A more considerate fashion. The university was not his private
preserve. He may head it, but it is part of a culture and a
community, all of which he ignored. That doesn't sit well with
people. As Maya Angelou said, "People will forget what you say;
people will forget what you do; but people will never forget how you
made them feel." How did he make the people of the broader university
as well as the local community feel? As if they weren't even worth a
few discussions. A bit of his time. Whatever thoughts and opinions
they may have had didn't matter to him. One might call that
insulting. And rude. He could have handled it better, and made
friends instead of enemies. It's called "diplomacy."
Nancy
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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
--Daniel Boone
On Feb 22, 2007, at 11:00 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Who are the people you mention ("Sullivan, Verkuil, Graves, et
> al") and what have they to do with Virginia? Context, please.
> What bearing do they have to the argument that I have
> presented?
>
> My point was that the President of the University has upheld
> the spirit as well as the letter of the law, and in that sense
> he has been responsible.
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that he should not have upheld
> the law? Really?
>
> Or are you suggesting, as Nancy has, that he should have
> upheld the law in a more forthright fashion?
>
> Kevin
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:14:13 -0500
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: principled actions
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>> But in the mean time, you should be celebrating the
>>> principled actions of the President of William and Mary, who
>>> is providing an excellent model of civic responsibility for
>>> his students, and for us.
>>
>>
>> Give us a break.
>> So, Sullivan, Verkuil, Graves, et al were less models of
> civic responsibility than this man?
>> An "excellent model of civic responsibility".
>> He snuck into the Wren chapel, consulted with no one and took
> it upon himself to "defend the Constitution" by tampering with
> an historic building....and never mentioned it until he was
> caught.
>> This after being on the job for a few months. What else is up
> his sleeve, I wonder.
>>
>> Deane F. Mills
>> Calthrop Neck
>> Yorktown, VA
>>
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> Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D.
> Department of History
> James Madison University
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