Those dern physics profs...

[lawrocket 3]

I wouldn't mess with kallend, folks. Physics can be exceedingly tough, and profs are always on edge...

From: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041014/ap_on_fe_st/professor_removed_3

***Physics Professor Goes on Rage in Class


LAFAYETTE, La. - A University of Louisiana at Lafayette physics professor was banned from the campus Wednesday and taken to the coroner's office for evaluation after threatening his class, university officials said.

Student Kacie Spears said professor Louis Houston lost control right after class began Wednesday morning and was yelling obscenities.

"Then he told us if we got out of our seats he's gonna kill us. He went on the black board and wrote "911 now", so we were really in fear for our lives," Spears told KATC-TV.

Spears said Houston slapped a student and then told his class he was God.

After class ended, students left the room in Broussard Hall and someone called campus security.

Houston was taken to campus police to answer questions. Officials then evacuated Broussard Hall and canceled all classes there while police searched the building. University police contacted the FBI (news - web sites), State Police, and the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Department Intelligence Unit for assistance.

A bomb dog was also brought in to check for explosives, but nothing was found.

Spears said it wasn't the first time Houston had an outburst in class.

"He's always acted a little strange, he's yelled and cursed before, and this time we waited for it to stop, but it never did," Spears says.

Law enforcement officers transported Houston to the Lafayette Parish Coroner's Office to be evaluated for possible involuntary commitment to a mental health facility. In the meantime, Houston has been banned from the university's campus and his faculty duties have been suspended.

University officials said in a statement they would make a final decision about Houston's employment once a full investigation into the incident is complete.

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[happythoughts 0]

You must remember that Ted Kaczynski (The Unabomber) was a math professor. Of course, it was in California, so the craziness wasn't immediately evident.

[FlyingJ 0]

***A University of Louisiana at Lafayette physics professor...

[kallend 2,106]

Don't say you weren't warned.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[FrogNog 1]

I think part of the problem is the selection effect: colleges need professors who are free from some normal interpersonal characteristics. Like caring about their students as human beings, to generalize unfairly (but still bluntly thrust in the right direction).

So sometimes they get people who move a little further out from "good professor qualities" and they have a nutcase. I believe it.

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[mr2mk1g 10]

Sounds a bit over the top. Calling the FBI and all... bomb dogs? Can't a man have a rant anymore?

[markd_nscr986 0]

Now,I'm frightened.......

Kallend,you dont happen to possess a large collection of firearms do you?

Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

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taken to the coroner's office for evaluation

My question is why would you go to the coroner's office for a mental health evaluation? Isn't that the guy that does autopsies???

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Now,I'm frightened.......

Kallend,you dont happen to possess a large collection of firearms do you?

Actually, it's rockets. I hear that the govt thinks he is more suspicious that we do, so they aren't letting him play with them. (It's the hair style that tipped me off)

[mr2mk1g 10]

Model planes actually.

I hear tell he’s developing a “working” model of the Enola Gay"... anyone else and I wouldn’t worry... but when a physics professor starts developing a “working” model of the Enola Gay there just might be something to worry about.

[Dagny 0]

Man, you can't please anyone these days. Either the instructor is boring is all hell and you can't stay awake or they're animated and outrageous and call themselves God and you're afraid to fall asleep.

What's wrong with a little insanity once in a while?

Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
-Salvador Dali

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I hear tell he’s developing a “working” model of the Enola Gay"... anyone else and I wouldn’t worry... but when a physics professor starts developing a “working” model of the Enola Gay there just might be something to worry about.


Especially if you hear something about "little boy" or "fat man" being part of the project........

Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

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[mr2mk1g 10]

...tapped telephone conversations about "trips" to Manhattan...

[lawrocket 3]

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why would you go to the coroner's office for a mental health evaluation

It was probably the closest place with govt. MD's workign for them. Cops know coroners well, and since a coroner is a medical doctor, the coroner can put the psych hold on the guy.

My wife is hotter than your wife.