I recommend reading the comments.
For those too lazy to click, an excerpt
Having had the "honor" of attending class with Mr. Stephens, I would not say that this rebuff is uncalled for. It is one thing to hold a contrary opinion, it is another to act on the matter that Mr. Stephens consistently did: snobbery. [...] It is not as if Hendrix's opinion is not well known to Mr. Stephens, due to the dramatic and attention crazed way he departed the campus.
It sounds like he has quite a reputation there.