Possible Clues:

• Imposed a penalty
• Imposed a penalty on
• Shoved round in the wrong way and penalised
• Chastised
• Penalised because I got rid of the joke
• The joke I got rid of and paid the penalty for it
• As a joke hides, foolishly, and is disciplined
• Treated severely
• Maybe flogged campus building, having very little money as capital
• Joke on her in the papers taught one a lesson