BTW: Why was this under the radar?
Wasn’t she speeding to MIT to take over the Registrar’s job (fired for SOP-liberal resume fraud)?
Binge drinkers tend to go out with a big bang like this clown. Maintenance drinkers always have better driving records.
This story puts me in mind of the superintendent of schools in Alexandria, Virginia.
She was arrested a few years ago for drunk driving.
Not only did the school board vote nearly unanimously to keep her on the job, but they gave her a raise!
Now that sends a superb signal to children in our school system, doesn’t it?
Academic leaders have been driving dead drunk—metaphorically speaking—for decades.
Academic leaders have been driving dead drunk—metaphorically speaking—for decades.
He went from an institution named for George Washington to one named for George Washington's mother. Is there a college somewhere named for George Washington's grandmother? I don't see what Mary Washington did to merit having a university named for her--there were women who made a real contribution to America during the Revolutionary Era, but apparently she just badgered her son with demands--I've even seen an article which argued she had Tory sympathies.
Ironically the more famous William Frawley, the actor who played Fred Mertz on "I Love Lucy," lost his license because of drunk driving. According to the Wikipedia entry, his on-screen wife Ethel hated him so much that when she heard the news of his death, while she was dining at a restaurant, she called out "Champagne for everybody!"