Biology Professor 'Shot Dead Three Fellow Staff'

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Alabama shooting: professor charged as three die


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Bishop could face the death penalty if convicted of murder, reports said

A biology professor denied a job promotion has been charged with murder after a shooting at a southern US university left three people dead.
Amy Bishop was apprehended outside a science building at the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus after opening fire at a faculty meeting.
She could face the death penalty if convicted, officials said. Reports said her husband was also being questioned.
US educational sites have seen numerous fatal shooting attacks in recent years.
The most serious occurred at Virginia Tech University in 2007, when a student killed 32 people before turning the gun on himself.
Harvard-educated
Local media reports in Huntsville say the shooting happened after Prof Bishop found out she had been denied academic tenure, which guarantees job security.

University officials said no students were involved

University spokesman Ray Garner said the three killed were the head of department and two other professors. No students were harmed in the incident.
Two of the three injured, also biology department members, are said to be in a critical condition in hospital. The third was reportedly in a "fair" condition.
The Huntsville campus in northern Alabama has about 7,500 students.
Prof Bishop is a neurobiologist who studied at Harvard University. She had joined the biology faculty as an assistant professor in 2003.
 
Maybe this is a wake up call to Academia. I can remember when I worked in academia how political and stresfull things could get over issues that don't amount to jack shit in the real world often to the point where one loses perspective.

This is a great example. This biology Prof got so stressed out by the mind games they played with her over tenure that she opened fire on their asses. Lost perspective that a Harvard Educated Nuerophysiologist can make 3 to 4 times what she makes at a University, tenure or not, in the real world.

I once told a Full Professor (who earned his PhD as MIT mind you) who was making sarcastic remarks about having to take time away from research to *gasp* get his hands dirty by teaching.....get this....students!

I told him that he shouldn't be so arrogant. He was less productive and of less value to society then our plants millright. He looked down his nose at me, gave a condescending smile and said "What makes you think that?" to whcih I said, "He makes more money then you do and he gets more work of value done in a day then you have in 20 years of research. Good thing I was working as an outside contractor. He couldn't get me fired! LOL
 
tom prendergast said:
If this was the plot of a film you just wouldn't believe it!

Alabama shooting: professor charged as three die


_47292633_008725891-1.jpg
Bishop could face the death penalty if convicted of murder, reports said

A biology professor denied a job promotion has been charged with murder after a shooting at a southern US university left three people dead.
Amy Bishop was apprehended outside a science building at the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus after opening fire at a faculty meeting.
She could face the death penalty if convicted, officials said. Reports said her husband was also being questioned.
US educational sites have seen numerous fatal shooting attacks in recent years.
The most serious occurred at Virginia Tech University in 2007, when a student killed 32 people before turning the gun on himself.
Harvard-educated
Local media reports in Huntsville say the shooting happened after Prof Bishop found out she had been denied academic tenure, which guarantees job security.

University officials said no students were involved

University spokesman Ray Garner said the three killed were the head of department and two other professors. No students were harmed in the incident.
Two of the three injured, also biology department members, are said to be in a critical condition in hospital. The third was reportedly in a "fair" condition.
The Huntsville campus in northern Alabama has about 7,500 students.
Prof Bishop is a neurobiologist who studied at Harvard University. She had joined the biology faculty as an assistant professor in 2003.
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Obviously the folks in Alabama were unaware of the truism, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" or passed over for promotion.
 
That is one smart lady.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070820140857/www.uah.edu/colleges/science/biology/amy/amy.htm

In California don't they have a "special person's act" that results in the different handling of celebrities? Maybe there should be a national "special person's act". To sentence that lady to death would be a loss to all mankind. She was working on stem cells and spinal cord regeneration.

Set up a lab for her in a prison and let her repay her debt to society by seeking medical solutions. What say you?

Plus, she is a great teacher.
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=392617&page=3

Imagine a prison turning out under graduate neurobiologists !!!
 
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apple0154 said:
That is one smart lady.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070820140857/www.uah.edu/colleges/science/biology/amy/amy.htm

In California don't they have a "special person's act" that results in the different handling of celebrities? Maybe there should be a national "special person's act". To sentence that lady to death would be a loss to all mankind. She was working on stem cells and spinal cord regeneration.

Set up a lab for her in a prison and let her repay her debt to society by seeking medical solutions. What say you?

Plus, she is a great teacher.
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=392617&page=3


Imagine a prison turning out under graduate neurobiologists !!!
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The rumors I am hearing is that she was callous and unconcerned about her students. I had pictured her as another of those profs who think their job is research and publishing, and that the time with students interfere with that.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Maybe this is a wake up call to Academia. I can remember when I worked in academia how political and stresfull things could get over issues that don't amount to jack shit in the real world often to the point where one loses perspective.

This is a great example. This biology Prof got so stressed out by the mind games they played with her over tenure that she opened fire on their asses. Lost perspective that a Harvard Educated Nuerophysiologist can make 3 to 4 times what she makes at a University, tenure or not, in the real world.

I once told a Full Professor (who earned his PhD as MIT mind you) who was making sarcastic remarks about having to take time away from research to *gasp* get his hands dirty by teaching.....get this....students!

I told him that he shouldn't be so arrogant. He was less productive and of less value to society then our plants millright. He looked down his nose at me, gave a condescending smile and said "What makes you think that?" to whcih I said, "He makes more money then you do and he gets more work of value done in a day then you have in 20 years of research. Good thing I was working as an outside contractor. He couldn't get me fired! LOL
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I never got that whole arrogance thing about teaching. Although, I can understand that these dudes and gals are under pressure to make a certain quota of publications a year, and teaching in and of itself takes away time from meeting those publication expectations. These dudes are also expected to bring in a lot of money to the university, by writing grant proposals and bringing in a butt load of bling to the university. So, in a certain respect I can see the inherent conflict between teaching, publishing, and bringing $$$ into the university.

In some respects, that's why I think the level and dedication to teaching at smaller state colleges and community colleges is more valued, and sometimes better than at a major research university. I never got why these dudes hate teaching. I taught at community college and state college, and it was a barrel of fun. How many times in your life to you get to be God, and be the smartest one in the room - the one everyone else is supposed to get information from? You're like the center of attention for a whole hour of class. It's an ego boost! And I tend to be an ego maniac, so I thrive on it.... Ha, j/k. I personally thought teaching was more fun than a barrel of monkeys, and I totally dug it.

But, one also, I think, has to really dig people-to-people and social interactions if one is really committed to teaching. This is totally a gross generalization, but I suspect some of these research university goons never had a real job, they were the science geeks in high school, and they spent their life in academia. So people skills, and social skills might not have been high on the skill sets they developed through life.
 
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If I ever pursue becoming a history professor, it will be where I can emphasize teaching and not be as concerned about publishing and researching. That's just me, of course.
 
Yurt said:
watermark claims most science profs are liberals, so odds are this was a liberal....what oh what is topspin going to do now?
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Either ignore it or implode. More than likely ignore it since most criminals who commits gun crimes are drug users/dealers and live in urban areas, which are statistically liberal.
 
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