{"id":951205,"date":"2021-11-01T19:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=951205"},"modified":"2021-11-01T19:59:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:59:35","slug":"cornell-responds-after-professor-threatened-to-fail-maskless-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-responds-after-professor-threatened-to-fail-maskless-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornell Responds After Professor Threatened To Fail Maskless Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcornell-responds-after-professor-threatened-to-fail-maskless-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=951205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cornell University has responded after a professor at the Ivy League school last week threatened to fail two students he accused of not wearing masks in his classroom, even asking other students to help identify the pair.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bruce Monger, a Cornell University professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, sent an email to students in his \u201cIntroductory Oceanography\u201d class, asking them to help him identify the two offending fellow students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to ask you for your help in identifying two ocean students who were photographed with their masks off during the ocean class last Friday,\u201d Monger wrote in the memo that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1455022824620376066\">surfaced<\/a> online and was also provided to The Daily Wire by a Cornell student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were sitting next to each other in the balcony\u2019s front row of seating,\u201d Monger wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The professor then launched into detailed physical descriptions of both students, declaring that one had a \u201cfairly prominent hooked nose,\u201d a remark that the Cornell student who spoke to The Daily Wire indicated they found offensive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne student is a male with red hair and a fairly prominent hooked nose,\u201d wrote Monger. \u201cHis hair was pretty long (just below the bottom of his ears) and is pretty thick and wavy. He was wearing a blue sweatshirt and was eating something at the time,\u201d Monger wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The professor offered a detailed description of the second student\u2019s appearance as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other student is a male who was sitting to the left of the red head. He has short brown hair maybe 1 \u2013 1\/2 to 2 inches in length and small [sic] a nose. He wore a grey hoodie sweatshirt. He spent the whole lecture with his mask down around his chin,\u201d Monger wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Monger concluded by vowing to fail both students if he discovered their identities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf\/when I find the identity of these two students, I will be failing them both for the semester as I promised I would in class last Wednesday,\u201d the professor wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Monger is a Senior Lecturer at Cornell.<\/p>\n<p>Cornell addressed the controversy in a statement on Monday, saying the school requires faculty, staff, and students to wear a face mask in indoor settings. The school also <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cornell.edu\/vaccines\/vaccination-cornell\/\">requires<\/a> all students to be vaccinated. As of Sunday, the on-campus population of Cornell is 97% vaccinated, according to the school.<\/p>\n<p>Monger \u201cregularly advised his students of the mask requirement, noting potential consequences for failing to comply,\u201d Cornell said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, Dr. Monger emailed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cornell University has responded after a professor at the Ivy League school last week threatened to fail two students he accused of not wearing masks in his classroom, even asking other students to help identify the pair.Dr. Bruce Monger, a Cornell University professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, sent an email to students in his \u201cIntroductory Oceanography\u201d class, asking them to help him identify the two offending fellow students.\u201cI wanted to ask you for your help in identifying two ocean students who were photographed with their masks off during the ocean class last Friday,\u201d Monger wrote in the memo that surfaced online and was also provided to The Daily Wire by a Cornell student.\u201cThey were sitting next to each other in the balcony\u2019s front row of seating,\u201d Monger wrote.The professor then launched into detailed physical descriptions of both students, declaring that one had a \u201cfairly prominent hooked nose,\u201d a remark that the Cornell student who spoke to The Daily Wire indicated they found offensive.\u201cOne student is a male with red hair and a fairly prominent hooked nose,\u201d wrote Monger. \u201cHis hair was pretty long (just below the bottom of his ears) and is pretty thick and wavy. He was wearing a blue sweatshirt and was eating something at the time,\u201d Monger wrote.The professor offered a detailed description of the second student\u2019s appearance as well.\u201cThe other student is a male who was sitting to the left of the red head. He has short brown hair maybe 1 \u2013 1\/2 to 2 inches in length and small [sic] a nose. He wore a grey hoodie sweatshirt. He spent the whole lecture with his mask down around his chin,\u201d Monger wrote.Monger concluded by vowing to fail both students if he discovered their identities.\u201cIf\/when I find the identity of these two students, I will be failing them both for the semester as I promised I would in class last Wednesday,\u201d the professor wrote.Monger is a Senior Lecturer at Cornell.Cornell addressed the controversy in a statement on Monday, saying the school requires faculty, staff, and students to wear a face mask in indoor settings. The school also requires all students to be vaccinated. As of Sunday, the on-campus population of Cornell is 97% vaccinated, according to the school.Monger \u201cregularly advised his students of the mask requirement, noting potential consequences for failing to comply,\u201d Cornell said in its statement.\u201cLast week, Dr. Monger emailed the class seeking assistance identifying two unmasked students who had been photographed by concerned classmates,\u201d Cornell acknowledged.The university also responded to criticism of Monger\u2019s physical descriptions of the students, saying the professor \u201cdescribed the students\u2019 physical characteristics in ways that do not reflect Cornell values.\u201d\u201cDr. Monger has since acknowledged that his approach to dealing with unmasked students in class was not handled in an appropriate manner,\u201d Cornell said.In guidance on how to address \u201cnoncompliant\u201d students, the dean\u2019s office does not list failing a student as one of the allowed consequences for a student refusing to wear a face mask properly. Faculty are instructed to report \u201cegregious or repetitive non-compliant behavior\u201d through the school\u2019s proper channels.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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