For Star subscribers: While the University of Arizona's president called for unity in pursuing a safer campus, his actions furthered division. In the end, accountability may matter more than unity.
Tim Steller University of Arizona President Robert Robbins launched a relationship-rescue effort Monday morning.The upshot is a relationship with the UA faculty that remains fractured even as the university administration and faculty float ideas about building trust and improving safety on campus.
Apology for faculty committeeFriday through Monday were an eventful few days in the multifaceted responses to the murder. On Friday, Meixner's widow Kathleen and their sons filed a claim against the university. This was an unexpected development, given that the family had previously found little interest from lawyers due to the state's stringent workers' compensation law.
This committee produced its own interim report in January, spelling out"Lessons From the Events Surrounding the Murder of Professor Thomas Meixner." The report itself was well-researched and not unduly critical of the university administration. But at the same time, Robbins and most of his administrative team were choosing not to attend the Faculty Senate meeting. In fact, they set the news conference for a half-hour before that meeting was to start.
His no-confidence measure passed by a 29-13 margin, with seven abstentions. It cited the failure of the university to protect Meixner and his colleagues, the administration's"combative" response to the faculty committee's report, and the timing of the press conference, overlapping with the faculty senate meeting.
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