Michigan State University (MSU) students are suing a professor who allegedly forced them and other students to pay $99 each to her personal political advocacy organization. An estimated $60,000 was raised for The Rebellion Community, which funds Planned Parenthood and other liberal causes. MSU has offered to repay the money but Amy Wisner, professor of marketing at the MSU College of Business (who has reportedly been let go by the university) has not been required to return any of the money. The students allege that Wisner linked to a Facebook page associated with “The Rebellion Community” and noted “The Rebellion community is a safe place to coordinate our efforts to burn everything to the f***ing ground.” (One has to appreciate the fact that, even in a rebellion to “burn everything to ground,” Wisner offered a safe space for the self-described arsonists).
Wisner may have succeeded in teaching a lasting lesson on marketing in generating tens of thousands of dollars from her own students.
The complaint alleges that, while Wisner told the students that she would not benefit from the mandatory contributions, she did indeed personally benefit. Furthermore, they allege that she may have used some of the money to buy an RV. The complaint below states:
“On August 16, 2022, Defendant Wisner set up a “GoFundMe” campaign to raise money for ‘an RV roadtrip [sic] around the United States to cocreate communities of rebels committed to doing the work’ and ‘igniting action at the local level.'”
The requirement clearly violated the free speech rights of the students who opposed the group’s work or did not want to be forced to support a group as a condition for taking a MSU class.
Notably, the lawsuit also names Thomas Jeitschko, interim provost and head of academic affairs at the university. The Complaint on page 4 states that “Jeitschko personally approved the policy on the donation of proceeds received from assigned course materials at issue in this lawsuit.”
Judith Whipple, interim dean at the business school, is also named in the lawsuit in her official capacity.
The university has stated that Wisner is no longer an adjunct professor with the school. Yet, there is no apparent action from the university against those who supervised Wisner and allowed her to use a class allegedly for partisan, self-dealing purposes. The required donations shows a sense of license to convert university courses into direct advocacy workshops. Where do you think that sense of impunity comes from?
The suggestion is that Wisner appeared and acted spontaneously and unilaterally. That is obviously not the case. Someone hired this person, supervised this professor, and signed off on this class.
Here is the filing: MSU complaint
𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬
● Earlier this month Michigan State released its 2022-2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion report
● The report states that faculty will now be evaluated on how well they represent DEI values and how they integrate DEI into their teaching.
By Robert Schmad ~ ’23 | Associate Editor, Washington Free Beacon
March 31, 2023, 5:01 pm ET
https://campusreform.org/article?id=21612
𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜
● Board members for Michigan public institutions, including Wayne State, are publicly elected to eight-year terms, two of which are up for election in 2024.
● Wayne State University professor Steven Shaviro was suspended with pay by the university after a Facebook post calling for the killing of ‘racist, homophobic, or transphobic’ speakers.
By Gabrielle M. Etzel ~ Reporter | April 18, 2023, 10:55 am ET
https://campusreform.org/article?id=22175
For decades, concentrated power has been a common thread linking politicians, FBI administrators, federal prosecutors, intelligence agency administrators, the leaders of large corporations, clergy in the Catholic Church, and university professors. Concentration of power in any organization significantly increases the odds of unethical and illegal activity. This makes a compelling case for smaller and more egalitarian governments, corporations, churches, and universities.
“Team Crazy.”
Check our Wisner’s ratings on RateMyProfessor. Abysmal. Students cannot stand her and she shows no knowledge of marketing.
Jonathan: Yes, it is shocking that a MSU professor forced her students to contribute to her “Patriarchy Rebellion Community”. Truly shocking! But I suppose it is a convenient way to shift attention away from all shocking news about Trump’s financial and legal woes. So to keep us focused here’s the latest reporting:
–Melania is taking advantage of her husband’s losses in court. She read about the award of $5 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll and latest filing demanding an additional $10 million by Carroll because Trump continues to defame her. Melania probably said to herself: “This lowlife needs to pay me more!”. So what is the former First Lady doing about it? Melania is demanding Trump increase her monthly allowance and her son Barron’s inheritance. Melania has her husband by the you know what. If Trump wants her support in the campaign next year he will have to pony up. And he desperately needs her support to appeal to the religious “family values” crowd. You won’t see any of that in the Biden family!
–And then there is Trump’s use of donations to pay for his lawyers. He milked his MAGA supporters for around $250 million which he told them would be used to fight “election fraud” in the 2020 election. Turns out Trump used the money instead to pay his lawyers for his current legal troubles. How do we know? Because now that Trump is an official candidate he has list all his campaign expenditures. These disclosures show Trump has paid millions to various law firms. A scam? You betcha. And that’s another part of Jack Smith’s investigation that has gotten little attention. Smith is looking into whether Trump violated campaign finance laws and committed wire fraud in the process.
