It’s important to recognize the disparity in treatment received by Dotson, on the one hand, and the treatment received by Greer and Brundage, on the other hand. Greer and Brundage have violated the constitutional and federal statutory rights of NMU students on multiple occasions over the past decade and a half, including illegally discriminating against students with mental disorders—but have not received any disciplinary actions themselves from the university.

Less than three weeks before the opening day of firearm season, former NMU student Tristan Leaf was charged with violating the university weapons policy and immediately suspended after a compound bow was...