ABOUT DeJohn v. Temple University Christian DeJohn, a graduate student at Temple University and a sergeant in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, was repeatedly thwarted by school officials in his attempt to earn a master’s degree in Military and American History after expressing his conservative political views. DeJohn had been deployed to Bosnia shortly after 9/11 and started to receive anti-war e-mails from members (defendants) of the Temple faculty. When DeJohn asked that he stop receiving the e-mails, the defendants allegedly engaged in a series of unlawful, retaliatory acts including:
failing to grant him military leave guaranteed by federal and state law
dismissing him from the school
refusing to advise him during his thesis completion
professionally denigrated him and his thesis
rejecting his thesis without legitimate academic grounds
delaying his graduation three times, causing him to default on student loans
conspiring to deny him the same rights as other graduate students.
Thanks for the ADF link. Another description of the facts here:
http://www.thefire.org/index.php/article/9577.html
FIRE has made several blog posts on the case in the past few days. I like their discussion because the authors focus on the greater implications for speech codes at all universities, especially those in the 3rd Circuit.
“the defendants allegedly engaged in a series of unlawful, retaliatory acts including:”
I hope he is awarded everything those faculty slugs have and ever hope to get.
What filth these academics be.
I hope he has filed a civil suit.