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Article "You Cut, You Fail"
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Title
Article "You Cut, You Fail"
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Description
This 1991 article focuses on an announcement made by R. Dean Decker, a biology professor, in which he states that any students who walked out of his class, or were absent during the time of his class would automatically fail the course. This announcement was made in direct response to students who organized a protest against the Gulf War, that had just been announced. Richmond students were encouraged to walk out or skip their classes to head to The Pier where they would discuss the war and show that they were genuinely concerned about this international issue. Amy Addison, a junior, was upset by the announcement and began a petition in opposition, and stated that Decker had tried, "to put a restraint on a basic American freedom." Decker's stance is that students are entitled to their own viewpoint but he does not wish students using his class "to express that viewpoint by walking out or not showing up."
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Source
Koehn, Deanne. "You Cut, You Fail." The University of Richmond Collegian 77, no. 14, (January 24, 1991): 1. https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19910124.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-
Publisher
The Collegian, University of Richmond
Date
1991-01-24
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Language
English
Type
Identifier
Collegian77.14.1-19910124.png
Coverage
Richmond (Va.)
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Citation
Koehn, Deanne, “Article "You Cut, You Fail",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed March 29, 2023, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/3440.