As a terribly trying semester ends, plans are afoot for change on many levels - though not by our top leadership, which remains mum, unwilling to concede any mistakes were made. The One New School coalition, anchored by students and forged in support for the part-time faculty striking for a fair contract, is wrapping up this stage of an occupation of our signature building with the inauguration of a prophetic new identity for the university. (Their graphic designer seems to understand what a tall order unifying this fractured and fractious community is!) The recently-founded Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence has produced a visionary critique of the university's entrenched white supremacist culture. And my college may be the first faculty body with the guts to join the One New School in voting no confidence in the leadership and board of trustees (faculty have until tomorrow night to vote). As Bette Davis' character says in "All about Eve," Fasten your seat belts. it's going to be a bumpy ride.
