TO THE EDITOR:
Those of us who have been concerned about the secretive and divisive “search” for a new UNC president could not have imagined how brazenly biased it has become. The indication that Margaret Spellings is now on the verge of being named to succeed Tom Ross is not merely astonishing, it is alarming. Whatever her strengths, she enters the picture as a grossly partisan figure who, in previous roles, has had difficulty with basic liberties essential in the academic world. That may be no surprise, since her own academic credentials appear to be modest. Will the friends, faculty, students and alumni of UNC sit still for this political coup d’etat? That is the question of the hour and the hour is late.
Edwin M. Yoder Jr.
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel
1955-56
