Life Lessons at School
“We were really appalled by it. He’s really a good mentor
for a lot of students at this school. He absolutely encouraged us to pursue
journalistic integrity, absolutely encouraged us to be ethical, to be fair, to
be thorough, to be objective and to do the best work that we could.”
—Ryan Golden, college senior and
managing editor of The Mountain Echo, Mount St. Mary’s University student
newspaper, on the firing of faculty adviser Ed Egan for “disloyalty.” “Newspaper
Adviser Is Fired After Students’ Scoop Roils Maryland Campus,” The New York
Times, Feb. 10, 2016
• What Mount St. Mary’s President Simon Newman said: “[Y]ou think of the students as cuddly bunnies, but you can’t. You just have to drown the bunnies.” To faculty, discussing a plan to cull freshman students to improve retention numbers. Reported by Rebecca Schisler and Ryan Golden, “Mount President’s Attempt to Improve Retention Rate Included Seeking Dismissal of 20-25 First-Year Students,” The Mountain Echo, Jan 19, 2016
• Editorial Comment: Ah, campus life!
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