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Le Moyne鈥檚 Follies
Yesterday, NPR ran a on Scott McConnell鈥檚 case at Le Moyne College. The report was extremely well-done and balanced. McConnell and a Le Moyne representative spoke to NPR. Le Moyne鈥檚 remarks were nothing short of ridiculous. First, the college hinted that there were other factors involved in Scott鈥檚 dismissal, but it could not discuss those facts because of student privacy concerns. This is a typical tactic for universities: by darkly hinting at unknown 鈥渁dditional factors,鈥 the school causes the public to wonder if there are true skeletons in the student鈥檚 closet. In this case, we don鈥檛 have to wonder. We have the college鈥檚 dismissal letter, which states that the reason for Scott鈥檚 expulsion was 鈥渢he mismatch between your personal beliefs regarding teaching and learning and the Le Moyne College program goals.鈥 No dark secrets there鈥攋ust pure viewpoint discrimination. Second, despite the fact that Scott is appealing his dismissal and has not yet had his appeal hearing, the college told NPR that it would stand behind its initial decision. At Le Moyne, due process must mean verdict first, trial later.
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