University of Iowa Professor Tells College Republicans to 'F' Off

By Craig Robinson

A University of Iowa professor felt the need to reply to a blast email by the College Republicans on Monday morning. Ellen Lewin, a professor of Anthropology and Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies in the Department of Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies, sent a vulgar response to a College Republican email about the group's, "Conservative Coming Out Week."

The College Republican email, which was sent to the entire University of Iowa Community, had been approved by a number of university officials before being sent out.

Lewin responded to email by writing, "#*@% [F-Word] YOU, REPUBLICANS" from her official university email account.

Natalie Ginty, a University of Iowa Student and Chairwoman of the Iowa Federation of College Republicans, demanded an apology from Lewin's supervisors. "We understand that as a faculty member she has the right to express her political opinion, but by leaving her credentials at the bottom of the email she was representing the University of Iowa, not herself alone," Ginty wrote to James Enloe, the head of the Department of Anthropology.