First, you assume that there is such an entity as "the university community" and then you assume that such a group would agree on this or any other issue. When it comes to civic issues, residents of Hattiesburg (which some of us are) have a wide range of viewpoints on this situation.

I was disappointed to read the responses to Ms. Massengale's letter. Instead of answering the issues she raised, the response was to call her "a disgruntled former employee." That's a real cop-out. Nowhere did I see a defense of the two people she criticized which was based on anything substantive. Calling her names isn't an answer to the things she said. I wonder if she's sorry she spoke so warmly about the mayor.