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Oops! Prof Surfs Porn on Live Teleconference Feed

By Guvner,  Newser User

Posted Jun 30, 2010 11:40 PM CDT | Promoted on Newser Jul 1, 2010 10:23 AM CDT

(User Submitted) – Texas Tech professor Rodney "Rod" Hicks gave his students more than they signed on for (or he intended). The 50-year-old health sciences professor taught a class via teleconference from Austin, but didn't terminate the live video feed after the lecture. The professor then proceeded to surf the web for porn, apparently unaware that his activities were being transmitted for any still-connected students to see.

Hicks, whose Texas Tech staff listings says he specializes in pediatrics, had received the University Medical Center Endowed Chair for Patient Safety in 2008. Texas Tech subsequently stripped him of the endowed chair, reports KCBD in Lubbock, Texas, and deleted him from the university website. He was asked to come back to Lubbock to face the music, the station reports, but he seems to be AWOL. Read the full article.

  (AP)
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Derni
Jul 2, 2010 7:06 PM CDT
Sounhds like a stimulating class and I'm sure if you showed porn more stiudents would sign up and probably learn somethingthey couod use in life..withpout the college droupouts especially males college has to do something to change its poor methods of techer for life..as do High Schools..and tneure couold be the first thing you might want to look at
samus
Jul 2, 2010 5:09 PM CDT
That's the stupidest thing I've heard in a while. Why shouldn't he find himself some porn after a lecture? Not like the dude was trying to broadcast it to everyone.
PrestoEnigma
Jul 2, 2010 2:53 AM CDT
Was it at least good porn?

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