Must... resist.... inappropriate statements....

Posted By Daniel W. Drezner Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 3:15 PM Share

OK, my first few reactions to this and this:

SWEET FANCY MOSES!!!
Ewwwwwww.....
If true, this is really despicable behavior on the professor's part
A political scientist? I'm embarrassed for my profession...
Much as I might downplay how often this occurs, it's really disturbing to read about it when it does occur.
Ewwww again.
Hmmm... I wonder if the creep ever said, "What nice bribes you have..."

[Dammit! You were so close to getting through this without an awkward joke!!--ed. Sorry, it's a natural defense mechanism.]

EXPLORE:ACADEMIA, BAD POLITICAL SCIENCE BEHAVIOR

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ARTHUR

5:25 PM ET

August 21, 2008

The Onion carried this story

The Onion carried this story six days ago, and would have made the inappropriate jokes for you.

http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/iowa_boobs_for_grades_scandal

RANDY PAUL

6:47 PM ET

August 21, 2008

Wait till you have Salma

Wait till you have Salma Hayek enroll at Tufts . . .

JOE M.

8:41 AM ET

August 22, 2008

I have a personal friend who

I have a personal friend who was doing her masters and had a similar thing happen to her. She is attractive and was taking a summer course at Columbia University in NYC about 2 years ago. One day about half-way through the class, during a meeting about grading after class, the professor asked her to meet for coffee the following day. She assumed it was just a meeting to talk about grades or class since she had previously asked about some of the readings as well.

Well, she went to meet him at the coffee shop (not the Hungarian pastry shop) and while there he was making quite overt conversation about dating her, including some pg rated sexual advances. After that incident, she never went back to class and never said anything. She received an A as her grade for the class. It was obvious he was embarrassed and thought it was the only way to cover his ass. she never mentioned it to the administration and went on with her life.

I am sure it happens quite often.