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Saturday, August 12, 2006

Auburn University Update

"Tom Petee, a professor in AU’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology and Social Work, has submitted his resignation as department chair," Auburn says in a press release. Petee's the guy who handed out independent study party favors to athletes.

And he was chair. Petee and his ephebes had a sweet deal going.

The party pooper was a zealous colleague, disdained by pretty much everyone on campus for lacking a sense of fun.

The university also announced it's going to try to make it difficult for any other faculty boosters to pull the "directed readings" thing.



So... it's scramble time once more at Auburn, where -- UD assumes -- the best minds on campus are putting their heads together to come up with a new winning run around academic eligibility rules.
Posted at: 8/12/2006 11:06:00 PM