[billorites]

Post in haste, repent at leisure!

[thulldud]

...School of Dentistry's code of ethics and professional conduct, which she described as "in keeping with the highest standards of conduct expected of those entering professions like dentistry."

Paging Dr. Scrivello:

[JamesP81]

Could you post us some email contact addresses?

[Red Badger]

".....when he posted negative comments about unnamed students and professors on a blog.

The Acadummies are the first and shrillest to scream about 1st amendment rights when their side is being torqued, but now that the tables are turned thay want to be the censors.........

[Incorrigible]

Those blogs will get ya!

[DustyMoment]

Say, is this university administered by John McCain? As much as this sounds like an infringement of the student's First Amendment rights (see McCain-Feingold), the punishments exceeds the school's authority to enact.

If I were the student, given the extent of the punishment and the related financial penalties, I'd be hunting a good attorney.

[EnquiringMind]

Poor kid. Had he ended his blog with a big Bush bash, he would have been praised.

[TheBigB]

Private University; hence, no Gov't involvement; hence, no Constitutional issues.

A private school sets its own rules and can kick you out for sayin "Boo!" if it wants. The student has no case if he decides to sue.

[Rokurota]

described 20 classmates as having the "intellectual/maturity of a 3-year-old."

From my experiences, he may well be guilty of overestimating the maturity of many college students these days.

[Veto!]

In addition to informing the student of his suspension and his need to repeat his fall semester, which costs $14,000 in tuition, Lynch threatened the student with expulsion if he continued to post material on "any blog sites that contain crude, demeaning and unprofessional remarks."

Pretty harsh. I wonder what Marquette did about the band of students who went from polling place to polling place in the 1999 election and voted for Gore time after time. Their voter fraud was reported in the press, the students claimed they were only trying to show how easy it was to cheat, but I don't recall whether the university took any action against them. Probably the city of Milwaukee, state of Wisconsin, and the feds were merely amused at the prank.

[Thebaddog]

It all kind of makes me think that the comments were right.

[Chode]

do sober what you say you will do when you are drunk, that will teach you to keep your mouth shut...