President’s Dismissal Riles William and Mary

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So the posters who oppose Ms. Go calling their precious websites "angry" come on this site and, well, angrily post that she's an idiot. Extremely mature, everyone.

Thanks for providing a realistic outsider perspective. When people are so insulated in their world, they don't realize how ridiculous they look to the rest of us.

Freddy of VA 12:38PM March 17, 2009

As a professional journalist, you should be aware that 1) understanding the meanings of words and 2) checking your facts before you publish them are generally considered important facets of writing for a professional publication.

1) The website you call "angry" in your news story is arguably the most mature and LEAST angry student-run effort on campus since Nichol's resignation. If these people were angry, they wouldn't be employing diction like "honest, open, inclusive, and positive," as mentioned in the comment above.

2) There is no way that anyone who had read a single sentence posted on that website would have published that incredibly incorrect conclusion. Please do a tiny bit of work before you write an article for U.S. News & World Report again.

Kelley Quinn of VA 11:18PM February 21, 2008

Alison Go should read TribeUnited.com's values as stated on their site:

- Fostering an honest, open, inclusive, and positive campus dialogue

- Government transparency and community participation in the direction of the College

- Productive activism geared towards gaining a greater voice in the process.

Sounds anything but angry.

Brian Cannon of VA 2:57PM February 21, 2008

How on earth could anyone construe www.tribeunited.com as an "angry website," as you do in this article?

Devan Barber of VA 2:39PM February 21, 2008

The Cross Compromise of March 2007, never mentioned by Nichol as he bolted from his job last week, was embraced by all parties, including SavetheWrenCross.org, the most vocal and public of his opposition. Indeed, Nichol himself called the compromise “a very strong solution” (Virginia Gazette, March 7, 2007) and that he “recognizes the college’s history and tradition as well as the changing needs of our campus community. . . I am very pleased with the outcome— especially the beautiful display case” (Daily Press, August 4, 2007). Virginia’s Democrat Governor, Tim Kaine, defended the cross and questioned the need to remove it from a Christian Chapel. Go to

www.vainformer.com/media/KAINEONCROSS.wav

to hear his interview. If these facts mean an ideological war is being waged against Nichol, then he is fighting with his own political party and against a happy former adversary.

Four local papers — two student-run, two community-based— have run editorials that best sum up the real reasons Nichol finds himself without the keys to the Wren Chapel anymore (a perk of the President’s Office). Please read:

Flat Hat: Proper Decision: www.flathatnews.com/opinions/1917/staff-editorial-a-painful-proper-decision

Flat Hat: Nichol Lied, the Dream Died: www.flathatnews.com/opinions/1588/with-released-e-mail-nichol-supporters-feel-lost

Virginia Informer: Time to Move on After Right Decision: www.vainformer.com/

Daily Press: Nichol’s Farewell: www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-ed_nichol_edit_0213feb13,0,7332211.story

Virginia Gazette: End of an Error: www.kkbruno.com/Feb%2013.%202008%20Gazette%20editorial%20End%20of%20an%20Error.jpg

Also, W&M students have defaced the Wren Building in the wake of Nichol’s resignation. See photos here:

Virginia Informer: Nichol Supporters Vandalize Campus : www.vainformer.com/

Amelia Peabody of VA 3:51PM February 20, 2008

Nichol continues to insist that it was HIS ideas that were being attacked. But the Gateway Program was actually very popular, and it was Tim Sullivan's idea, not Nichol's. He lost liberal supporters when he started making the fundraiser rounds and attacking alumni for being "hostile to diversity" despite their own efforts to reach the same goal across the last several decades. He lamented the "lack of public service" but ignores all the hard work that students have been doing before he came. In the end, the cross was a symptom of a larger problem - a President who believed the College begins and ends with him, and that nobody's opinion matters but his own.

Wm J. Shurman of DC 3:11PM February 20, 2008

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