### Incident 24 (Row 25): Faculty Refusal to Join Committee Despite Outside Support
* **AAUP Redbook Review (C):** The systemic fear or unwillingness of any UT faculty to sponsor a student—despite four external experts willing to serve—demonstrates a chilling effect on academic freedom within the department, orchestrated by departmental leadership.
* **ADA / Title IX / VEVRAA Review:** (Contextual). This illustrates the successful culmination of the pervasive hostile environment; the institutional freeze-out was so complete that no internal faculty member dared to associate with the targeted disabled veteran, fulfilling the discriminatory intent of the administration.