THERE'S TOO MUCH MISSING INFORMATION IN THIS STORY

What instrument did she play?

Is there surveillance video? If so, how many Freedom Of Information Act Requests have there been for copies?

How many requests have there been to assume his office, in case the grateful talent placements continue to stop by?

How you think he'll do on the defense that it was "unrelated to his teaching position?"

Will this boost the crowd at her next performance?

Does she even need to bring her Euphonium or will the crowd think they signed up for Euphoria?

If Bloomington Normal gets any weirder, will it become part of Florida?

Ex-ISU prof charged with soliciting student for sex
By Greg Cima gcima@pantagraph.com

NORMAL - A former Illinois State University professor is accused of convincing an undergraduate student to perform a sex act on him as repayment for his help in getting her a paid musical performance, authorities said.Michael I. Forbes, 33, of the 1100 block of North Fell Street in Bloomington, has been charged with official misconduct. A warrant was sworn out as a result of an indictment handed down on Wednesday, said ISU Police Captain Don Knapp.

Forbes was booked Sunday and released after he posted $500, 10 percent of the $5,000 bond set by the court. A court file says Forbes solicited the student to go to his office to perform the sex act after he helped her acquire a job performing a musical performance, which paid $250.

"He resigned May 15," said Jay Groves, an Illinois State University spokesman on Friday night. He said that was all he was able to say."In the performance of his job as a music teacher, he got this student to do something he shouldn't have," Knapp said. Forbes was an assistant professor of Tuba and Euphonium in the School of Music at ISU.

Reporter William Barker contributed to this story.

Thanks to our friends at the Pantagraph for this story of firm dedication to the Student Body by a hard core educator