Suspended professor made salty video to get ‘juices flowing’
By ED WHITE
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) β A Michigan professor who was suspended after making a profanity-filled introductory video for his students says it was simply a humorous attempt βto get their juices flowing.β Barry Mehler teaches history at Ferris State University in Big Rapids. Mehler was placed on leave after the school president said he was βshocked and appalledβ by the video. In the video, Mehler covered a range of topics, including grades, attendance, plagiarism, COVID-19 and the HBO series βDeadwood.β He says he randomly assigns grades before the first day of class because that’s how βpredestination works.β Mehler also called students βvectors of disease,β a reference to COVID-19.