So THAT'S what trumps tenure.

WGAL: University Fires Professor After Internet Stalking Arrest

CONWAY, Ark. -- Usually, once you get tenure as a university professor, you have it for life.

But that won't be the case with a professor at the University of Central Arkansas.

The school fired Troy Helm after his arrest on an Internet stalking charge.
Helm served as music librarian and assistant professor of music at the school.

He was arrested last week by North Little Rock police on charges of online stalking and criminal attempt to commit rape.

Authorities said he spent months communicating with a person he took for a 13-year-old girl, but who was actually a police officer.

An arrest report said Helm steered the conversation to a sexual nature while he believed he was talking to a youngster and suggested they meet.
A university official said while the school respects tenure, there are cases that are so bad that they require immediate firing and this is one of those cases.