Northwestern Professor Resigns, Blaming Party Hearty Students

Used condoms in the backyard and beer cans in the hedges have led one Northwestern professor to quit his job and put his home near campus on the market, according to CBS Local. 

“There hasn’t been any real engagement, real enforcement,” former adjunct associate medical professor Mark Waymack told CBS Local, citing university administration. “It’s much more of a tolerance of students-will-be-students.” 

Ald. Judy Fiske (1st Ward) read an anonymous letter from a Northwestern professor announcing his resignation at last week’s city council meeting. The Daily Northwestern later identified that professor as Waymack. 

In the letter, Waymack said he was sick of finding red Solo cups on his property and seeing his hedge broken by rowdy students, and described Dillo Day as the final straw. He said he felt the university administration should be doing more to prevent such behavior. 

“My perception is that there is a culture of tolerance or at least indifference on the institution’s part,” Waymack said in the letter. 

University spokesman Alan Cubbage responded to the claims in an e-mail to the Daily.

"We're sorry to hear that the neighbor feels our students' behavior has been troublesome, as we always want to be good neighbors," Cubbage wrote. "We wish him well in his future endeavors." 

Ald. Fiske told Patch she believed part of the problem was aggravated by the location of a university bus stop in close proximity to Waymack’s home.