As I noted in a previous diary posting (Trouble in Paradise) where the SMU folks seemed to be having difficulty in obtaining the land over the objections of the neighbors... now it seems that there's movement afoot among the faculty to get the University to reconsider the whole matter.
More after the jump.
From the BurkaBlog over at Texas Monthly... some quotes:
"A letter, dated December 16, from 'Faculty, Administrators, & Staff' of the Perkins School of Theology to R. Gerald Turner, president of the Board of Trustees, is now circulating not only on the SMU campus but also among a wider academic community, urging the board to 'reconsider and to rescind SMU's pursuit of the presidential library.'"
" 'We count ourselves among those who would regret to see SMU enshrine attitudes and actions widely deemed as ethically egregious: degradation of habeas corpus, outright denial of global warming, flagrant disregard for international treaties, alienation of long-term U.S. allies, environmental predation, shameful disrespect for gay persons and their rights, a pre-emptive war based on false and misleading premises, and a host of other erosions of respect for the global human community and for this good Earth on which our flourishing depends. '
'[T]hese violations are antithetical to the teaching, scholarship, and ethical thinking that best represents Southern Methodist University. '"