I had a number of snarky rebuttals to this bike, then looked again, saw it was a student project, and let it slide.
Yes to all the above issues, but I would put myself in their place, and with the need to round up a build kit for this project, if all they had was a geared wheel and shifter levers, maybe you hope someone would overlook that. Sure it could have used a once-over from someone who knows bike details but as a school project it’s ok.
Front page Core77 though? Hmmm maybe not.