The communications professor at Missouri still holds her job at the school, while lawmakers have called for her to be fired. Let the justice system play out.
Topic: Missouri
Missouri Governor: Melissa Click’s Job is a University Matter
He has a point, a governor should not have to worry about specific professor appointments and positions. But, he can certainly influence decisions such as these.
Over 1,000 Emails Sent to Mizzou after Student Journalist-Professor Confrontation
Melissa Click’s name is now infamous after she tried to get others to “muscle” a student reporter from a protest gathering at the University of Missouri. The university received over 1,000 emails over the viral…
St. Louis University Mandates Every Department to Identify Actions to Make It More Inclusive
Sounds like an onerous exercise in academia: Every academic department at Saint Louis University has been mandated to “hold a discussion and identify at least one action its members” will take to make the university…
Politicians in Missouri Introduce Bill that would Revoke Scholarships from Striking Athletes
After the Mizzou football team strike that forced the university’s hand in making several moves and concessions to activists, state politicians are looking ahead to the future in case there is any future strike by scholarship…
Rand Paul Visits GW Campus, Talks about Drugs, Libertarianism
Libertarian-leaning GOP presidential candidate for 2016, Rand Paul, visited George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus and spoke on his key issues: decriminalization of marijuana and revoking mandatory jail sentences for drug possession, onerous government surveillance…
Mizzou Alumni Group to Promote Unity
The ‘Truth Matters MU’ group may be facing opposition from activists on the Mizzou campus: A newly-formed alumni group is working to change the conversation over racial issues at the University of Missouri from one…
Melissa Click faces Assault and Title IX Charges after Confrontation with Student Journalist
Oh, this isn’t good for Melissa Click, the assistant professor of mass media at Mizzou who tried to get muscle to push out a student journalist for doing his job.
Huh? Mizzou Student VP ‘Tired of Hearing’ about the 1st Amendment
Wait, a student is tired of hearing about how the First Amendment protects free speech? “Last night on MSNBC, Missouri Students Association Vice-President Brenda Smith-Lezama said she is “tired of hearing” about that pesky First…
Mizzou Professor Resigns after Exam Backlash, Mizzou Rejects Resignation
This creates an interesting situation where a professor, Dale Brigham, resigned due to backlash over not moving his exam time while protests were ongoing. However, the university refused his resignation, so where does that leave…