For myself, it follows without a shadow of a doubt if the provost and the president cannot be depended on to provide open communication in which the good of the student body is held in highest regard, they must resign or be replaced immediately. A petition for a redress of the student grievances is unlikely. The president and the provost are fortunate the students who witnessed the unmitigated debasement of the democratic process at Fort Lewis College today will have graduated by the time the credit change is implemented, and future students are likely to be preoccupied with the struggle to survive the quagmire of a required five classes per semester – unable to devote time to much of anything outside of their increased course load.

Evan West

Durango