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E-PrinceThe Princeton community recently memorialized the first anniversary of senior lecturer Antonio Calvo’s suicide. Both the tragedy itself and the considerable attention it received from international press necessarily placed the University in a complex legal and ethical situation. While ...(back to the article)
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I sure like how the editorial board has demanded that the University adopt an approach to a very particular set of circumstances without providing a single reason for that approach besides the implication that forthrightness about a faculty member's suicide with students is a Good Thing.
I eagerly anticipate "Editorial: Ambiguous Self-defense Part II" in which the editorial board tells us why sharing private information that isn't the responsibility of the University to disclose is a Good Thing! Oh wait, I forgot that I was reading the Prince for a second there...
I thought this article was going to be about Trayvon Martin.
that's an odd typo
“Because media outlets were bound to learn of both the cause of Calvo’s death and the circumstances surrounding his dismissal, the University’s opaqueness only served to delegitimize its own behavior. Independent of such practical considerations, Princeton also has an obligation to be truthful to its students, faculty and staff — an obligation that it clearly failed to meet in this instance.”
Question: Only in this instance?????
Clearly the University failed to meet in MANY instances.