I had intended to writer a longer post about this situation, but the Star-Tribune has already done much of the job in today's editorial.
As a reminder:
With this as background, it is clearly inappropriate - and a conflict of interest - for President Bruininks - or those who work for him - to be involved in an investigation of this situation.
What to do? My friend and fellow alum Michael McNabb has kindly allowed me to post his thoughts on this situation. He makes a reasonable suggestion that should be considered by this administration. I note that the President has commissioned yet another outside group to justify the university's economic contribution to the state in preparation for asking for more money this Spring. This is wasting yet more money for unnecessary propaganda purposes. A better use of the people's money would be to use it to get to the bottom of this latest fiasco in Morrill Hall. Our credibility is badly damaged and needs to be repaired.
