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Friday, December 22, 2006

Breaking News.
And A Sign that
Auburn University
Might Have Taken The
First Step on the Long Road
To Sobriety.

A local newspaper, and now a tv station, report that Thomas Petee, the department chair who from his position of power gave A's to athletes in pretend courses, has been suspended with pay from the university. He "will not be in the classroom when the new semester begins."



Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't get too excited. It's Auburn, after all. And maybe they're just doing it because Myles Brand is nervous about that congressional hearing thing and has decided to go after the worst of the worst so when he's asked about it he can say they got rid of that guy...
Posted at: 12/22/2006 01:25:00 PM