Excuse me! Regarding Dr. Shepherd's severance package: It was entirely too excessive to begin with! And, that is disregarding the old adage about "Where there is smoke; there is fire!" DECREASE OR ELIMINATE IT would have been my vote as would have been that of my family members who are or were also graduates or employees of WNMU.

I used to tell folks with pride that I was a grad and that not only was my late husband a grad; but, he did the original computerization of WNMU when there were no scandals associated with the university!

Thanks to the negative publicity generated by Dr. Shepherd's actions, guilty or not, and the ridiculously exorbitant settlement package gifted him by the board of regents; I am ashamed to acknowledge my degree or the degrees of any of my family members or my late husband's exemplary computerization of the entire facility circa 1972.

Respectfully submitted,
Sandra L. Jones
Silver City, NM