By Justine McGuire Could English professor William Penn’s in-class rant have been handled differently? Yes, said Rawley Van Fossen, MSU College Democrats president and social relations and policy and urban planning junior. He said steps the university has taken in response to the "anti-Republican rant," are in the right direction, including removing Penn from classes and creating a faculty committee. But the student who recorded the lecture also should have handled the situation differently. There are channels for students to address problems with faculty, such as going to the department chair or dean, Van Fossen said. Political science sophomore Evan Schrage who recorded a nine minutes of the rant, didn’t do that — the video was posted on YouTube. The YouTube video gathered momentum a few days after it was posted and gained national attention. “We can’t just go around posting a YouTube video when ever we have a problem with a professor. Our only route to bring forth this issue shouldn’t be putting up a video,” Van Fossen said. “I’m not sure that was the most fair way to deal with Penn.” He added that he has a problem with the video because it was edited down from nine minutes to about one minute. “It’s not in full context — the video is edited,” he said. “I have to think that there was context to that statement. It's hard for me to believe that there are professors that rant like that in class.” Recording professors during class is not going to improve the learning environment, he said. “I’m here to learn. I want to hear what they have to say,” Van Fossen said.