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Cooper left the UR presidency under less-than-perfectly-wonderful circumstances, having been a part of a handful of minor controversies, the sum of which led to his early "retirement" and return to teaching. How can this be best mentioned, or alluded to, consistent with WP:BLP? Much of the material could be sourced from The Collegian, UR's student newspaper, and perhaps from other area newspapers. If there's no activity in response in the next few days, I may take a stab at it. Saebvn (talk) 21:21, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Go for it. Much of the sequence of events was well-covered by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, but I'm not sure how much of it from that time is still freely available on the web...might take some digging. Here is one recent RTD article about Ayers that references the Cooper resignation. Here is an AP article describing the "mush" incident prior to his resignation. The Chronicle of Higher Educationcovered the resignation in a subscription-only article. Inside Higher Ed covered it here and here, but I don't know the reliability of that source. Here is a mention in BusinessWeek. I believe that official UR press releases on the events are now gone since the website redesign. Obviously any comments on WP need to remain NPOV as you note...and editors will have to be on the watch for any BLP issues that might crop up in the future from other editors seeking to "embellish" anything you write. WildCowboy (talk) 03:05, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, I'd be happy to look over anything you put together if you post either here on the talk page for review or directly in the article. I don't really have time to try to work up a section on my own right now though. WildCowboy (talk) 03:06, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
