This summer we were all talking about the scandal at Eastern Michigan University, where university officials attempted to cover up the rape and murder of a student. Quick update in the story came yesterday when the former president, John A. Fallon, sued EMU, charging it violated the state’s whistleblower protection law when it fired him in July, according to a story in The Ann Arbor News. I’m no expert on this one, but I have no sympathy for a guy who was complicit in covering up a heinous crime, telling the parents of Lauren Dickinson, the raped and murdered student, that she’d died of a heart problem. Not only immoral and illegal, but also would seem to be ignoring a duty to let students know about what’s going on in their community, potentially putting them at greater risk of suffering a similar fate as Dickinson.
Yesterday it was announced that John A. Fallon had been fired from his post as president, two years into his five year contract at Eastern Michigan University. Also let go were James Vick, vice president for student affairs, and Cindy Hall, the public safety director. The three along with other university officials had attempted to cover up a rape on campus. (see the NYT coverage here)
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