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Vol. CXXVII, No. 125 © 2018 The Michigan Daily
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NEWS ....................................
OPINION ...............................
ARTS/NEWS..........................
MiC.........................................
SPORTS................................
MICHIGAN IN COLOR
Why I write
MiC columnist reflects on
experiences with the craft
>> SEE PAGE 9
NEWS
Water safety
After almost drowning U-M
prof advocates for water
safety in the Great Lakes.
>> SEE PAGE 3
OPINION
On traveling
Part one of a two part
series of an experience
abroad in Chile
>> SEE PAGE 4
ARTS
Mo Pop’s lineup a
success
The Detroit music festival a
strong collection of talents
>> SEE PAGE 6
SPORTS
Man Utd. vs.
Liverpool
Liverpool and Manchester
United duked it out only to
see one club dominate with
a near-strength crew.
>> SEE PAGE 12
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Award-winning lecturer fired
amid misconduct allegations
LEO VP says
John Rubadeau is
filing a grievance
against U-M
By GRACE KAY
Summer Managing News Editor
On Tuesday, July 24, John
Rubadeau, a University of Michigan
senior lecturer, sent out an email to
his colleagues within the English
department informing them the
University was terminating his
employment before the remaining
four years of his contract had
expired.
According to his email, the
University removed the 78-year-old
lecturer from his position without
benefits, effective Aug. 3. Motives
behind the University’s action
against Rubadeau, an instructor
in the English department for
33 years, remain unclear. Some
of Rubadeau’s former students
point to potential allegations of
misconduct.
English department chair David
Porter, as well as department
undergraduate director Andrea
Zemgulys declined to comment,
and directed all questions to
University
spokesman
Rick
Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald wrote the
University cannot comment on
personnel matters.
“Our
approach
is
designed
to respect the privacy of our
employees,” Fitzgerald wrote in an
email interview with The Daily. “I
can tell you that the university takes
the termination of any employee
very seriously and in each case these
matters are carefully considered.”
Rubadeau
also
declined
to
comment due to legal concerns.
“Sadly, on the advice of my
lawyer, I can not respond to any
direct questions,” Rubadeau wrote
in an email to The Daily. “I have
much to say, and I should certainly
like to say it to you, but my tongue is
legally tied.”
University
protocol
directs
complaints against faculty and staff
through the Office for Institutional
Equity, which operates under the
authority of Title IX to investigate
claims of misconduct. OIE is headed
by Pamela Heatlie, who came
under fire recently by students for
mishandling bias cases.
Less
than
48
hours
after
Rubadeau
received
news
of
the University’s final decision,
University alum Parker Procida,
who works as Rubadeau’s typist,
sent out a mass email to more than
4,000 former students informing
them of the University’s decision
and calling on them to contact
University president Mark Schlissel
on Rubadeau’s behalf.
“Most of you know and love
John,” Procida wrote. “Three of
John’s favorite words are ‘Quid pro
quo.’ The man that has taught us
all and given so much of his life to
educating young people deserves a
little quid pro quo-ing from those
that he has impacted.”
Details emerge
in prof’s death
Robert Sharp was
stabbed 28 times,
burned by ex-convict
By ALICE TRACEY
Summer Daily News Editor
Isom
Hamilton,
an
ex-convict
charged with the murder of Robert
Sharp, a retired University of Michigan
professor
emeritus,
underwent
preliminary examination July 19 and
has been scheduled for an August 30
pretrial hearing before Judge Darlene
O’Brien.
Sharp, who was 76 years old, taught
in the U-M chemistry department for
39 years before retiring in 2008. He
held a doctorate from Case Western
Reserve studying multidimensional and
multiquantum NMR of paramagnetic
systems, and completed his postdoc
education at Oxford University.
Sharp was found dead in his home at
3200 Alpine Drive on Monday, June 11.
Police believe Hamilton killed Sharp on
June 10 or 11, attempting to cover his
tracks after breaking in for the second
time in a week and discovering Sharp
was home.
The AAPD entered Sharp’s home
after his neighbors expressed concern
over Sharp’s failure to show up for
a community meeting. Police found
heavy smoke residue in the home as
well as bloody drag marks leading to
the basement, where they discovered
Sharp’s body.
“I followed the blood trail down
the stairs into the basement,” said Ann
Arbor police officer Craig Lee. “At the
very bottom of the stairs, we did find the
victim.”
Pathologist Jeffrey Jentzen testified
Sharp died after suffering 28 knife
wounds. A one-inch piece of knife blade,
which investigators think Hamilton
took from Sharp’s kitchen, was found
lodged in Sharp’s neck vertebra.
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