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Faculty members launch anti-institute petition
Sarah Scott, Chief Copy Editor, sescott@smu.edu
Issue date: 4/5/07 Section: News
"We believe SMU should not only grant this request [to reject the institute], but also its logical implications, which means that the institute should be physically separated from the library and museum and be built off-campus," she added. "This will help avoid confusion about the nature of its relationships and its accountability to SMU, which is absolutely none."
The letter is posted online and is open for signatures from current and retired SMU faculty members - full or part-time - as well as professional and para-professional staff members, researchers and administrators.
According to Executive Director of Public Affairs Patti LaSalle, there are 624 full-time faculty members, 300 part-time faculty and 130 retired faculty members.
"So is that [the 120 signatures] representative of anything? I don't know," said Cheves.
Johnson's petition is not the first since the idea of the Bush complex first came to campus. In January, a petition created by Methodist ministers protested the linking of Bush's name to a Methodist university, calling it "utterly inappropriate." More than 9,000 people signed it.
In any case, Cheves encouraged taking action through the Faculty Senate.
"It's a form of representation that has been created and has worked well in SMU's environment of open discussion," he said. "Dr. Turner is appreciative of the work of the senate and much of what's included in this repeats what's already been said."
The letter can be viewed online at www.petitiononline.com/120/petition.html.
The letter is posted online and is open for signatures from current and retired SMU faculty members - full or part-time - as well as professional and para-professional staff members, researchers and administrators.
According to Executive Director of Public Affairs Patti LaSalle, there are 624 full-time faculty members, 300 part-time faculty and 130 retired faculty members.
"So is that [the 120 signatures] representative of anything? I don't know," said Cheves.
Johnson's petition is not the first since the idea of the Bush complex first came to campus. In January, a petition created by Methodist ministers protested the linking of Bush's name to a Methodist university, calling it "utterly inappropriate." More than 9,000 people signed it.
In any case, Cheves encouraged taking action through the Faculty Senate.
"It's a form of representation that has been created and has worked well in SMU's environment of open discussion," he said. "Dr. Turner is appreciative of the work of the senate and much of what's included in this repeats what's already been said."
The letter can be viewed online at www.petitiononline.com/120/petition.html.
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