Professor who called students ‘vectors of disease’ suspended

Soon-to-retire septuagenarian tells students to keep their distance amid Covid-19 surge, saying he ‘couldn’t give a flying fuck any longer’

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January 17, 2022

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January 17, 2022

Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed

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