March 17, 2000

An Undeserved Label of 'Sex Scandal'

To the Editor:

You owe me an apology, for the guide to your February 18 issue introduced "Peer Review" with the following, inaccurate wording: "Hillsdale College, having lost its president in a sex scandal, reportedly considers a candidate who also had a sex scandal." The article does not make the same mistake. Although it reverts to the passive voice to describe actions that I specifically and unbidden undertook out of professional judgment, it nonetheless