I didn't think it was possible to embarrass that school.:(
Unfortunately it is my son's school of choice and he will return there post-deployment.
How a place can be so academically top-notch and at the same time so totally whacked out is beyond me.
He'll be okay though. He does not suffer fools gladly.
I actually was in Cohen’s Film and Literature class during his final semester when he was asked to leave. It was a very dramatic class to say the least. I was filled with a wide array of emotions because I enjoyed the class so much that I didn’t want it to be true. He was incredibly smart, and his knowledge in Literature, Film and Art made the class one of my highlights that I looked forward to in my schedule each week. I can’t even imagine the feelings that some of the Grad Students in the department must had felt. He was their adviser and they had worked with him their entire time at school. Its truly sad to me that such an intelligent person could make such a horrible decision like that. However I don’t think it’s an embarrassment to the school at all. A school that size you’re bound to have a few rotten apples that spoil a batch.