10 May 2007

Went to Hamline; Majored in Stupidity

also got a minor in Head-in-the-Sand:

On April 23, Scheffler received a letter informing him he'd been placed on interim suspension. To be considered for readmittance, he'd have to pay for a psychological evaluation and undergo any treatment deemed necessary, then meet with the dean of students, who would ultimately decide whether Scheffler was fit to return to the university.

He has also suffered embarrassment. Scheffler obeyed the campus ban and didn't go to class, but his classmate, Kenny Bucholz, told him a police officer was stationed outside the classroom. "He had a gun and everything," Bucholz says. Dean Julian Schuster appeared at the beginning of class to explain the presence of the cop, citing discipline problems with a student. Although Schuster never mentioned Scheffler by name, it didn't take a scholar to see whose desk was empty.
So much for the fable of college as being a place where smart people use their minds.

To the lazy fearmongers at Hamline University, they acted to correct a seriously bad apple. To anyone with a brain of their own, Hamline simply fortified their isolationist ivory towers and kept the Ship of Fear and Cowardace on course.

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