May 5, 2006

Professor Disciplined Over Abortion Display

By JOHN GRAVOIS

The president of Northern Kentucky University has placed a literature professor on leave for the remainder of the semester because the professor led a group of her students in tearing down a conservative student group's anti-abortion display.

The actions of the professor, Sally A. Jacobsen, were "inconsistent with Northern Kentucky University's commitment to free and open debate," the president, James C. Votruba, said in a written statement.

During a break in a

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