I wrote a few weeks back about how Vanderbilt deals with the public, in that they basically enjoy the warm comfort of the sand around them and pretend nothing else is going on as opposed to face any difficult questions. As I said then, public comment can be a damned if you do, damned if you don’t endeavor for a private institution. Of course, at that time, we were mostly dealing with issues that seem trivial when compared to the happenings of the past two weeks, like when are you improving the football locker room or even attempting to highlight what you plan to do about the aging facilities?
On Transparency and Optics
