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Thursday, November 10, 2005

Note to U. Va.

If there’s one form of computer competence all universities should have, it’s the ability to take a faculty website down when a faculty member has


1. tried to run a student over with his car,
2. made threatening phone calls and sent threatening emails to a student,
3. just appeared in court on charges of attempted malicious wounding, computer harassment, threatening phone calls, computer invasion of privacy and stalking, and
4. resigned his university position.

It’s been almost three months since the then-Associate Director of UVa’s Center for Biomathematical Technology tried to run over his ex-girlfriend, a student at UVa. He resigned a week after the attempt.

UD thinks it's time to retire his university faculty page.
Posted at: 11/10/2005 12:32:00 PM