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...city has a reputation to uphold...
First, the College and PBHA are operating under the terms of an Agreement we both signed. The College has worked scrupulously to uphold the commitments it made, including full participation in the PBHA Board of Trustees. We believe that PBHA has been helped and not injured by current arrangements, and we are committed to continuing to make them work. We understand that there will from time to time be disagreements between PBHA officers and College officials about matters of importance. We expect that such differences of opinion should be addressed in civil discourse, not in unwarranted personal attacks...
Looking to the future, we pledge to continue to make every effort to work cooperatively with PBHA and to uphold the provisions of the Agreement, the importance of which has never been more evident than it is today. Dean Kidd has carried out her responsibilities superbly, working cooperatively and collegially with students and staff. The acrimonious and personalized nature of your letter concerns me, and I hope I can be reassured that does not presage an lessening of PBHA's commitment to our Agreement; PBHA continues to discuss with the College important issues for which assurances of PBHA's cooperation...
...should also realize the deeper fears inspired by Ian's little lamb. Without communities that uphold standards and that can transmit their values without resorting to hate, violence, or xenophobia, we may yet be scared by things less significant than little lambs...
...affirm the right of the Record to have a Fenno, and we believe that Fenno serves an important purpose in the competitive atmosphere of HLS. However, the content of Fenno's remarks was highly inappropriate and undermines the very purpose of open discourse that Fenno is supposed to uphold...