“F for the class.” As quoted above, the Student Handbook, Sec. 1(C)(1), grants the instructor the right to “assign any grade on a paper or examination related to the offense, assign any grade for the course in which the offense occurred, or recommend to his or her Chairperson a more severe sanction.” HE 3. Sec. 1(D)(2), states that “[t]he assignment of a grade by the instructor on a paper or examination involved in the offense shall not be subject to appeal.” This is the only penalty students cannot appeal according to Sec. 1(D), the Right of Student to Appeal section. HE 3. The implication is that the student is able to appeal a faculty member’s recommendation that the student should be assigned a failing grade for the course or that the student should be given a more severe sanction. The Student Handbook, Sec. 1(D)(3), goes on to say that “[t]he student shall have the right of class attendance and participation until a decision is made on his/her appeal.” HE 3.

Whatever words Dr. Stokes used to deny the four students entry to her class, they immediately went to Assistant Director of Academic Advising, Travis Haskins and reported that Dr. Stokes told them not to return to her class. 1 HR 1:44, et sequa.

Assistant Director Haskins immediately walked with three students, including MS, to Dr. Stokes' class. He wanted to explain to Dr. Stokes that the students had the right under the university's procedures to attend class until their appeal was concluded. 1 HR 1:48 and 2:13. Mr. Haskins knew it was important to allow students to continue to attend class until the university appeal process "played out." 1 HR 1:50.

When he arrived, Dr. Stokes was talking with a student in the corner. When she saw Assistant Director Haskins, MS, and the other two students, she did not give Mr. Haskins a