Rosemary Owens had

now we know who banned the waverly labs/jeremy shum engineering notes web site... matter should be reported to channel 7's today tonight or channel 9's current affair, will be interesting story, can see the headlines, "we pay them our taxes, but rosemary owens banned 16-year-old Jeremy Shum's school work".

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> A former University of Adelaide law school staff member has stepped
> forward to expose the Head of School, Rosemary Owens, as having a
> "vendetta" against Jeremy Shum, using "whatever means necessary, legal
> or not". Owens was accused of having the vendetta against Jeremy Shum,
> as a result of racially discriminating against the 16-year-old, which
> gave her the title "white supremist". Documents however, show that at
> the time, Owens was accused of not racial discrimination, but
> religious discrimination. Documents show that Rosemary Owens, of the
> far left faction at the law school, apparently was sourced with
> information from two tort law teachers, Bernadette Richards and Susan
> Bartie, also from the left faction of the law school, that Jeremy was
> christian. Yet what is even more concerning is allegations Rosemary
> Owens had the "hots" for 16-year-old Jeremy Shum, and after being
> rejected by him on numerous occasions, made it her life goal to
> "destroy" Jeremy by any means, "legal or not". This explanation of
> course explains a lot, and explains the reason for the extensive
> actions Owens took against Jeremy Shum, including seeking legal
> action. Explanations such as the fact Owens disliked comparisons law
> students made of Owens against the "Jeremy Shum Law Videos" which
> competed with UofA course material, are far less convincing. Documents
> say Owens purportedly told Richards and Bartie over a conversation
> that the left faction should find any means, "legal or not", to
> "destroy" Jeremy.
>
> The source, then said that Rosemary Owens used her connections with IT
> head Virginia Deegan, also of the left faction, to fabricate a an
> email allegedly written by Jeremy Shum criticising Rosemary Owens'
> teaching, calling her "fat", "incompetent" to teach law, and saying
> she was "unfit" to be the head of school. When called to see Owens in
> her office about the matter, Mr. Shum described the meeting, later in
> documentary form, as "abusive, harassing, threatening and
> intimidating", and a complaint was filed to SAPOL on the grounds of
> "unlawful stalking". It is unclear whether Mr. Shum sought a
> restraining order against Owens. In the documents, Jeremy denied
> having ever criticised Owens' teaching, saying he thought she was a
> "fantastic" dean, but should take an open view to his Waverly Labs
> lecture videos, and not ban students from using them. It is assumed
> Owens was of great dislike of Jeremy due to his success as an
> independent "consultant lecturer", helping students pass law without
> attending lectures.
>
> Shum did allude to his criticism of Owens at the time for using
> "hearsay evidence", accusing Rose of "abusing court process", because
> since the source of the emails couldn't be proven, Owens had said Shum
> would need to see a counselor. Although this matter would not have
> been extraordinary, the intent of Rosemary Owens was clear, because
> she knew well that students who were redirected to counseling, would
> have to have such matters reported to the South Australian Supreme
> Court on admission to the bar.
>
> "It was all about Rosemary Owens abusing her power as a left-wing
> dean, to force a christian 16-year-old to say he had 'counseling' to
> discredit him," a political studies lecturer from the University said.
>
> "For all the ideals that Owens stood for - independence, honesty,
> integrity - realistically, all she was dishonest, a liar, and spin
> tactician."
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