The February faculty meeting began promptly at 4:30. Old business was attended to. The first item of new business was presented for discussion. Discussion ensued--for an hour and a half. Prof. Charlie Bassett, dinner-less and late for a seminar, moaned, finally, "Le-e-e-t's vote!"
They voted.
The motion on the floor passed by an overwhelming margin.
And the meeting adjourned.
Bassett looked at Josh Woodfork '97, sitting across the aisle from him. The president of the Student Association had cooled his heels throughout the debate, waiting for the faculty to move on so he could present an issue on behalf of the student body.
"Are they always like this?" Woodfork, incredulous, asked.
"I told him," Bassett said later, "to wait till he gets to General Electric or wherever and sits in one of those board meetings. He's going to have to queue up to get anything he wants done there." [CONTINUE]
