This truly is remarkable. While I often had disagreements with professors on political issues more than not I was able to continue to get along well with them and agree to disagree. In some instances I might have feared a lower grade than I deserved because of a political disagreement, but it never crossed my mind a student could be thrown out of school for an expressed opinion. Is this a private school? Is there anything within the school's code of conduct that says "If you support corporal punishment we will kick you to the curb" or something similar?
Apparantly, her professor liked the paper, and even said it was "interesting". It was the department chair who ousted the student.