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Library and institute will do more good than harm
Issue date: 2/7/07 Section: Opinion
Ultimately, however, the desire of the faculty not to tenure scholars of the Bush Institute will destroy the openness that Bergman, et al. seek to attain.
By having non-tenured faculty members who are subject to departmental oversight, the research produced by the Bush Institute will inevitably be one-sided, as department heads are enabled to dismiss library scholars whose research and publications contradict the ideological or political beliefs of these professors.
Ultimately, we believe that the library will bring more good to this university than harm. We both understand that many of the students, faculty and staff on this campus may disagree with our position.
We also understand that many of our constituents support the library but not the institute. We hope that this op-ed will continue the dialogue and we encourage students, faculty and staff to speak up and let President Turner know exactly what they want at our university.
To us, having the Presidential Library and the Bush Institute is much better than having no library at all.
What do you think?
About the writers:
Taylor Russ is a senior finance major. He can be reached at truss@smu.edu. Ben Hatch is a senior political science major. He can be reached at bhatch@smu.edu.
By having non-tenured faculty members who are subject to departmental oversight, the research produced by the Bush Institute will inevitably be one-sided, as department heads are enabled to dismiss library scholars whose research and publications contradict the ideological or political beliefs of these professors.
Ultimately, we believe that the library will bring more good to this university than harm. We both understand that many of the students, faculty and staff on this campus may disagree with our position.
We also understand that many of our constituents support the library but not the institute. We hope that this op-ed will continue the dialogue and we encourage students, faculty and staff to speak up and let President Turner know exactly what they want at our university.
To us, having the Presidential Library and the Bush Institute is much better than having no library at all.
What do you think?
About the writers:
Taylor Russ is a senior finance major. He can be reached at truss@smu.edu. Ben Hatch is a senior political science major. He can be reached at bhatch@smu.edu.
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