[RhysU]

> Like me, the majority of the campus was not here at the beginning of this matter in 2016.

The buck stops with my predecessor. Delightful executive engineering of the slimiest sort. One gets paid to own the past at that level. Accepting the job requires due diligence on the past and being paid to own any uncertainty. That is one disgustingly cowardly sentence meriting immediate action by the board to throw this bum out.

Notice, I don't care about the outcome but only the integrity that such an exec should show.

[etempleton]

It is a poor public statement but the leader also probably needs to distance themselves from it in this official letter for the very reason of this discussion. They use some phrases that are particularly poor. Really their PR team and crisis communication team should do better, but I have seen worse.

“I was not here. The reason I am here has something to do with what happened.”

I would guess most of Oberlin’s leadership from the time of the incident has moved in. At least those who would be seen as culpable, fair or not.

Edit: yes, basically all new leadership since the incident: https://www.oberlin.edu/president. It may seem like they are distancing themselves, but, well, they are distant from it. They have probably spent their time at Oberlin cleaning up other people’s messes and are fairly exhausted by it. Not an excuse, but you can imagine it has lingered over their tenure.

[heartbreak]

Can I ask why you’re so upset about something that apparently does not involve you at all?

[JumpCrisscross]

> Can I ask why you’re so upset about something that apparently does not involve you at all?

We’re in the same society, this is bad precedent, and I’d prefer for it not to happen where I am.

[josephcsible]

Isn't this basically the same as asking "why do you care about people other than yourself?"

[theflyingelvis]

Some folks have standards and principles.