Oh, Trump’s woes keep piling up. And that’s why you would rather talk about a MSU professor. Keeps your loyal followers distracted from the real action!
“Trump’s woes keep piling up. And that’s why you would rather talk about a MSU professor. Keeps your loyal followers distracted from the real action!”
While we don’t agree on much issues (for example: My instinct says me that our host opposes Trump, but as most of his columns are commissioned he goes by the flow) we should also find some common ground: It’s astonishing that a blog that pretends to regard law and politics as communicating vessels is silent for months about the fact that these “legal issues” are for Trump not only stressful and costly but also make presidential run virtually impossible.
Since, unlike you, I see the goal in various criminal investigations as politically motivated (“law fare”) in order to take out Trump. If this is set and done, investigations will be scaled back to a more conciliatory level at a leisurely pace. Until then: In GA, there is an indictment looming for 8/23, a motivated “Special Counsel” can present an obstruction of Justice case any time and in NY (was there any discussion about Trump’s speech limitations due to judges protective order?) trials starts after “Super Tuesday” stretching for months. How should he be on campaign trail full of power the same time?
Charlotte: I agree. We should try to find some “common ground”. We seem to agree that Turley puts out what his employer, Rupert Murdock, expects of him. That’s a common point of agreement. But your “instincts” tell you that Turley “opposes Trump”. So let’s go back to 1998. That year Turley was a strenuous supporter of the impeachment of Bill Clinton because he lied about the Monica Lewinsky affair. But Turley did a flipflop when it came to the two impeachments of Trump. He called them “snap impeachments”. He even met with Republican Senators to give them talking points to oppose conviction. Apparently lying about that “perfect” call to try to overturn the election results in Georgia was not sufficient grounds for impeachment for the Professor.
I think we could also find agreement that Fox was a big supporter of Trump for his entire 4 years in office. When Trump was voted out in 2020 Turley was critical of the Jan.6 House investigation of Trump’s attempt to violently overturn the election results. Turley characterized the violent attack on the Capitol as just a “riot” and said Trump’s speech to his supporters before the assault on the Capitol was an exercise in “free speech”. From the impeachments to the Jan. 6 insurrection Turley defended Trump.
I won’t belabor the point. But now that Murdock has turned his back on Trump, Turley has been silent on all of Trump’s legal troubles. He didn’t mention the 34 criminal indictment by Alvin Bragg. He is following the Fox script. Even Turley’s best friend, Bill Barr, has even turned on Trump. Turley knows Trump is a losing hand so he chooses to remain silent.
So what is Turley doing these days? He is spending a lot of column space attacking attacking the Biden family claiming they are involved in one of the greatest “corruption scandals in American history”. The whole purpose is to throw up enough dirt to make it difficult for Biden to win and give Trump, or whoever is the GOP nominee, a path to victory.
My “instincts” tell me Turley probably doesn’t personally like Trump for a myriad of reasons. But Turley does what he is told. When it was in Murdock’s interests Turley defended Trump. Now that Trump is on the outs with Murdock, who now apparently supports Gov. DeSantis, Turley knows his role. Not to say a bad word about all the booking banning in schools across Florida. If Turley were consistent about “free speech” he would be up in arms about censorship under DeSantis. But he is not. How do you explain that?
If you really believe all the present and future federal and state prosecutions of Trump are all “politically motivated” then we must part company. There is no great conspiracy to get Trump. These state and federal cases are predicated on violations of state and federal laws. When Trump faces trials by a jury of his peers they will decide whether he is guilty or not. Fani Willis in Fulton County probably, like Turley, doesn’t like Trump personally, but that will no impact her duty to uphold the fair and impartial application of the law. That’s how our criminal justice system is supposed to work.
Nobody Can Please Everyone’s Interests
Dennis, if we continue to exchange arguments, I think we should agree to disagree all about the former President. Of course, I take your question about Professor’s performance:
Since our host wants to serve many puppet masters at the same time, it’s worth taking a look at his impressive CV: At 37, he became the youngest GWU Law school chaired professor (in fact, he is not one of many professors he, is J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law), has served as legal counsel, is frequent adviser at (Capitol) Hill, feels the need to influence legislation, writes and comment extensively on a national level, and is a welcome guest in DC’s establishment.
