SEX ON CAMPUS: Erin O’Connor has been covering a bunch of stories that I haven’t, including one from Kansas in which a state legislator seems to have made shamefully false statements. The professor she attacked is demanding an investigation by the Kansas Attorney General now. And I’m not sure that legislative immunity would bar a libel suit in these circumstances.

Heh. For a legislator to cross swords with a tenured professor is a risky move, especially when the legislator is, you know, in the wrong. Tenured professors have a lot more job security than legislators, they’re usually pretty good at expressing themselves, and they tend to hold grudges. And who has more to lose here?

UPDATE: Oops, I misread this. It’s the state legislator who asked for the investigation by the Attorney General, not the professor. Sorry.

Some Kansas readers say that local media coverage makes it look worse than the stuff on Erin O’Connor’s blog, but they didn’t include any links. If you’ve got some, send ’em.

ANOTHER UPDATE: An intrepid reader sends this, this, this, and this. I’d call it State Senator 0, professor 4.