Tuesday seemed just like another normal day in the Marriott School, but all was not as it appeared. Jace Bringhurst rolled into his Ethics for Management class a healthy fifteen minutes late after a morning shred sesh at Sundance.

In fact, he was still wearing his Wind Range Ski Socks from Stance, equipped with Feel360® Fiber Technology. But he did have time to put on his Balenciaga Stripe Short Sleeve Button Up shirt, Nike Flex pants, Wolf and Shepherd Crossover Longwing shoes, Arvo Twilight watch, and of course, TAVIK Daley TripleFin Backpack. 

Jace gave Professor Romney a fist bump before taking a seat three rows back and settling in for some fresh instruction on ethics or whatever. When all out of nowhere, Jace claims his left ear started to itch, so he removed his AirPod® to give it a good scratch.

“Must have been cold wind from the slopes drying out my ear canal,” Jace told us.

Professor Romney did not immediately notice, but when he did, he was shocked. “This amount of disrespect is not acceptable for college students, especially in a 300 level class,” Romney commented. Rather than publicly shame Jace, Romney pulled out his iPhone® 11 Pro and sent Jace a LinkedIn message, requesting a meeting after class. Jace received the message on his Apple Watch® (on his other wrist from the Arvo) and was instantly pretty bummed.

“I didn’t wanna be disrespectful, my ear just itched man. I put the AirPod® right back in anyway.” said Jace.

But Romney believes Jace’s excuse is paltry at best:

“Part of the Marriott School’s Mission Statement is to ‘develop. . . men and women of faith, character, and professional ability. . .’ We would expect anyone in our program to behave in the classroom with the same professionalism expected in a business meeting. Would Jace ever remove his AirPods® during an interview or meeting with the CEO of a company, even if his ears itched? Why did he think it was okay during class?”

Jace’s case is being reviewed by both the Honor Code Office and Marriott School Administration. Whether he can continue in the Finance program after this incident remains to be seen.

Jace had these final remarks for us:

“Yeah man, I’m pretty fetching crestfallen. I hope I can continue in the program. I just got engaged, but we’ll still prolly get married even if I get kicked out. I mean how many college kids do you know that own their own business? Talk to me if you wanna make some extra cash this summer (LinkedIn). Anyway, you can use my code (JB5off) for a small discount on Stance Socks.”