Professor Sues The Student In This Lawsuit Flip-Flop

ACROSS AMERICA — It’s not the student who is suing his professor and university over a grade dispute, but the professor who is the plaintiff.

Students in tenured business law professor Sharlene McEvoy’s class took their final exam remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic, with instructions the tests should arrive at her home by June 12, 2020.

Joseph Moran, a student from New Jersey, mailed his test four days before the deadline, but it didn’t arrive at McEvoy’s home until June 16. She flunked him. After Moran complained to the department chair, she gave him a C-; he complained again, and the grade was changed to “pass.”

In her lawsuit, McEvoy argues Moran violated university procedure by not attempting to resolve the issue with her first, and she’s accused the university of defamation. Read the full story on Fairfield, Connecticut, Patch.

MLB Game Built On Field Of Dreams

The White Sox and Yankees meet Thursday for the long-awaited Field of Dreams Major League Baseball game in a temporary stadium in Iowa near the baseball diamond carved from a cornfield in the legendary baseball movie.

Visitors have flocked to the movie site near Dyersville, Iowa, in the years since the 1989 premiere. “Field of Dreams,” the movie, isn’t really about baseball, though.

"It's about the pursuit of one's dreams, redemption, just being able to persevere past all of the trials and tribulations people face throughout their lives," said Roman Weinberg, the director of operations for Go The Distance Baseball, which owns the Field of Dreams Movie Site.

"It gives them hope," he said. "It's so simple yet so powerful, because the movie presents it in such a simple way." Read the full story on Across America Patch.

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