What started out as a simple class assignment evolved into an interdepartmental predicament pitting the journalism department against the Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation at Texas A&M University \u2013 Kingsville (TAMUK) David Gines.<\/p>\n
Gines both directly and indirectly threatened Communications major Frank Russell with academic misconduct in emails to Russell and Professor of Journalism\/Communications at TAMUK Manuel Flores.<\/p>\n
Tensions began after Russell emailed Jaquelyn Westbrook, assistant director of development for athletics, in an attempt to conduct a follow-up interview based on a previous set of questions answered by Gines. The email interview was part of a class assignment for advanced reporting taught by Nicole Morris, who is also The South Texan<\/i> adviser.<\/p>\n
Westbrook forwarded the email to Gines who then emailed Flores.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not know who is teaching this course, but some reigning is in order [sic] and quickly. Seeking interviews under falsified information is Academic Misconduct,\u201d Gines wrote to Flores. \u201cI am a faculty member, and I will file misconduct on every instance if these students are not immediately corrected. Thanks in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flores forwarded the email to Chair of the Art, Communications, and Theatre (ACT) Department Todd Lucas and replied to Gines.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an advanced reporting course, Scott. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s falsified information. I believe it\u2019s for a story that instructor is having her class work on for the student newspaper,\u201d Flores wrote. \u201cIn this case, they are South Texan<\/i> reporters, as the memo said. They are trained to ask questions and will continue to do so as long as they do in an orderly and proper manner.\u201d<\/p>\n
What Gines considers to be \u201cfalse\u201d information appears to center on the wording of one particular question emailed to Westbrook by Russell.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe questions you are posing that state you \u2018talked with Scott Gines\u2019 and \u20188 faculty members were relieved of their roles\u2019 are not factual or true and falsely representative of my previous written answsers [sic] to your questions,\u201d Gines wrote in an email to Russell. That email concluded with, \u201cMy recommendation is that you [Russell] pose questions that accurately reflect the data you collected to date. I view anything shy of this standard to represent Academic Misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cfalsified\u201d information Gines is referring to is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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