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Breaking: Mizzou Names New President- People Immediately Ask One Huge Question About Him
The governing board for the University of Missouri named Michael Middleton, a recently retired black professor from its law school and deputy chancellor emeritus, to be interim president.
Middleton, who taught at the university for 30 years, attended both undergraduate and law school at MU. His selection came three days after Tim Wolfe stepped down as president amid protests charging that he had not done enough to combat racism on campus.
The new interim president expressed a desire to move ahead. “I don’t want to get mired down in anything that happened prior to today. I am moving forward,” he said.
USA Radio News reported, when asked if he was hired because he is black, Middleton responded, “You have to ask the board about that.” Listen here.
Middleton, 68, explained how he will seek to restore calm to the campus. “We all must heighten our focus, improve our culture …and share the responsibility to see our university advance in healthy ways built upon respect for others,” he said. “I am energized. We need to get our community together, working together.”
The new president promised incidents of racial harassment will be dealt with swiftly, USA Today reported.
“I don’t blame white people who don’t understand (racial inequality),” Middleton said. “I blame our ugly history.”
The student advocacy group Concerned Student 1950, which was at the forefront of the student protests at MU, was pleased with the choice. The group tweeted:
We are excited for the new leadership under Interim President Middleton!
— ConcernedStudent1950 (@CS_1950) November 12, 2015
But the group added:
We strongly support Deputy. Chancellor Middleton as Interim President; however we are still pushing for shared governance.
— ConcernedStudent1950 (@CS_1950) November 12, 2015
h/t: Gateway Pundit
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/breaking-mizzou-names-new-president-people-immediately-ask-one-huge-question-about-him/
