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Monday, October 18, 2004

CLASS BREAK: Update


(See first Class Break post below, 10/15/04.)


The physics professor in Louisiana who went berserk has been charged with terrorizing and with simple battery.

"Last fall, ... Houston was suspended for two weeks for cursing and shouting at students. [H]e was allowed back into the classroom this spring," reports a local news outlet.

Well, UD does have one thing to say on the matter. It was generous of his university to let him back in the classroom after the suspension, but enough's enough. Fire him.





Posted at: 10/18/2004 11:33:00 PM