Dive Summary:
- The St. Louis University Faculty Senate voted 51-4 for no-confidence in Reverend Lawrence Biondi, the school's president.
- The vote comes in the wake of turmoil caused by the administration's proposal to change tenure rules, which has since been retracted.
- While administrators hoped to prevent the vote by creating committees to listen to faculty concerns, no one at the Faculty Senate meeting spoke in support of Biondi.
From the article:
"... The Senate room erupted in applause and cheers when the 51-4 no-confidence vote was announced, following nearly two hours of debate.
'This is a moment of courage,' said political science professor Timothy Lomperis, during debate on the vote, which also had two abstentions. 'Do not be afraid of a world without Biondi.' ..."
