This happened at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and appears to be politically motivated. So sad.
The College Fix reports:
College Republicans faculty advisor smeared in racially charged student reviewThe faculty advisor for College Republicans at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has been attacked online as a racist “white cracker” by an anonymous student, prompting the scholar to speak out against the false claims and seek help from campus administrators.Brian Kennelly, a professor of French and world languages, recently found the accusations on Polyratings, where Cal Poly students are free to post evaluations of their professors.An alleged freshman, who claims to have received an A in Kennelly’s class, wrote the following:
A university official told Kennelly in an email response: “Cal Poly is not affiliated with Polyratings and has no ability to control the site or its content. The site provides an express disclaimer which states ‘Polyratings.com is a student run web site; we are not affiliated with the Cal Poly administration or ASI.’”According to the site, “over 90% of the comments reported as inappropriate are either removed or moderated to remove offending material.”As of Feb. 2 the evaluation is still available. Polyratings did not respond to a request from The College Fix seeking comment.“I almost had a heart attack, I was so furious,” Kennelly told The Fix when asked how he felt when he first saw the post.
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