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Originally posted by: Placido Dominican
"Just heard at the coffee shop that Pood's long essay in the HA last week had "dome approval."  It wasn't that bad (for them), and delayed (or maybe prevented) printing of some letters that were supposedly more harmful to SFT & pals.  He was actually "still playing ball," according to source. Also, don't expect anything good to come from the IHL Board meeting.  I heard that Ross was going to make positive "mention" of all of the "positive support" SFT is receiving from the "local business community" in Hattiesburg.  Klumb is going to "chime in" as well.  "

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He would have been silly not to run it by the dome first -- he was clearly trying to walk a line and he made that pretty clear. If the object was to place the community on notice that the Liberal Arts were an important componant of a univerisity education then notice was served.

Did it delay or prevent other letters "more harmful" to SFT and pals? I'd like to know -- mainly because I'd like to know how his letter managed to do that. I have heard nothing that indicated any other dean or chair was ready to right a serious letter or that the Deans as a group were ready to write a serious letter. I can't imagine another source besides the Deans or Chairs that could have done "more serious damage."  But if true -- it still is not too late for those folks to get the word out. I'm not sure how his letter would "prevent" others from writing, particularly if the effect of the Dean's letter was to be too "lukewarm."

Your source seems to have some possibly good inside information -- the stuff on the Board was intriguing. But I'm also not altogether sure how I can differentiate "inside information" from "rumor"  at this point.

Do you have confidencein the placement of your source?