A slew of stakeholders committed to seeing suspended WSU football player Robert Barber reinstated pledged to make their voices heard during the public comment portion of Friday’s WSU Board of Regents meeting, and boy oh boy did they do that.
These gatherings are typically tame, snooze-worthy affairs, but this one bordered on resembling a three-ring circus.
Jacob Thorpe of the Spokesman-Review does an excellent job of running down the event here, and you should go read that if you want a detailed account of the event. Here are some of the highlights, not necessarily in order:
WSU President Kirk Schulz finally broke his silence, announcing that a compromise had been worked out by which Barber would be allowed to complete his degree this semester online while under suspension.