The Wrath of the UO

Bob Keefer’s article (“Art of Politics,” EW 7/31) describes a University of Oregon administration that has lost its moral bearings. At the heart of this case is the alleged distress to a highly-paid dean from a four-day undergraduate exhibit that the Dean did not even see. The administration is spending tens of thousands of dollars to conduct an endless investigation addressing the Dean’s concerns. But the administration has shown absolutely no concern for Cassy Steuerwald, the student being hounded by all this. Four hours of interrogations, endless requests for photos, emails, etc., etc. — consider the distress you would have felt as a sophomore student with all of this bearing down on you.

But the UO administration couldn’t care less. By policy, investigations of

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