The trustees finally confirmed they are rejecting the proposal for this partisan institute on our campus. The path to this outcome was long and draining but your support kept me anchored when the pressure felt overwhelming. We have secured our university mission and now we turn our attention toward ensuring …
INTRODUCTION
A group of 130 faculty members at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas, have signed and launched an online petition, formulated as an Open Letter, asking their president and trustees to turn down the politically partisan institute that George W. Bush seeks to include in his presidential library complex on their campus.
You
One hundred people have put their names behind this effort and I am deeply tired but still pushing forward. It is a longer road than I imagined when we started this work.
Reached 100 supporters
April 17, 2007
6 Comments
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Kevin Gibson
19 years ago
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SHAME on them for even considering it. Dallas has enough problems without adding this to the mix.
S
Sarah Hardy
19 years ago
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Keep politics out of education. SMU students deserve better than a monument to the disastrous policies of the past.
J
Jessica Perry
19 years ago
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why would we want this on our campus? keep the focus on students and real academics.
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Linda Reynolds
19 years ago
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education first. enough with these partisan games.
D
David Tate
19 years ago
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totally agree with the faculty. this really isnt the place for his legacy.
M
Mark Tan
19 years ago
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SMU should be a place for learning not a dumping ground for bush propaganda. listen to the faculty!!
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The trustees finally confirmed they are rejecting the proposal for this partisan institute on our campus. The path to this outcome was long and draining but your support kept me anchored when the pressure felt overwhelming. We have secured our university mission and now we turn our attention toward ensuring …
INTRODUCTION
A group of 130 faculty members at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas, have signed and launched an online petition, formulated as an Open Letter, asking their president and trustees to turn down the politically partisan institute that George W. Bush seeks to include in his presidential library complex on their campus.
You
One hundred people have put their names behind this effort and I am deeply tired but still pushing forward. It is a longer road than I imagined when we started this work.
Reached 100 supporters
April 17, 2007
6 Comments
K
Kevin Gibson
19 years ago
Featured
SHAME on them for even considering it. Dallas has enough problems without adding this to the mix.
S
Sarah Hardy
19 years ago
Featured
Keep politics out of education. SMU students deserve better than a monument to the disastrous policies of the past.
J
Jessica Perry
19 years ago
Featured
why would we want this on our campus? keep the focus on students and real academics.
L
Linda Reynolds
19 years ago
Featured
education first. enough with these partisan games.
D
David Tate
19 years ago
Featured
totally agree with the faculty. this really isnt the place for his legacy.
M
Mark Tan
19 years ago
Featured
SMU should be a place for learning not a dumping ground for bush propaganda. listen to the faculty!!
SHAME on them for even considering it. Dallas has enough problems without adding this to the mix.