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Did Washington State’s Robert Barber get due process before he was expelled?

Months before Robert Barber was scheduled to graduate from Washington State, just one class from a criminal-justice degree, the fifth-year senior defensive tackle from American Samoa was expelled for allegedly assaulting another student at a party July 23.

Barber’s expulsion by the University Conduct Board on Sept. 7 came before the Pullman Police recommended assault charges against Barber, whom police alleged gave a male WSU student a concussion. The Whitman County prosecutor’s office has yet to decide if Barber will be charged.

Barber appealed his expulsion, and it was reduced to a suspension, effective Friday and lasting through July 2017.