How an Oklahoma student's gender essay became a national culture war fight

Ryan Walters had a suggestion for the University of Oklahoma student who emailed him for help over a bad grade.“Fight back.”The student, Samantha Fulnecky, a junior on a pre-med track, recently got a 0 on her essay that leaned on her Christian beliefs for an assignment on gender stereotypes in her psychology class.

The instructor told her in a Nov. 16 message that her essay was offensive and lacked evidence.