During Bush/Cheney Administration our host worked as CBS & NBC legal analyst covering especially his signature topic “free speech” (also awarded by Aspen Institute), which is more an issue for those without power. Turley voted for Obama [1] who started the process of “fundamental transforming” USA and consequently MSM syphoned “free speech” stalwarts.
Remember, our host is pro establishment, pro governmental narrative, and pro influencing on (Capitol) Hill. His options shrinks to GOP as a party (Michael Bloomberg starts Mayor’s journey also from there), media outlets like USA Today, The Hill, The Messenger, NYP, and FNN who commissioned his preordered work.
Or in short: All the self-imposed commitments shrink a nationally recognized legal scholar to an Aaron Burr (“don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for”). The desire to appease everyone he loses authenticity and consequently can’t match a legal pundit (Laurence Tribe) or an affable chatter (Alan Dershowitz) who brings law (and justice) closer to Joe and Nancy from Main Street.
Now, up to the laptop!
[1] https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/what-happened-to-jonathan-turley-really.html
Ohhh No … Not Michigan State too!
The ‘Last One Outta Michigan Turned Off The Lights’,
She must of got left in the dark.
Oh well, there’s always One in the bunch – GO SPARTANS GO!
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Fill up her twitter feed: https://twitter.com/amy_wisner/
Where are the “Watchmen’ at the gates of academia? Who are the incompetent, brainwashed fools who hire such delusional fanatics? Sure, take legal action against the prof, but, more importantly, withhold any further endowments to institutions until their governing boards are disinfected of radical progressives and saner, more reality based people regain control of our education industry.
Will the DA charge her? Will Hunter College fire her? If a white man did this to a black kid….oh wait
Im not a cop but it seems to me, brandishing a machete to a reporter’s neck after a door knock, and then chasing somebody down the sidewalk with a machete, is pretty darned serious.
Unhinged NYC college professor who cursed out anti-abortion students holds machete to Post reporter’s neck
https://nypost.com/2023/05/23/nyc-college-professor-shellyne-rodriguez-holds-machete-to-post-reporters-neck/
Get the f–k away from my door, or I’m gonna chop you up with this machete!” the manic adjunct art professor shouted from behind her closed door just moments after veteran reporter Reuven Fenton identified himself. Seconds later, Rodriguez barged out and alarmingly put the blade to the reporter’s neck. “Get the f–k away from my door! Get the f–k away from my door!” she raged before retreating back into her apartment and slamming the door.
The Post reporter and photographer immediately left the apartment building, but an armed Rodriguez quickly followed and accosted them outside.
“If I see you on this block one more f–king time, you’re gonna …,” Rodriguez said, while still wielding the implement. “Get the f–k off the block! Get the f–k out of here, yo!” The professor briefly chased The Post’s photographer down the street to his car before coming back to kick the reporter in the shins. She finally retreated into her building just moments later.
I believe from the evidence shown in the video and New York Post article, there exists probable cause to arrest her for Menacing in the Second Degree. The elements of the crime appear to fit the acts depicted.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/120.14
it appears to be a misdemeanor per your link, if I understand this correctly which I may not:
Menacing in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor
Chances of the DA pressing charges? As if I need to ask.
I still own the machete my parents gave me as a young boy, to teach me the value of manual labor: cutting sugarcane near the Everglades and trim lawn hedges in our neighborhood for pay. Machetes are super dangerous esp in the hands of someone who is threatening another. If someone came at my neck with a machete, survival of the fittest would kick in. If she gets off with a slap on the wrist, no one would be safe in her proximity
I am not familiar with NY criminal procedure but many states have misdemeanor presence rules that require a law enforcement officer to be present when the misdemeanor crime is committed in order for the officer to make an arrest without a warrant, though there are exceptions made for crimes involving physical injury, theft, and such. If that is the case LEOs would need to either obtain an arrest warrant from a judge or have their district attorney/prosecutor present charges by information, then the warrant.
In my brief reveiw of NY law applicable to this case, I had the impression that for an assault type felony (or a battery) to be chargeable the state would have to prove physical injury or at least the intent to cause physical injury.
In my view this case is a slam dunk for the prosecution with the menacing charge. If the state does not charge her with a crime in this case I agree it would be very telling of what the DA’s office in the city stands for.
“If she gets off with a slap on the wrist” there is a reasonable chance we will be reading about her in the future. She sounds like she is going over the edge. This is what the left is breeding.
Estovir,
I do not recall if it was you or someone else who made a comment to the effect of,
“Leftists, Shellyne Rodriguez is your representative.”
