Orwellian moment: University of Rochester President Joel Seligman Triggered / pressured faculty member resigns

A University of Rochester tenured computer science professor was pressured to resign for comments on social media.

"...He offered to buy bus fare to Canada for University of Rochester protesters of President-elect Donald Trump if they promised to not return.

Now, Ted Pawlicki won't be returning as director of the university's undergraduate computer science program.

Pawlicki resigned under pressure after posting his irreverent remark on a Facebook page promoting a campus demonstration dubbed "Not My America" that was held on Friday.

"A bus ticket from Rochester to Canada is $16," Pawlicki wrote on the page a day before the event. "If this is not your America, then I will pay for your ticket if you promise never to come back."

[link to www.democratandchronicle.com]

Listening now to Bob Lonsberry 1180 radio, who is calling the University of Rochester a hostile work environment. Lonsberry received 20 emails from UR staff, but none will go public on the radio.

Days ago, the University president emphasized the importance of academic freedom in an email in a letter to traumatized election snowflakes. [link to wxxinews.org]