A little sunlight was all it took to get the Brandeis University administration to lift an unexplained “no-contact order” against the student journalist Daniel Mael, restricting his movements on campus.
Though he had been accused of harassing a fellow student by retweeting her comments about the slain New York City cops, the order was prompted by a different student leader who tried to get Mael punished for his tweet-based article.
The Washington Free Beacon, which broke news of the order yesterday, followed up today by reporting that Brandeis pulled the order “just hours” after its initial report.
Brandeis Dean of Students Jamele Adams gave Mael an explanation that shouldn’t convince anyone that it was anything other than a response to outrage that the school was punishing a student for basic news reporting:
“Thank you for respecting the mutual No Contact Order between you and Michael [Piccione],” Adams wrote, according to a copy of the email obtained by the Free Beacon. “As there have been no reported incidents from either side of attempting to contact one another, I do not see any justification for continuing the No Contact Order into the spring semester.”
“By way of this message I am informing you that the No Contact Order is lifted as of this Friday, January 9, 2015,” Adams wrote. “If you have any concerns about this, or would have reasons to suggest that the NCO remain in place for your protection, please contact me before Friday and I will consider extending it.”
“For your protection.” Hilarious.
Mael previously beat the charges against him by the tweeting student only after he retained legal counsel, as The College Fix previously noted.
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