About the school newspaper. I think that it would definitely put heat on the provost. Who is above the provost at the University? Is there an academic athority outside of the school that can hold the Provost accountable?
I really strongly believe that other students would file complaints about the preferential treatment.
I could see the headline: "Want an A, have an affair with your professor, Provost states it's ok"....
LOL! They would DEFINITELY know it's me!
I was on another marriage board and learned that prof-student affairs are very common in universities and there's a long-standing practice of looking the other way. One woman said she's seen some profs 'high fiving' each other in faculty meetings for banging various students. Another said in her 25 years in academia, the only time she ever heard of a factlty prosecution was when it involved a female prof and male student. Unbelievable!
The police told me they'd been sent by the Provost to investigate this because he didn't want it getting into the paper. Imagine that! The only time they care is if there's bad PR potential. I told the detective I wouldn't do anything else at the university level. If I was feeling particularly vindictive, I'd just go back to the other board, round up the other university wives, and call up the Associated Press - maybe right around graduation time. Wouldn't that make for some salacious press? The detective nearly sh*t his pants...
