Annmarie Payne email #8

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From: Payne, Annmarie Janet <annmarie.j.payne@vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 2007/2/7
Subject: Re: Vanderbilt Chancellor's defense of Klan founder
To: Jonathan Farley <lattice.theory@gmail.com>

Hello to you again,

Thank you for your options although, as I have said before things are
being handled as they are brought to me. As soon as I can get the majority
of the BSA behind me I will gladly take action. These oprions you have
presented are feasbile, yes, however things have to be done in a way that
will correspond to what we are trying to accomplish for this semester. Of
course, the administration here has decided to try and "shut us up" with
new things they have provided however, we have not been stagnant to the
important issues that are taking place. Although your issue is important
we are still fighting for the African American students on campus. As of
this moment, which I forgot to put in my last email, I have had a meeting
with Vice Chancellor Willams and have spoken with him about you and what
has happened. I have gone to the Tennessean archives and have gotten the
news for those series of days. I am still finding the materials to make a
sound arguement to the adminstration. Once again thank you for your input
and please be patient. Lastly, I did not mean to use the word "blast" as
if you had said it directly but this is what can be inferred from the
emails you have sent. And I would like to ask a favor from you, please do
not send emails through our listserve because openning a pandoras box on
campus causes servere chaos and limits us as an organization to implement
changes.

Thank you,
Annmarie

> Hello,
> Thanks for the email. Although I would support your blasting the
> administration, I don't recall using the word "blast" in any of my emails,
> and I certainly was not blasting you.
>
> The difficulties you are having with the administration are a direct
> result
> of your predecessors' having let the administration assault your (the
> black
> students') greatest defender on the faculty, with impunity. Obviously,
> once
> the administration realized they could do that, they realized they could
> ignore any and all demands that black students might make at that or any
> future time.
>
> I am happy to call you, so that the call will be free for you.
>
> This situation can be taken care of without anyone's being persecuted. It
> can be done with an anonymous letter. It can be done on behalf of the BSA

> as%