From the Des Moines Register:
Professors and activists in Colorado wonder out loud why Iowa State University hired Elizabeth Hoffman for the No. 2 job on campus after a string of controversies forced her to step down as president of the University of Colorado system.
Hoffman's supporters in Iowa say her long career in university leadership and finesse for fundraising has made her the best-qualified candidate for provost. She will be paid $275,000 a year, making her one of the highest paid provosts among Big 12 Conference institutions...
...Hoffman's administration faced its first major problem in 2001, when University of Colorado football players and recruits reportedly attended an off-campus party where several women claimed they were raped.
Those allegations snowballed into further concerns aired in 2004 that football players used sex and alcohol to lure recruits into attending the university.
Regina Cowles, president of the Boulder Chapter of National Organization for Women, was a frequent critic of Hoffman's handling of the recruitment controversy and the rape allegations...
...Women's activists also point out another moment that cemented their opposition to Hoffman.
In a June 2004 deposition in a federal lawsuit filed against the university, Hoffman was quoted as saying in a sworn statement that the C-word could be used as a term of endearment.
Her comments came in response to a question from an attorney who asked Hoffman whether she considered it harassment for a teammate to use the word toward a female kicker.
Hoffman said it's a statement she will "regret the rest of her life," saying she was "pushed to the wall by a very, very nasty, in-your-face kind of plaintiffs attorney."
Da big bad mean lawya man made me say it! Waaaaaa!!!! Waaaaaa!!!!!
Funny how this article doesn't mention anything about how Elizabeth Hoffman could not be bothered to fire Ward Churchill. Maybe the Register is saving that story for next month.
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Too bad Iowa can't replace ISU President Gregory Geoffroy with somebody smarter, like Dean Wormer.
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