Dear Editor,
From what we are taught, a form of responsibility is knowing when you are wrong, and also being forward in acknowledge when you are wrong. In an article of the Campus Times (“Trustee resigns in protest,” Oct. 22), Jerry Laird, a member of the Board of Trustees had resigned over the issues with David Dreier and commencement last May. Though it is too bad that Jerry Laird was compelled to resign, and that David Dreier didn't receive an honorary degree, the article mentioned something interesting. I wish it could have been more obvious to me (because I do miss a lot of details,) the issue mentioned by George Keeler, communications chair, in the article that the faculty may not have been making a political stand. There is the issue of quid pro quo, which makes sense, (those who don't know it then I'll find out in the Campus Times) where if he was given a degree, it could be seen as a favor for his favors to the University. I see that the faculty had a different perspective. After this insight, I thought back to a previous letter to the editor, and thought I should rectify that message. My apologies to the faculty and the faculty assembly for the claimed misjudgment, where I said it was "political" as it is clearly not the case as cited in University's Policy. I commend and applaud their work, and hope next time I can see more into the details and views.
Rich Uranga
Senior