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Professor Called Police After Student Presentation [re: guns on campus]
The Recorder on line ^ | 2/24/09 | staff writer

Posted on 03/03/2009 8:31:31 AM PST by yankeedame

Professor Called Police After Student Presentation

For CCSU [Cen. Conn. State University] 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.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: banglist; thefiredotorg
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1 posted on 03/03/2009 8:31:31 AM PST by yankeedame
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To: yankeedame

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

Only if they are socialistic, communistic or liberal ideas.


2 posted on 03/03/2009 8:34:53 AM PST by Hang'emAll
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To: yankeedame
“After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of ideas.”

It hasn't been that way for a long, long time, kiddo.

3 posted on 03/03/2009 8:34:54 AM PST by bcsco (Illinois politicians should be read their Miranda rights when sworn in to office...)
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To: yankeedame

Ah yes, the Right not to be made Uncomfortable. I had forgotten about that.


4 posted on 03/03/2009 8:35:11 AM PST by massgopguy (I ostard yet?we everything to George Bailey)
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To: yankeedame

Whalberg needs to file a civil rights suit asking the professor and the college to immediately grant him every degree from an AA to a PhD as teachers tend to make some students nervous and uncomfortable, which in the Obamanation should not be allowed. /snide-off

Frankly he needs to ream the teacher and the dean over the lack of respect for his rights. Maybe the local NRA can have say fifty to sixty people show up to audit every class the teacher holds to monitor how the second amendment rights of students are treated.


5 posted on 03/03/2009 8:35:57 AM PST by pikachu (Don't be dumb -- we have Democrats for that)
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To: yankeedame

Where did the the police get the list of firearms registered in his name?


6 posted on 03/03/2009 8:36:07 AM PST by satan
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To: massgopguy

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of comfortableness!”


7 posted on 03/03/2009 8:36:36 AM PST by Jagman (POTUS Interruptus: The natural way to prevent unwanted stimulus packages!)
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To: yankeedame
"9-1-1, what is your emergency?"

"Help! a student is showing signs of independent thought!!!"

"We'll send a SWAT team right away, ma'am."

8 posted on 03/03/2009 8:36:55 AM PST by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs)
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To: satan

Campus cops at that.


9 posted on 03/03/2009 8:37:19 AM PST by ducdriver (Judica me, Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta. (Ps. 42))
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To: massgopguy

Whoa whoa whoa, where did these Rent A Cops get access to his firearms records?


10 posted on 03/03/2009 8:37:27 AM PST by massgopguy (I ostard yet?we everything to George Bailey)
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To: yankeedame
“After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of ideas.”

True! (But only as long as you agree with your liberal professors and the other sheep undergoing "groupthink".)

Regards,
GtG

11 posted on 03/03/2009 8:37:43 AM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: yankeedame
Riflery and Marksmanship club on campus.

someone tell me what i didn't go to a school that had one of these?
12 posted on 03/03/2009 8:38:38 AM PST by absolootezer0 (thank God for Chicago: makes Detroit look wholesome by comparison.)
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To: yankeedame

Wussifacation of America.


13 posted on 03/03/2009 8:38:54 AM PST by bikerman (Obama lied,the Country died.)
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To: massgopguy
The prof was the uncomfortable one. As a lib, she saw her duty clearly--make the conservative pay.

vaudine

14 posted on 03/03/2009 8:39:08 AM PST by vaudine
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To: Hang'emAll
>After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of ideas....

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A Double Standard for Campus Free Speech

By Richard L. Cravatts

Mr. Cravatts, Ph.D., director of Boston University’s Program in Publishing at the Center for Professional Education, is currently writing a book about higher education, Genocidal Liberalism: The University’s Jihad Against Israel.


In what is yet more evidence that universities have become, as Abigail Thernstrom has described them, “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” Toronto’s York University witnessed a near riot of some 100 pro-Palestinian Israel-haters, as police had to be called to usher Jewish students to safety after they had been barricaded inside the Hillel@York offices and were “isolated and threatened” by the physically and verbally aggressive demonstrators. ...

15 posted on 03/03/2009 8:39:09 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: yankeedame

If a student felt the discussion of communism and socialism by the professors is threatening, could they call the campus police?


16 posted on 03/03/2009 8:39:52 AM PST by truthluva ("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking"..J.C. Watts)
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To: yankeedame

Sounds like Professor Anderson is paranoic ~ best she be checked into a mental health facility as soon as possible ~ and then chained down before she lashes out again.


17 posted on 03/03/2009 8:40:21 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: massgopguy

Campus police are state sanctioned, sworn officers in many states. That may be the case here, and they would normally have access to that information.


18 posted on 03/03/2009 8:40:45 AM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: yankeedame

Academic freedom?

SnakeDoc


19 posted on 03/03/2009 8:41:19 AM PST by SnakeDoctor (Proud Charter Member of the Republican Resistance.)
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To: yankeedame
This professor is a
Kitty Pictures, Images and Photos
20 posted on 03/03/2009 8:41:43 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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