The professor, Downie, did not respond to Fox’s request for comment. It seemed like they were going to rule in my favor.”įox News reported Driscoll called a news conference to announce Ingle’s reinstatement. Ingle told Lifezette: “Coincidentally enough, the day I was told I could go back to class was the day I was supposed to get that ruling. Lifezette confirmed earlier this week Ingle was allowed back in class, through an email from Driscoll, who said he was pausing the proceedings of the academic integrity board.ĭriscoll also complained in his email that Ingle “chose to take his version of events to the media.” Ingle said he thinks he was punished because his views contradicted the professor’s. “So she took it on herself to silence and embarrass me – bully me – for speaking up in class.” The student was astonished, arguing his professor was “violating my First Amendment rights because of the fact that my views and ideology is different from hers.” Provost Timothy Moerland then sent a note to Ingle informing him, “You are barred from attending this class in accordance with the Classroom Disruption policy.” He explained that biologists agreed there are only two genders - infuriating the professor, who accused him of ‘disrespectful objection,’ kicked him out of the class, and told him not to come back.” 28 Christianity 481: Self, Sin, and Salvation lecture. Lake Ingle, a senior at the university, said he was silenced and punished by IUP Professor Alison Downie for questioning her during a Feb. After it was finished, Downie asked the female students if they had any thoughts on the ‘reality’ of ‘mansplaining,’ ‘sexism from men,’ and ‘male privilege.’ When no one spoke up, Lake did. A religious studies major was barred from Christianity class at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for saying during class that there are only two genders. During a lecture called, ‘Christianity 481: Self, Sin, and Salvation,’ Ingle took issue with the video Alison Downie showed her class of a pastor who identifies as transgender. But Lake’s professor at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania seemed to know less about theology than basic science, if that’s possible. When he tried to explain what should be common knowledge about men and women, he got a lesson in political correctness instead!” the publication said. “Unfortunately for Lake Ingle, that wasn’t the case. The Update commented that “basic biology is something people should know before they get to college.” But Driscoll said he would see how things develop and may want to start the formal review process again. Students can petition the administration if they object to how an instructor handles runs a course.The offer apparently isn’t necessary, since IUP backed down. There are forums for debate, but it’s the instructor’s discretion whether to allow it in the classroom. Although the instructor of the course is redacted, Professor Alison Downie is listed as the only instructor for that particular course on IUP’s website. if you're not willing or capable of learning whats being taught, you fucked up you're in the wrong class, regardless of what roger stone, ann coultier, and milo yandandsfasdf tell you.Correct. You're not there to debate, you're there to learn. If you dont agree with a course, drop out of it. Right wingers dont get to tell teachers what to teach or how to teach it. This neo-egalitarian concern right wingers have for 'equal time' in education curriculums is an obvious attempt to shoe-horn their archaic and increasingly irrelevant world-view into dialogs they have no right to influence. So, if it was a professor who said black people should wait until all the white people had had a chance to speak and a black person spoke out of turn, you would be ok giving the same argument?
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