University Administrator Warns Students Over Professor Harassment

0:00The latest headlines, weather, and stories right here on Birmingham News today. A leaked audio clip from the University of South Alabama shows a top administrator warning the head of the campus turning point USA chapter about potential damage to school funding. Dr. J. Harold Perdue, the Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, spoke directly to student leader Ethan Kaiser about holding back videos of their encounters with professors. This came right after Kaiser filed a formal complaint accusing assistant Matt professor Joshua Leo A of harassing turning point USA members during. Campus interactions. The videos captured tense exchanges that the students say crossed into targeted bullying over their political views. Stay Senator Arthur Orr, who chairs Alabama Senate Education Ways and Means Committee weighed in on a Huntsville radio show, calling the administrators' approach deeply troubling. He argued the university should rein in its own faculty instead of pressuring students to stay

1:00quiet, especially since public campuses protect free. Speech under the First Amendment. Lawmakers and observers are now pushing for the school to address the professor's behavior and protect student rights. As these complaints move forward, it highlights growing tensions over political expression at public universities across the state.