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Professor Called Police After Student Presentation
recorderonline.net ^ | 24 February, 2009 | admin

Posted on 02/28/2009 5:15:58 AM PST by marktwain

For CCSU student John Wahlberg, a class presentation on campus violence turned into a confrontation with the campus police due to a complaint by the professor.

On October 3, 2008, Wahlberg and two other classmates prepared to give an oral presentation for a Communication 140 class that was required to discuss a “relevant issue in the media”. Wahlberg and his group chose to discuss school violence due to recent events such as the Virginia Tech shootings that occurred in 2007.

Shortly after his professor, Paula Anderson, filed a complaint with the CCSU Police against her student. During the presentation Wahlberg made the point that if students were permitted to conceal carry guns on campus, the violence could have been stopped earlier in many of these cases. He also touched on the controversial idea of free gun zones on college campuses.

That night at work, Wahlberg received a message stating that the campus police “requested his presence”. Upon entering the police station, the officers began to list off firearms that were registered under his name, and questioned him about where he kept them.

They told Wahlberg that they had received a complaint from his professor that his presentation was making students feel “scared and uncomfortable”.

“I was a bit nervous when I walked into the police station,” Wahlberg said, “but I felt a general sense of disbelief once the officer actually began to list the firearms registered in my name. I was never worried however, because as a law-abiding gun owner, I have a thorough understanding of state gun laws as well as unwavering safety practices.”

Professor Anderson refused to comment directly on the situation and deferred further comment.

“It is also my responsibility as a teacher to protect the well being of our students, and the campus community at all times,” she wrote in a statement submitted to The Recorder. “As such, when deemed necessary because of any perceived risks, I seek guidance and consultation from the Chair of my Department, the Dean and any relevant University officials.”

Wahlberg believes that her complaint was filed without good reason.

“I don’t think that Professor Anderson was justified in calling the CCSU police over a clearly nonthreatening matter. Although the topic of discussion may have made a few individuals uncomfortable, there was no need to label me as a threat,” Wahlberg said in response. “The actions of Professor Anderson made me so uncomfortable, that I didn’t attend several classes. The only appropriate action taken by the Professor was to excuse my absences.”

The university police were unavailable for comment.

“If you can’t talk about the Second Amendment, what happened to the First Amendment?” asked Sara Adler, president of the Riflery and Marksmanship club on campus. “After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of ideas.”


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To: Ladysmith
“It is also my responsibility as a teacher to protect the well being of our students, and the campus community at all times,” she wrote in a statement submitted to The Recorder. “As such, when deemed necessary because of any perceived risks, I seek guidance and consultation from the Chair of my Department, the Dean and any relevant University officials”
Protecting the well being of your students by ensuring that they are defenseless sheep? Or sicking the PC cops on any student that expresses views counter to your liberal beliefs?
I bet you wouldn't have blinked an eye if students presented discussions on do it yourself meth labs or home abortion kits. After all, those are protected free speech rights.
61 posted on 02/28/2009 7:17:46 AM PST by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 118)
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To: marktwain

“Upon entering the police station, the officers began to list off firearms that were registered under his name, and questioned him about where he kept them.”

And the correct answer is “none of your business.”

Next step is to get a lawyer and prepare to sue the University.


62 posted on 02/28/2009 7:33:56 AM PST by yazoo
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To: marktwain

We should stop paying to have our kids indoctrinated by idiot “professors”.


63 posted on 02/28/2009 7:34:18 AM PST by popdonnelly (Olbermann and Matthews remind one of zoo monkeys throwing excrement)
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To: Fido969

“So we should arrest all the gay rights supporters, I suppose.”

No, but they should be questioned about where they keep their condoms.


64 posted on 02/28/2009 7:34:54 AM PST by yazoo
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To: marktwain

“After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of ideas.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!.....so young, so naive.


65 posted on 02/28/2009 7:37:34 AM PST by Hammerhead
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To: bitterohiogunclinger
Protecting the well being of your students by ensuring that they are defenseless sheep?

Exactly.

