[CondorFlight]

Donna Shalala on the football fracas in Florida :

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/NCAA/2006/10/17/2051478-ap.html

"This university will be firm and punish people who do bad things," Shalala said. "But we will not throw any student under the bus for instant restoration of our image or our reputation. I will not hang them in a public square. I will not eliminate their participation at the university. I will not take away their scholarships."

and :

"It's time for the feeding frenzy to stop," Shalala said. "These young men made a stupid, terrible, horrible mistake and they are being punished."

(There's an example of how a university president defends her students.)

[Sue Perkick]

Exactly as it should be. Hopefully Broadhead's successor will take note.

[luv2ski]

Sorry but I'm not going to sit here and listen to Donna Shalala hailed as a great role model. Are you kidding me? She is as PC as they come! She is standing up for the football players because they are black which is what we have heard here over and over: if the Duke 3 were black this would not be happening.

[San Jacinto]

Were she at Duke, I'm sure Shalala would have been every bit as ardent in defending the Duke 3 as she was in defending the street fighting thugs in Florida. /sarcasm