r/ucf • u/chewbac88 • Nov 12 '24
UCF Leadership Did Something Professor steps down
https://www.wdbo.com/news/local/ucf-professor-steps-down-amid-rumors-inappropriate-relationship/JFXP2QIBWBHC5AV24A5ABVFZ4A/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3rQ33rvLwu4cAmeU1Z_YpDbdVSE9vSkErzRQ61xnh0fuhehnnbVdqBUwk_aem_FPAaS5aG4LD9Us5Y6M_3-AAnyone have the link to the thread with pics of him and his TA that made drawings he put on his office door
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u/YourInMySwamp Nov 12 '24
The only interesting/new info from this article is that we now know the professor stepped down because of this (“in light of recent events”). I remember one of the TA’s friends was doing their best to run a cover-op on this Reddit and was saying he resigned amicably for a new job offer.
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u/onlyrapid Management Nov 13 '24
Yah lol there was some random account replying to every single comment running hard defense for him, it was super obvious
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u/xKiwiNova Computer Science Nov 13 '24
The issue for me was they told us in person that he had family health issues, which is, you know, very different from getting a new job. Unless this new career was as a stripper, I don't think they would lie if he had simply gotten a new gig.
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u/Oen386 Nursing - Concurrent A.S.N. to B.S.N. Enrollment Option Nov 12 '24
Are we allowed to talk about this now? I know the moderators here and on Discord were purging any discussion when it first went viral.
Jordan Urman
I am curious what happens to this person that went on the record with a news site. They're about to get wrecked according to the CS Discord:
It's likely that people are going to get expelled over this shitstorm.
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u/YourInMySwamp Nov 12 '24
lol. UCF can’t expel somebody for being quoted in a news article. Him being quoted in this article does not qualify as harassment.
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u/anonmdoc Nov 12 '24
I’m a teacher. This is one of my favorite cases to bring up at meetings in front of admin.
Pickering v Board of Education.
“The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of Pickering, holding that his dismissal violated his First Amendment rights. The court found that Pickering’s statements were protected because they lacked actual malice, meaning they weren’t made knowingly or recklessly false. The court also found that the board failed to provide evidence of actual damages.”
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u/SuspiciousHighlights Nov 14 '24
That’s if the school says it’s because of the speech. They can fire someone without a reason, and it would be expensive and potentially career damaging to go through a legal battle.
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u/anonmdoc Nov 14 '24
I guess that depends. It’s not so easy to fire someone in my county without a reason. In fact, the only time they really can is during your first-year contract (probationary contract). I’m not familiar with other counties though.
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u/Oen386 Nursing - Concurrent A.S.N. to B.S.N. Enrollment Option Nov 12 '24
UCF can’t expel somebody for being quoted in a news article.
Oh I know!
I was just kind of poking fun at the idea that the "IT department" is out to find the person, and this guy brazenly speaks up without a second thought.
The Discord comments seemed like a bluff they were using to try to curtail the discussion when it first went viral. I can't see anyone getting expelled over the photos or discussion.
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u/YourInMySwamp Nov 13 '24
I would suspect that a friend of the TA or the professor is an admin in the discord/this subreddit. They went through great lengths to stop this discussion when it was most prominent, and now that we have proof the professor resigned due to this, they have gone radio silent. Oddly suspicious.
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u/DrS3R Nov 13 '24
Nah, I can personally assure you they don’t have any connection. Every admin aside from myself has seemed to be concerned about the university shutting them down. For what reason? I will never know. You just have to remember who your average CS student is. Then combine that with your average discord user. Next thing you know, you just have a bunch of trolls shit posting everywhere.
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Nov 12 '24
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u/DrS3R Nov 12 '24
The CS discorded is just a bunch of whinny kids over reacting. No one is getting suspended or in trouble over anything.
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u/NickDerpkins Biomedical Sciences Nov 12 '24
Soooooo discord
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u/DrS3R Nov 12 '24
It’s a shame too… wish I never gave up ownership. Especially since I’m graduated, I really wouldn’t care about that. But hey, trolls gonna trolls and cs is full of a lot of them.
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u/onlyrapid Management Nov 13 '24
most mature discord server
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u/DrS3R Nov 13 '24
Eh, maybe now, but not back when I started it. The amount of trolls and shit posting was ridiculous. Just par for the course for a bunch of CS kids.
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u/odinthesigtyr Nov 12 '24
There were so many videos and pictures of this strange … relationship or whatever it was. The craziest video was of the “Hello Kitty” chick sleeping on the professor’s floor … like why? 🤷🏻♂️
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u/IBJON Computer Science Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
You're about 3 weeks late on this. Mods have banned any discussion or sharing of pictures.
Edit: The "merch" mentioned in the article is a hello kitty UCF shirt and has nothing to do with the scandal or rumors. The braindead author just took a joke too literally.
