Feeling the heat over an alleged sexual assault, Northwestern pulls the plug on a high-profile professor.
by Deanna Isaacs
If Peter Ludlow hadn't been a 55-year-old star professor at Northwestern University and his accuser hadn't been a 19-year-old NU freshman when they went to an art exhibit together two years ago, the sexual harassment lawsuit that has had Ludlow and the university in the spotlight since it was filed last month might boil down to a classic case of she says/he says. She says he got her drunk and groped her.…[ Read more ]