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Central Washington U. punishes student who called staff ‘incompetent’

EverettChrisEverettChris Member Posts: 7,768 Standard Supporter

Explains a lot of how @AOG ended up this way.

The public university in Ellensburg required Victor Unger to take an “anger management assessment” and apologize after he called financial aid staff “incompetent” for “what he saw as an erroneous denial of student loans that would imperil his ability to graduate.”

“Why is it every year you guys drop the ball,” Unger wrote, according to a recent letter sent by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. “Seriously I will come down and take [c]are of this myself. The incompetence in your department is unbelievable.”

“I will be there at 3:30pm today, have the whole staff gather for a meeting so I can take care of your job for you, and teach the rest how simple the job is,” he wrote on June 11.

“How incompetent are you,” he also asked. FIRE’s letter states Unger had a “heated phone call” with a “student financial aid worker” over the situation as well.

The school required Unger to take an “anger management assessment” and write an apology letter. The punishment came after a conduct staffer “found Unger responsible for Disruptive/Obstructive Conduct and Personal Offenses claiming he ‘unreasonably hindered the daily administrative operations of the Financial Aid Office’ and ‘incited staff members … to be fearful for their safety.’”

But this violated his First Amendment rights according to FIRE.

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