Administrators at Boston University have fired a part-time professor for making rather forward comments about one of his students on an online message board. Earlier this month, Michael Gee, formerly a columnist for the Boston Herald, posted to SportsJournalists.com about his first day as a college professor. In doing so, he referred to one student as "incredibly hot"—a comment that he described, after the university dismissed him, as "pathetic, juvenile, and boorish."
If Mr. Gee’s students had happened to come across the comments, they couldn’t have taken long to figure out who the smoldering student was: Only six people are enrolled in the class. (Associated Press)
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