Missouri Professor Says If Violence Erupts in Classroom, ‘I Will Be the First to Eat a Bullet’

Missouri Professor Says If Violence Erupts in Classroom, ‘I Will Be the First to Eat a Bullet’
(Matt Hellman/Missourian via AP)
Zachary Stieber
11/11/2015
Updated:
11/11/2015

A Missouri professor is gaining attention to the email he sent to students, though he updated his comments in a message to one of the students.

“If you don’t feel safe coming to class, then don’t come to class,” Dale Brigham wrote in an e-mail to his Nutritional Science 1034 class that’s circulating online. “I will be there, and there will be an exam administered in our class.”

“If you give into bullies, they win. The only way bullies are defeated is by standing up to them. If we cancel the exam, they win; if we go through with it, they lose,” he added.

“I know which side I am on. You make your own choice.”

In this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, photo, a member of Concerned Student 1950 films a protest in Mark Twain Dining Hall on University of Missouri campus, in Columbia, Mo. (Sarah Bell/Missourian via AP)
In this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, photo, a member of Concerned Student 1950 films a protest in Mark Twain Dining Hall on University of Missouri campus, in Columbia, Mo. (Sarah Bell/Missourian via AP)