http://www.sharonherald.com/local/local_story_132194038.html
UPDATE: GCC student’s withdrawal clarified
Allied News
GROVE CITY —
John Gechter has withdrawn from Grove City College in hopes that he will eventually be able to get his undergraduate degree in molecular biology from the conservative Christian school.
Gechter, 22, of Philadelphia, was suspended last month after college administrators learned through an anonymous e-mail of his off-campus career as an actor in gay pornography. The school said Gechter’s work under the alias of Vincent DeSalvo violated the school’s values and student code of conduct.
Gechter, 22, said he had sufficient credits to graduate, except for two classes – the one he was taking this semester and another he planned to take this summer. Gechter said Grove City offered him a deal in which he would voluntarily withdraw from the college and take the two courses at another institution. GCC would then allow him transfer those credits and graduate, he said.
Amy Clingensmith, the college’s communications director, issued a statement, citing that “no such agreement has been made” between the college and Gechter.
“Mr. Gechter voluntarily withdrew from the college,” the statement read. “The college has an established policy by which he may reapply. That re-application, however, would then reinstate the appeal process related to the suspension Mr. Gechter appealed before deciding to withdraw.
“If he were to fulfill the requirements to be readmitted, including any related to the standards of conduct, he could then be eligible to complete his degree.
“No diploma will be awarded, if at all, until the appeal process is completed to the satisfaction of the college. Accordingly, the awarding of (Gechter’s) degree would not be automatic.”
Gechter on Tuesday clarified his statements about reaching a compromise.
He said college officials e-mailed him saying his graduation would have to be approved by Provost William P. Anderson as part of the appeal process.
That approval would be based on several factors, which include ceasing his involvement in the gay pornography industry. Gechter also said he is required to take sufficient time away from the college before reapplying to provide a “degree of separation” for both the college and himself.
Gechter said that once his contractual obligation is complete in the next few months, he would stop performing in hopes of receiving his degree from Grove City.
In the college’s original statement regarding Gechter’s suspension, Ms. Clingensmith said Gechter could apply to return in the fall of 2010.
And why are they all watching homosexual porn on-line?
So apparently Gechter had a 'market' for his 'product' at the college.
Is the problem based on his being in porn or in gay porn?