66 posted on 02/28/2009 7:39:52 AM PST by Ladysmith
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To: marktwain

Typical liberal, doing anything they can to subvert or scare people into shutting up and doing only as leftists tell them.

JoMa


67 posted on 02/28/2009 7:52:53 AM PST by joma89
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To: marktwain

Liberal thought process: He has guns, so he’s likely to go on a murderous rampage. Yes, Virginia, humans really can be that stupid.


68 posted on 02/28/2009 7:59:39 AM PST by Marauder (Politicians use words the way squids use ink.)
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To: marktwain
That night at work, Wahlberg received a message stating that the campus police “requested his presence”.

The correct response is "I"ll show up as soon as you show me a duly constituted Warrant, supported by oath or affirmation, and signed by a judge or magistrate. Until then, piss off rent-a-cop."

L

69 posted on 02/28/2009 8:01:41 AM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: marktwain; DaveLoneRanger
ping for sccc
70 posted on 02/28/2009 8:14:23 AM PST by marktwain
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To: ErnBatavia
“After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of liberally acceptable ideas.”

Corrected statement.

71 posted on 02/28/2009 8:51:31 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: marktwain

Professor Anderson wants you to know that only the first option is acceptable in her world.

72 posted on 02/28/2009 9:21:49 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Fido969

<making students feel “scared and uncomfortable”.

I thought one of the purposes of going to college was to make you scared and uncomfortable. You’re supposed to get out of your comfort zone, you’re supposed to think about things you haven’t thought about before, meet people with different ideas.

Let me just go on record now by saying I hate weak liberals and weak liberal women. Some kid in her class just talks about having a weapon and she gets scared? Jebus. What’s she going to do when confronted by a real danger - complain to someone that she got scared? I bet none of the students complained, either. I bet it was all her own liberal neuroses coming to the fore.


73 posted on 02/28/2009 9:32:14 AM PST by radiohead (Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
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To: marktwain

Paula Anderson

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74 posted on 02/28/2009 9:51:26 AM PST by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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To: marktwain

She called CC5-0...ROFL.

Unbelievable.


75 posted on 02/28/2009 9:58:51 AM PST by surfer
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Many, many years ago, an old friend, engineering school classmate and fraternity pledge brother, after we left undergraduate school, went to Hopkins to get his Ph.D. in physics, ultimately becoming a world-renowned professor, working out of the faculty at Cornell. His father was a section foreman on the C & NW and head of his union shop and he had been raised in a very practical, construction and repair oriented household.

The first time I went to visit him after he started his graduate work at Hopkins he was busy with a screwdriver fixing some equipment in the lab.

He remarked that all the troubleshooting and repair fell to him since he seemed to be the only one in the program who knew how to use a screwdriver.


76 posted on 02/28/2009 11:12:33 AM PST by AmericanVictory
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To: Allegra

>> He also touched on the controversial idea of free gun zones on college campuses.

> Cool! Are these zones where you can get free guns? Sweet!

Gun free zones are places where criminals can fee safe. They know that nobody will return fire there.


77 posted on 02/28/2009 11:23:25 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: Bon mots
He should start a petition to remove this teacher from the school.

Waste of time ... unless we're talking about Liberty University or a similar school, there's no way he'd get enough support to make such a petition anything other than embarassing ... for himself.

Much better to get a good lawyer and file a civil rights lawsuit against both the Professor and the school.
78 posted on 02/28/2009 11:49:04 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: AmericanVictory

“Why do we support giving more and more of this “education” to more and more people?”

“If we send our children to Caesar we shouldn’t be surprised when they return to us Romans.”


79 posted on 02/28/2009 3:12:27 PM PST by Gordon Greene (www.fracturedrepublic.com - Welcome to the brave new world...)
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To: Kozak

“So making someone feel “uncomfortable” is an offense punishable by the police now?”

Like hate crimes? Thought police... they read the conservatives intentions.


80 posted on 02/28/2009 3:14:23 PM PST by Gordon Greene (www.fracturedrepublic.com - Welcome to the brave new world...)
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