It looks like things are cooling down from the high emotions at yesterday's packed meeting. Pattakos said he will not run for SBA President, should he be allowed the chance, which deflated a lot of the pressure for a plebiscite of some sort.
Most importantly, the administration has decided not to feed the fire. Instead of posting a letter to the listserv fever swamp where the fury metastasized, a dean is sitting in a public place, talking to anyone who is willing to take a minute to ask him questions. There are things people are willing to say in a group email forum that they would never say to a person's face, so fewer people are making fewer demands of the administration, and they're doing it in a forum with no record.
If the administration's initial actions (and there are some questions about what they actually did) were taken to hush up criticism and conflict before it got out of hand, they failed miserably. This "front porch campaign" is probably the best way to roll this back somewhat.
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