Mizzou Professor Offers Resignation After Refusing To Cancel Exam Amid Threats

Brigham later sent a follow-up message to Rashad Hall, one of the students, telling him: “I will be the first one to eat a bullet for my students (and rightly so) if violence erupts in my classroom”.

“The truth is”, Smith wrote, “despite all of the threats on social media, I would still probably feel safe on campus were we to have class. But that’s because I am a white man. I would not feel safe at all were this not the case”.

Later on Wednesday, the university’s administration announced a series of steps to bring calm to the campus.

Dale Brigham, a nutrition professor at the University of Missouri, came under fire after sending an email to his students informing them that the exam scheduled for Wednesday would proceed.

“I know which side I am on”, he said to conclude the message.

“We must not lose perspective during this critical time when a few may feel insecure”, Foley said in a statement. You make your own choice, ” the professor wrote.

But please don’t tell people who actually have to live with the consequences of other people’s hatred how to handle it. And definitely don’t, less than two months after just the latest in a long line of deadly campus shootings, tell students to carry on and not be afraid.

The Huffington Post could not reach Brigham for comment, but the professor did confirm to The Washington Post that he sent the email.

Then on Wednesday, police arrested a student who they said threatened black students and faculty on social media. “No one will have to come to class today”.

“Based on the fact that his email kind of went all over the place on social media and everyone kind of had a really rough reaction with it, I wouldn’t be surprised (if he resigned)”, Passi said.

A spokesperson for the university, however, told KOMU-TV that the school would not accept his resignation.

“If my leaders think that my leaving would help, I am all for it”, he said.

“I am just trying to do what I think is best for our students and the university as an institution”, Brigham said to KOMU 8 News. The president of the MU system, Tim Wolfe, stepped down on Monday amid the protests.

Brigham was savaged online for his response by both MU students and others, who accused him of being callous about the plight of black students.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri responded with a statement calling for the university to not compromise the right to free expression in its efforts to fight racism.