Schierbecker said he met with Click at her office on Tuesday, but that he found her apology “lacking.” He said that he’s made further attempts to contact Click to speak to her about his grievances with her, but she has refused to engage him.
“I am just left with the feeling that she doesn’t care,” Schierbecker told USA TODAY.
Click expressed remorse when she met with journalism faculty on Tuesday night, and said that she not recall pushing Schiebecker as the video shows, said Esther Thorson, associate dean of graduate studies and research at the journalism school. Click also told the faculty members, who were weighing whether to revoke her courtesy appointment with the journalism school, that she had received more than 2,000 threatening e-mails since Monday’s incident.
“She said she felt threatened by (Schierbecker),” Thorson said in an interview. “I asked, ‘Did you push him?’ She said that she didn’t remember, that she thought she held up her hand. She said she felt that she and the students were being aggressed upon.”
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