February 26, 1999

English Professor Suspended for Using Salty Language in Class

By ALISON SCHNEIDER

An English professor was suspended this month for peppering his discussions of literature with the kind of language more commonly heard in barrooms than classrooms.

John C. Bonnell, contends that Macomb Community College is cracking down on free speech; the two-year college says his language is obscene. Mr. Bonnell insists that his explicit language is an integral part of his composition course's content, and

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