April 26, 2021 MACOMB/MOLINE, IL – Two candidates for the Western Illinois University Vice President of Finance and Administration position are set for virtual interviews Friday, April 30 and Monday, May 3.
Candidates include Thane Peterson, former vice president for finance and administration and chief operating officer (COO) for the Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis, IN, (April 30), and David Wesse, former vice chancellor of financial and administrative affairs for Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN (May 3).
Open sessions with various University constituency/governance groups will be held via Zoom at 3:30 p.m. on each interview day. Registration to attend can be completed at wiu.edu/employment/vice president for finance and administration/index.php.
We have seen the effects in Jacksonville. Confederate statues have been removed and parks renamed. The School Board is considering renaming six schools named for Confederate leaders.
The Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment (ICARE) is calling for a major change in the way police handle nonviolent crimes, replacing arrests with civil citations.
Though Sheriff Mike Williams has not commented, State Attorney Melissa Nelson said she supports the idea and has been in talks with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office about it.
The Asian American community also got some encouraging news with the overwhelming passage in the Senate of an Asian American Hate Crimes bill that will expedite the Justice Department’s review of hate crimes and provide resources for local law enforcement in response to thousands of reported violent incidents in the past year. President Joe Biden says he will sign it when it passes the House.
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Having served on a jury, I now realize I have no idea what any jury is going to do. Still, it seems hard to believe that the now-rested prosecution has managed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that George Zimmerman was guilty of second degree murder in the sad, unfortunate death of Trayvon Martin.
This, however, is coming as a surprise to numerous
New York Times readers, who are used to a steady diet of stories about KKK rallies at Oberlin and fiftieth anniversary articles about obscure events in the civil rights struggle. So, here s an NYT article explaining that, even if the protocols of a criminal trial (presumably including technicalities such as the presumption of innocence) aren t on the side of the angels, the angels are still on the side of the angels, and that s what really counts.
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Op-ed: What happens in Ethiopia does not stay there UNF Political Science Class
Most Floridians are not aware that 5.2 million lives are threatened by the ongoing humanitarian crisis occurring in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, but it is critical to U.S. interests that we do more to stem the violence. The U.S. has a strong partnership with Ethiopia that will be at risk if the Tigray conflict continues to spread to other regions, unwinding the intricate weave of ethnic balances in the country. If we fail to act to end this dangerous conflict, not only will innocent men, women, and children suffer, so will U.S. the critical regional goals of fighting terrorists, promoting economic growth, and regional peacekeeping.