Has George Gollin Been Suspended from the University of Illinois?

[Herbert Spencer]

I heard that the management decided to temporarily suspend him for his activities in the blogs.

According the UIUC Spring 2011 schedule, Gollum is teaching only one physics class, and not even a whole class at that. He has a discussion section of PHYS 212 University Physics: Elec & Mag. Nice 8:00 am start time, just the thing to guarantee minimal student participation and free up the rest of your day for stalking. Somebody stop by Room 143 of Loomis Laboratory early on Tuesday morning and see who is doing the scratch and sniff show.

But wait, that's not all! The physics department doesn't have any gay studies classes, so Gollum is doing the next best thing: co-teaching a First Time Freshman only fine arts class, FAA 199 Undergraduate Open Seminar. Too much for Gollum to handle by himself, of course; he needs a little help from "J. Jennings" to actually do the job.

"Students will attend performances and exhibitions, meet and interact with artists, and examine core issues and values associated with diversity and the creative process in the context of our increasingly complex society and global human collective."

I doubt even the gay studies courses are that gay. Sounds like the perfect venue for an ass-scratching, armpit-sniffing, lesbian-daughter-raising physics incompetent.

So it doesn't look like Gollum is "suspended," exactly, but that's about as close as you can get to irrelevant and still fog a mirror. If some admin wanted to make somebody disappear without actually firing them it's difficult to imagine any less significant teaching assignments.