Yeah, that is about right.
no, that was not me. That her last name is Rodriguez caught my attention. She is not mi gente.
“Burn everything to the f***ing ground” sounds kind of, well, insurrectionist to me. Shouldn’t those charges be upgraded?
“The Rebellion community is a safe place to coordinate our efforts to burn everything to the f***ing ground.”
Yeah, lets see them follow through with that.
Shouldn’t that professor be brought up on theft charges?
Shouldn’t that organization be charged with receiving stolen money?
“The Rebellion community is a safe place to coordinate our efforts to burn everything…”
~+~
Hahahhaha, what a pathetic bunch of candy-assed pussies. Safe place? Yeah right. We’ll be sure to keep ourselves armed with a feather pillow or two if they decide to emerge from behind Mommy’s apron.
Darren,
Right!
When I was in college, I smirked when I realized the book required for my chemistry class was written by the professor. I thought that was a bit shady. Fast forward to 2023. How can a professor make donating to their project mandatory? If donating is truly required then the school should have spelled it out as lab fees or the such and explain why it’s needed.
I hope those students duped into paying sue her for damages.
if the instructor teaching a course in a specific field like biochemistry, physiology, etc, is well known in their field, the student is better off using a text authored by that instructor if one exists. I took such a course. Today’s science courses sadly have assigned textbook$ where the publisher provide$ the instructor the course powerpoint lecture $lides, lecture outlines, question banks and multiple choice exams. The faculty becomes incidental in the course since any clown can read aloud slides, outlines, and assign exams where questions are provided by the textbook publisher, graded by software. Instructors like these are hacks.
Education is a money driven scam with textbook publishers and universities benefiting financially, and students learn only if they self-teach
I hope people can tell the difference between Science & the largest War of Genocide ever in human history.
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Of course, Amy Wisner can keep the $60,000. Michigan State University can’t be expected to actually sanction one of their own communists. Let’s get serious here !
Watch as the usual leftist morons, you know who you are, tell us (in 200 comments) that she did nothing wrong, Trump is evil, Turley works for Fox and DeSantis is the devil.
HullBobby,
Clearly she is a graduate of the Biden University of peddling influence, money laundering and theft!
Wow, we’ve come a long way toward the destruction of our culture. When I was a graduate student at Rutgers some time ago, on the first day of class, my professor of research methods took out an envelope, walked around the classroom and gave every student about $1.45. He said that this was how much he was getting from the sale of a book that he wrote that was required reading for the course. He explained that for him to pocket the publisher’s allotment to him of what students had to pay for the book would be a conflict of interest and so he wanted to get that issue out of the way immediately. What is needed for fired educators like the MSU prof is a system like they have for rogue physicians and cops. A national registry ensures that they do not show up somewhere else and get re-employed so they can spread their poisonous views. Incidentally, those national registries for rogue cops and docs didn’t come about on their own but grew out of large judgments and settlements occasioned by misfits being re-employed by employers who didn’t do their due diligence on backgrounding the weirdos before hiring them. The same should attach to employers of misfit educators who use their access to students to enrich themselves and to spread their countercultural beliefs.
Being a lifelong resident of Michigan its my observation that our state is run by a coven of witches.
The Dems of Detroit & Ann Arbor, small Pockets of Concentrated Blue have been the kill-joy of the State for Decades.
Same goes for Illinois, where the Chicago Metroplex of Blue has ruled the rest of the State and driven it into a financial sinkhole.
Politically Unbalanced
Michigan
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigans-political-geography-shifting-these-interactive-maps-show-how
Illinois
https://news.siu.edu/_assets/images/2022/06/SR62-maps-for-SIU-Comms.png
Had the opposite happen when I got an outside grant for a class once, providing free books and a free class trip. Some students didn’t want to accept the books and free trip because the grant was from the Charles Koch foundation. I said fine, buy the books and pay your own way on the trip. All the protesting students promptly accepted the books and free trip.
how Fascist Operate
time to END all Federal Aid and Loans to Colleges
also time to TAX all non-profits including colleges where anyone gets $100k+
if they can pay $10 Million for coaches…they can PAY ALL THEIR TAXES
End the federal money…YES. Tax them, no. Though I do get the point.
“. . . safe place . . . to burn everything . . .”
Finally, someone admits the real purpose of a “safe place.”
Geezus. This line summed up so much of what I consider to be the extremist Leftist attitude: “The Rebellion community is a safe place to coordinate our efforts to burn everything to the f***ing ground.” These zealots are deadly serious and I’m certain that they don’t have any ideas that have been developed to pick-up the pieces of the wasteland they intend to create.