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LisaM

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4. He rigged raffles against little kids!

Reply to Botany (Reply #3)

Fri May 9, 2025, 11:58 AM

May 9

He also directly lied about teaching a course in football that was pretty much only open to football players and guaranteed them credit and a good grade. I remember some OSU guy claiming that wasn't true but it took me about two minutes to dig up a course catalogue and locate the two courses he taught.

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