Controversy
In 1989, George attracted some attention for his decision, as Provost, to bar the Internet newsgroup rec.humor.funny from Waterloo's news service.
From 1991 to 1993, he was involved in a dispute ("the Edmonds affair") with the University of Waterloo.
In 2000, his decision to override a professor's assigned marks for a calculus class resulted in considerable news coverage on campus and a formal arbitration between the university and the professor concerned.
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