MU professor involved in student protest suspended

Democratic Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, of University City, says the discussion about Click is a distraction. She later said publicly that she regretted her actions. USA Today reported, the student were conducting interviews at the university quad set up by the students protesting the university leadership’s indifference to racial issues.

A video of the confrontation, which was taken by student journalist Mark Schierbecker and went viral on the Internet, begins with a group of protesters yelling and pushing another student journalist, Tim Tai, who was trying to photograph the campsite. During a news conference this week, university interim chancellor Hank Foley said a task force consisting of faculty members, students, administrators and staff has been formed to look into what happened at the protest site that led to the Click charges.

Foley’s speech did not mention Click. She’s about halfway through the tenure process.

Click “is suspended pending further investigation”, the statement said.

Several football players backed Butler and said they would not participate in team activities until Butler ate.

Click later said publicly that she regretted her actions, and that she apologized to Schierbecker and all journalists and the university community for detracting from the students’ efforts to improve the Columbia campus’ racial climate.

Also Wednesday, board of curators member Yvonne S. Sparks resigned. The court case stems from her effort to stop a student journalist from photographing a student protest on a public quadrangle at the University of Missouri.

He has asked the campus Provost, Click’s Dean and her department chair to decide if she should be removed from the classroom immediately until the charges against her are “sorted out”.

Click was charged with misdemeanor assault Monday.

The protests and demands of Concerned Student 1950 show a lack of grounded argument and perpetuate a poorly constructed “us vs. them” mentality.

The University of Missouri Board of curators held a special meeting Wednesday night and announced that communications professor Melissa Click has been suspended after Columbia city prosecutor charged Click with third-degree assault. “The end result could be a financial catastrophe for our university”.