by Josh Sippie engin akyurt There is a certain decorum expected of a history professor in middle-of-nowhere Missouri. Plaid is encouraged, solid is smiled upon, abnormal patterns are generally treated like blotches of leprosy and held against you at your quarterly evaluations. Dr. Jasper, who specialized in French History and the Barbary Wars, was denied tenure when the school board pulled out an itemized list of unofficial infractions, among which were shirts with taco patte