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 By Megan Boehnke of the Knoxville News Sentinel 
 
 University of Tennessee officials are investigating a claim of sexual harassment after reports surfaced online that a student received a zero on a geology quiz for answering a question about his lab instructor's name with that of a semifamous lingerie model.  ======= ======= ====== ====== ====== ===== ==== ====== ====== ===== ==== ======= ======= ====== ====== ====== ===== ==== ====== ====== ===== ==== 
 
 Keaton Wahlbon is a student at the University of Tennessee who doesn’t remember the names of his TAs, just like the rest of America. Keaton had a geology quiz with Professor Bill Deane and one of the questions on the quiz was “what is your lab instructor’s name? (if you don’t remember, make something good up).” Since Keaton didn’t remember, he put down the first generic girl name he could think of, which was Sarah Jackson. Neither the student nor the teaching assistant filed a complaint, said university spokeswoman Karen Simsen. "A bunch of us didn't know (the instructor's name) so I literally put down a very common girl name and a common last name, Sarah Jackson," Wahlbon wrote. Keaton Wahlbon, a freshman majoring in economics, was apparently given a zero by an instructor who wrote "inappropriate" on his quiz next to his answer to the question, "What is your lab instructor's name? Befuddled, Keaton emailed Bill asking for a reason why he got a zero, and for Deane to hear his side of the story. "Our Office of Equity and Diversity is looking into the matter, as they are required to consider all complaints brought to them by a member of our campus community." Wahlbon wrote "Sarah Jackson" — also the name of a lingerie model and actress with a handful of TV credits, including as a model on the 2007 show "Deal or No Deal," according to IMDB.com. Bill wasn’t having it, and told him that it was sexual harassment under the definition of Title IX.
– "Sarah Jackson" is apparently the name of a pornographic model. If you weren't previously aware of that, well, neither was Keaton Wahlbon, and his ignorance of that fact just got him into hot water at the University of Tennessee. Wahlbon is a student in Professor Bill Deane's earth science class, and on a recent quiz, there was a question reading: "What is your lab instructor's name? (if you don't remember, make something good up)." Wahlbon couldn't remember, so he wrote in "a random generic name," he tells Reason. But that name was Sarah Jackson, and when Wahlbon got his quiz back, he'd received a score of zero and his answer to that question was marked "inappropriate," TotalFratMove reports. After speaking to the teaching assistant who graded the quiz, who told him the grade would not be changed, Wahlbon emailed Deane—and the professor doubled down on the TA's decision. Despite Wahlbon explaining that he had "zero intention of trying to be funny or rude" since he had no idea Sarah Jackson was the name of a porn star, Deane responded to him, "I have no way of determining your intention. I can only consider the result. The result is that you gave the name of Sarah Jackson, who is a lingerie and nude model. That result meets with Title IX definition of sexual harassment. The grade of zero stands and will not be changed." Wahlbon told Reason on Oct. 4 he planned to appeal to the head of the natural sciences department. But on Friday, a university spokesperson told the Knoxville News Sentinel that neither Wahlbon nor the teaching assistant had filed a complaint, and that the department actually brought up the issue after reading about the incident online. University officials are now investigating. (A Berkeley professor accused of sexual harassment is suing his accusers.)