[The Hill] Ball State University has suspended a professor who called the police after an African-American student declined to switch seats during the middle of one of his lectures last month. Oblivious to entitlement. What is wrong with this fellow. Has he been asleep for 50 years ?
The university, which is located in Muncie, Ind., said in a statement that marketing professor Shaheen Borna would give up teaching for the rest of the semester, adding that the decision was in the school and Borna's "best interest," according to reports.
The move will "eliminate any unnecessary distractions, and help our students complete the appropriate course expectations," the statement said.
Borna, who joined the Ball State faculty in 1983, had gained attention last month after calling the police on a student who had declined his request to move to a different spot during a lecture.