The resignation of Simon Newman as president of Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland was all but inevitable. What seems more surprising is how long it took for it to happen, especially after the faculty at Mount St. Mary’s voted Feb. 12, by a margin of 87-3, that for the good of the university Newman should go.
Newman was torpedoed by his own words and actions. An arresting turn of phrase can get you into trouble, as happened when it was revealed that the president had referred to students at risk of dropping out as bunnies that should be drowned or shot.
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