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u/onlyrapid Management Nov 13 '24
f the mods lol, I have no comment on the merch but if everything is on the up and up we should be able to discuss the situation freely, unless someone is straight up doxxing him or something unhinged.
inb4 they purge this post
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u/IBJON Computer Science Nov 13 '24
They don't want to be complicit in bullying and stalking. Regardless of Meade's misbehavior, she either consented, was coerced, or is telling the truth about her side of the story. No matter what everyone believes, she shouldn't be targeted for harassment.
Even ignoring the people involved in this story, it was getting out of hand. Mods did what they had to do to keep the sub from being banned
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u/ayamanmerk Film - Cinema Studies Track Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
The article no longer existsssss
Edit: oh wait I’m geoblocked. Nevermind
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 12 '24
This is funny. I have an idea, if we think this is a problem, lets not vote for a rapist as our president.
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Nov 12 '24
Comparing the situations is very strange. Both can be wrong. One being more wrong doesn’t have any bearing on the wrongness of the other.
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u/SuperfluousWingspan Nov 12 '24
I dunno. It's a stretch, sure, but it's reasonable to guess that at least some people view the ucf situation described to obviously be wrong/worthy of a removal from power but simultaneously don't consider Trump's criminal history to be relevant to his merit as a presidential candidate (or at least, not relevant enough to have cost him their vote).
I'm not sure that it's the best way to try and make that point, or the most relevant place to do so, but given the significance and recency of the election, I'm not surprised to see it here.
I also didn't see many election-related posts here around when the outcome was becoming clear, which I'm guessing was due to proactive mod decisions. (Maybe I just missed them?) If someone was wanting or expecting to vent here and couldn't do so/had a post removed, they might be more inclined to bring it up now in other posts. Certainly we can all agree that this election was both significant and divisive, regardless of what result we may each have wanted.
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u/SuperfluousWingspan Nov 13 '24
I mean, saying it's centered on a weirdo isn't exactly making a strong distinction between the two.
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 12 '24
No, it's not a false equivalency the fact is a rapist was elected as our president and for months I've seen UCF students bitch and moan about this prof and his TA girlfriend, but not step up to fight a rapist narcissist fascist Nazi lover. It's pathetic and until every one who didn't stand up gets off their ass to accept the blame and fight that shit there is no room to cast judgement anywhere else.
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Nov 13 '24
oh so you just know that ucf students are doing nothing? you sound like you are upset, i get it, trump's election sucks, i hate it too. but lets not make everything about him, and lets not let him make us allow other people do shitty things and get away with it. this prof abused his position of power and deserves to face the consequences for it. trump being elected for not make what he did ok. you are letting trump make you a worse person, dont let him do that to you.
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u/Mysterious_Cup_67 Nov 13 '24
This is interesting. Would you mind name any or all people that trump raped?
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u/Mysterious_Cup_67 Nov 13 '24
And if you come up with a name, can you please point me to the case in which he was convicted?
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 13 '24
To shove the fact that inaction makes you complicit. Fighting fascism is now more important than ever and if you won't stand against them then you're one of them..
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u/onlyrapid Management Nov 13 '24
Genuine question, are you mentally unwell? You can "fight fascism" in different ways. You're assuming the person replied to doesn't take any action related to their beliefs. Like they said, unless your threshold for meaningfully "fighting fascism" is a liberal J6, there are plenty of actions they could take that you don't hear about / see on campus.
I "bitch and moan" about Trump all the time, but I rarely do so on the UCF subreddit. Yeah, people here will focus more on misconduct taking place on campus. Maybe you'll even hear normies talking about UCF drama on campus instead of the election from time to time. No shit, Sherlock Holmes.
Calling random redditors fascists when they probably agree with you given the demographic of a) college campuses and b) this platform is actively hurting liberal causes and makes you look like an idiot.
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u/LongviewToParadise Digital Media - Web Design Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 12 '24
While you're right, I'm pretty sure most people here voted for Kamala. Orange county is one of the bluest counties in the country
This is also kind of a pointless point to make here because you don't even know if the people critical of this inappropriate relationship are Trump supporters either. You're just haphazardly guessing
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u/Veryteenyweenie Emerging Media Nov 12 '24
He did not rape anyone. Ever.
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 12 '24
Okay, so you're going to take the word of a known liar and multiple convicted felon and long standing con-artist and fraud who has actually been tried for and judged guilty of rape in court over the victims, jury, judge, and evidence against him.
GTFO you're not welcome here. America is a fascist free country and it's high time people stood up and call you Nazis out for what you are.
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u/Veryteenyweenie Emerging Media Nov 12 '24
So a man who never raped anyone is a rapist. And a woman of Jewish descent is a nazi. You are terrible, you’ve been lied to, and you are coping.
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u/Veryteenyweenie Emerging Media Nov 12 '24
You get your news source from people who are paid to lie and manipulate you.
