Because unlike you I read the fucking article. In it, the author directly refers to the student as 'him' and 'he'; therefore it is safe to say, despite your politically ridiculous musings, that the protagonist is male.

No it is not safe to do so -- as I have already explained in detail. And yes for the uptenth I read the article.

You are wrong. End of. Learn when to back down.

Not really. I think that you are wrong you think that I am wrong. We will never resolve this. Goodbye.

You have to have the final word?

The story refers to the article, the student, in the masculine form. In English, we do not have explicit masculine/feminine forms of adjectives, therefore the article, in this case a student, is a male as the story's author referred to the article as 'him', 'he' and 'his'. I simply do not understand what you are finding so hard about this, other than petty political correctness. QED.

Furthermore, it is totally irrelevant to the story itself!

You. Are. Wrong.