William & Mary disinvites Northam from annual celebration

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Asked if President Rowe thinks Northam should resign. Response: “This is not for William & Mary to decide. It is for the Governor and the people of Virginia to decide.”

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William & Mary disinvites Northam from annual celebration
BY JUSTIN MATTINGLY Richmond Times-Dispatch 33 min ago

The College of William & Mary has rescinded Gov. Ralph Northam's invitation to its annual celebration of the school and the inauguration of its current president.

President Katherine Rowe, who has led Virginia's oldest school since last summer, announced to William & Mary students Monday morning that Northam would not be attending Friday's ceremony amid calls for the governor to resign after a racist image was discovered on his medical school yearbook page. ... "That behavior has no place in civil society – not 35 years ago, not today," Rowe said. "It stands in stark opposition to William & Mary's core values of equity and inclusion."

Northam officiated Rowe's swearing-in ceremony last July. He was scheduled to attend her inauguration, which is coupled with the university's annual celebration of its 1693 founding.

"However, under the circumstances, it has become clear that the Governor’s presence would fundamentally disrupt the sense of campus unity we aspire to and hope for with this event," Rowe said. "We have conferred with the governor’s office, and he will not be part of Friday’s program." ... Rowe's message did not say whether she believes Northam should resign. A university spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment on Rowe's stance. ... William & Mary's Friday ceremony is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.

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1. There was some discussion of EVMS becoming W&M Medical School

back 2012 or so. W&M is the closest thing to a state university system we have here. Old Dominion, Christopher Newport, and VCU are all offshoots of W&M.

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2. VCU is an offshoot of W&M?

I'm setting my personal WABAC Machine on the early 1970s, when there were a Richmond Professional Institute and a Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. I don't recall that W&M entered into that picture.

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3. That's what I've always understood

Yep RPI was the Richmond division of W&M in 1925.
See History Great Depression

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Professional_Institute

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4. I should have set my WABAC Machine farther back. Thanks.

Between Google and Wikipedia, it is no longer necessary for me to know anything.

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5. No kidding

I was thinking just the other day “How many people’s phone numbers do I actually know?”