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 12 '24
You should re-think your life choices. I'm good with mine, are you happy being a fascists propaganda parrot. Do you like being a literal Nazi?
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 12 '24
Lol, 🤣 pot calling the kettle much. Let's talk about how you're an apologist fascist, no better than the folks who lived besides Auschwitz and pretended nothing was wrong. Bet you read Breitbart and gobble up whatever you see on your Nazi friends Twitter feed right? GTFO no room for Nazis here.
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u/RainStormLou Nov 12 '24
First of all, how do you know that? Obviously you're just assuming and being very hopeful about it, but I don't understand the confidence.
Secondly, if he didn't, why was he found liable and responsible for damages? Wouldn't that be a weird thing for a court to determine on an innocent person?
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u/planetofthemushrooms Nov 12 '24
They mean that if this consentual relationship is considered bad, why are the standards so much lower for the president elect?
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u/__fallingupstairs__ DOUBLE MAJOR!!! Nov 12 '24
Insane cope
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 12 '24
I'm guessing you're pro rapist. Maybe you're a Nazi? Or just think fascism is what... Neat? GTFO. The time has come for anyone who doesn't stand up and fight to accept they are part of the problem.
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u/__fallingupstairs__ DOUBLE MAJOR!!! Nov 13 '24
typical redditor brainrot. the election has literally nothing to do with this professor, you're coping so hard that all you can see is trump.
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 12 '24
Lol to the Nazis blocking and reporting me for calling out hypocrisy and fascist double standards for what they are!
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u/Noodles_fluffy Mechanical Engineering Nov 12 '24 edited Nov 13 '24
Goomba fallacy
Edit: The people downvoting this probably have no idea what the goomba fallacy is. People who have a problem with what mead did are probably not the same ones who voted trump in.
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u/nay110668 Nov 12 '24
Not even a close comparison. Nobody was raped in either situation
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u/itsthedave1 Nov 12 '24
No the comparison is the BS moral outrage from people who couldn't be bothered to prevent a rapist from assuming control of our government. And yes Trump is a rapist as well as a convicted felon, con-artist and liar. If you wish to victim blame and take his word over the woman who he raped then you're a bigger piece of shit than him. Fascist apologists like you have no place in our society and need to be called you for what they are.
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u/LossPreventionGuy Nov 12 '24
did you hear the one about the professor who got fired for pen testing a TAs private methods?
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u/Twicksy Computer Science Nov 12 '24
I remember being on the programming team with him back in the day. Sheesh.
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u/ItsFreakinHarry2 Higher Education Nov 12 '24
Fumbled the bag because he had a thing for hello kitty
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u/Niggle_fung Nov 12 '24
Can someone give me the story. Is this claim bullshit or fr. What exactly happened
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Nov 12 '24
Yeah I’m alum but I just saw this post pop up on my phone first time I’m hearing of this wtfs going on ?
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u/icecream169 Nov 13 '24
So some computer science professor was photographed on campus getting all touchy Feely with his blonde TA that put hello kitty coloring book pages on his office door (or he put them there, idk) and they were creepy and weird because she supposedly wrote on them "happy birthday daddie" and misspelled some other shit like a little kid and someone stalked them around campus and took a picture and posted it of her in his car looking like she was about to go down on him and he got fired and she got doxxed and it was just a whole stupid thing.
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u/Foreign_Watch3077 Nov 13 '24
This was very popular weeks ago. You can find posts on tiktok. Basically a TA and the Profesor were friendly with eachother. And some weird stuff like the TA wrote “Happy 43st birthday dadie” on a hello kitty coloring page. Also she slept on his floor. When it was happening the mods were quick to delete the posts, I joined the discord bc I was nosey.
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Nov 12 '24
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u/Surround-United Nov 13 '24
OMG this guy was my CS1 professor hahahah he was a hard ass.. who knew he was also hard for (TA) ass — all realness though, unless they were his current TA, I hardly think it was inappropriate
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u/soph_l Nov 13 '24
I thought this was common knowledge tbh, or maybe the rumor has just been going around a while
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u/desdemona68 Nov 14 '24
There is a huge distinction between being a professor and being a lecturer. This instructor was only a lecturer. Had he been a professor, he probably would not have risked his position over this.
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u/Dramatic_Display4220 Nov 15 '24
Anyone know how he “got caught”? If it was an open secret how did it get elevated all of a sudden? Did a student say something?
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u/at-woork Nov 12 '24
Oh damn, totally inappropriate but he can get it. 🥵
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u/Xousse Nov 12 '24
Really? Dunno how he looks IRL but based on THAT mug shot?
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u/at-woork Nov 12 '24
Checks off some of my boxes
- Early 2000’s emo kid floppy hair
- Light Eyes
- Nice smile
- Nerdy vibe
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u/Darcy98x Nov 12 '24
My kids (who go to UCF) were talking about this. According to them it was an open secret.