Mostly Nonsexual
Hot (well, lukewarm) off the wire:
Man passes self off as UO professor
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) A Eugene man passed himself off as a psychology professor, fooling dozens of students at the University of Oregon, according to police in Eugene . . .
Vaifale posed as a professor to gain the trust of students and to develop relationships with male and female students, investigators said.
The relationships were believed to be mostly nonsexual, police said.
The article goes on to reveal his MO:
He dressed professionally, carried a briefcase and frequented Straub Hall, where the psychology department is located.
I don’t get it. I’ve seen real professors do a whole lot less than that and skate by alright. They should give this man tenure. Show me a professor, real or not, who’s not using survey classes as a radical bully pulpit or clogging academic journals with critical meta – post – decon – neo – jibbajabba gibberish, and I’ll show you a guy who’s not bothering anybody.
But then that phrase: “mostly nonsexual.” So much left unsaid.
UPDATE, MOMENTS LATER: Obviously I don’t read the Emerald much. Forgive me.
