Montclair State Reverses Student's Suspension Over Online Fat Jokes
Joseph Aziz, a 26-year-old student from Weehawken, expects to work with the university to take classes in the spring semester.
Montclair State University rescinded a suspension Thursday it had handed down to a male student who made fat jokes about a female student on social media websites. Joseph Aziz, a 26-year-old student from Weehawken, began serving his semester-long suspension on Jan. 2 for violating the university’s No-Contact Order with a female student whom he had made comments about online. But on Thursday, Montclair State President Susan Cole revoked the suspension. “While Montclair State should never have issued its unconstitutional gag order in the first place, we commend President Cole for acting swiftly to end the situation once it became public,” wrote Foundation of Individual Rights in Education Vice President Robert Shibley, which is a …
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1:25 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
Has anyone heard of shunning? It can work pretty well. Frankly, if I were hiring, I would pass over this guy.... Also, I wonder if MSU has the resources to treat this 26 year old jerk by OFFERING (not mandating) counseling; also, maybe an opportunity for reconciliation with the young lady.... more ›