The body count at the University of Akron continues to grow. The UA Press and the Multicultural Center have been shut down. That means five more employes will be looking for jobs. Because of his contract, UA Press director Thomas Bacher will stay on until January. It isn't clear what he will do to fill his day in the meantime.
The Plain Dealer's Karen Farkas quoted Board Chairman Jonathan Pavloff after Monday's Trustees meeting as purring: "The board appreciates the dedication of the employees who are affected by these actions. We know that they have been and remain committed to the success and well-being of our students and that they have served them and the university well."
But apparently not well enough, although I don't doubt that the latest casualties heard the same purring from the leadership on Tuesday.
As these units are shut down, I will ask again: When does a university stop being a university?
From the many people that I've talked to the past couple of days, there is agreement that the damage to the school's reputation has been deep and will hardly benefit President Scott Scarborough's promise to rebrand the university.
As President Clinton once said, when you are in a hole put your shovel down and stop digging.
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