Dive Summary:
- A college student suspended after he wrote an essay called "Hot for Teacher" had no First Amendment right to pen such a paper, a judge ruled.
- Joseph Corlett, who was 56 when he wrote the essay last year, compared his instructor to Ginger from "Gilligan's Island" and went on to talk about her body more explicitly.
- Corlett said he was told that no topic was off limits, but Oakland University said the work was inappropriate.
From the article:
... "Such expressions, while possibly appropriate in some settings, need not be tolerated by university officials," the judge said. ...