I do agree with Nancy here.  But either way, he *did* uphold
the law of the land.  And that is a good thing.

All best,
Kevin

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:31:32 -0500
>From: Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]>  
>Subject: Re: The Constitution  
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Aside from the rightness or wrongness of the decision of the
new  
>president of W&M, he could have handled it better.
Considering how  
>tradition-minded Virginians are, he could have taken that into  
>consideration, had some public meetings, presented his
thinking,  
>perhaps made a few converts to his POV, and then done exactly
what he  
>did do. But it would have made people feel they were
consulted and he  
>took the time to discuss his reasoning with them. Instead of
breezing  
>into town and saying the cross must go. IMO he handled it very  
>poorly, and that kind of high-handed attitude will not win
you any  
>friends.
>
>Nancy
>
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Department of History
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