When tasked with the protection of human capital, it's not a big surprise that the administration takes the most extreme response when confronted with uncertain

When tasked with the protection of human capital, it's not a big surprise that the administration takes the most extreme response when confronted with uncertainty. That being said, the Engineering professor could have prevented the whole situation if he had just kept it in his class for the rest of the day instead of advising the student to "hide it".