading his web page on his teaching philosophy. Not much there I can argue with. It's nice to see a professor enforcing standards.

Sample: "Most of you have spent the last few years wanting to be treated like an adult. You have finally reached that goal and will be treated as such. Please remember that lame excuses, whining, and avoidance of the consequences of your own actions are a part of your past behaviors and subsequently, I will have little patience for them."

Read it all: Teaching Philosophy

I want to know more details before I dismiss Dr. Shaw out of hand. He seems like my kind of guy.

-ccm

This course will ultimately present you with many more questions than answers.

If education were sold like a product on the free market, like most services are, this professor wouldn't be attracting too many students, imo. Only within the hallowed confines of our socialist education system can students be told they will learn nothing useful, that they faced nearly insurmountable world problems (mostly our fault), then be sent forth to do battle with 'social justice', not productivity, as their highest ideal -- and continue to draw a nice professor's salary. Who would take lessons from a ski instructor who admits he can't ski, or let a mechanic who sees overwhelming problems he can't begin to sort out work on his car? If it weren't for the hard sciences, I'd say 'NUKE the UNIVERSITIES!!'

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