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Dentistry Today: Marquette University School of Dentistry Suspends Dental Student for Blog Posts – The RESOLUTION

Flap first reported on a Marquette University Dental Student Blogger in December.

The Dental School Dean, William K. Lobb, D.D.S., M.S, through snail mail released his adjudication of the student’s appeal.

Marquette Warrior has the story.

Marquette Warrior: Dental School Blogger: Dean Reduces Punishment

It created a firestorm: the decision of the Marquette Dental School to severely punish a student who had unkind words on his blog concerning an (unnamed) professor and his (unnamed) classmates.

The draconian punishment imposed included a two semester suspension from school, the loss of a scholarship, and a requirement that the student see a counselor for supposed “binge drinking.”

The sentence was appealed to Dental School Dean William Lobb.

Flap predicted the Dean who controls the Dental School purse strings (spelled fund raising) knew this was a NO WIN situation for the school. He overturned (spelled rebuked):

Dental School Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Denis Lynch

Dr. Anthony Ziebert, who presided at the hearing.

The Marquette Connection – Dr. Tony Ziebert, Mr. Brian Trecek, Dr. Dennis Lynch, Fr. Patrick Dorsey, Ms. Nanci Dabareiner.

The entire Student-Faculty Review Committee

The dental student blogger’s REDUCED penalties according to Scott Taylor, the student’s attorney):

1. The suspension has been overturned. Rather, the student will face three semesters of probation.

2. The action of the Student-Faculty Review Committee stripping him of his scholarship has been reversed.

3. The student will not be required to seek counseling for (nonexistent) “behavioral issues.”

4. The student will have to do 100 hours of community service, and make a public apology to his class.

The entire Marquette Dental School community should be ashamed of this FLAP.

Marquette Warrior has the school’s statement here.

Flap says if the student had been my son/daughter that Marquette would have offered a FREE dental school education for him/her at ANOTHER dental school.

As a Catholic dentist I am APPALLED.

Oh, yes for the MORONS at Marquette here is a link to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Update:

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: No suspension for dental student

The dean of Marquette University’s School of Dentistry has overturned the suspension of a student who posted negative comments about classmates and professors on a blog, saying the discipline was “not appropriate” for the circumstance, according to Scott Taylor, the student’s lawyer.

Instead, Theodore Schrubbe, a second-year dental student, will be placed on probation and required to perform 100 hours of community service. He must also make a public apology to his class, Taylor said.

“Ted is very relieved,” he said. “This punishment differs dramatically from the first.”

And it turns out that Schrubbe’s mother works at the dental school.

Taylor said Schrubbe’s mother did not want to release the letter because she works in the dental school and fears retribution from the administration. The Schrubbes did not return a call for comment.

Flap wonders how long that will last?

Flap does not think this story is over…….

Stay tuned………

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