November 22, 2002
Reversal of Fortune
Virginia Tech rescinds an offer to a new dean's lesbian partner and ignites a controversy
Three faculty members holding hand-lettered signs stood in the back of the room. "Appoint Shelli Fowler," read one. "Honor Fowler's Contract," said another. The third message echoed the question that's been whispered in hallways at Virginia Tech for the past five months: "What If It Is Discrimination?"
The signs, displayed last week during a meeting of the university's Board of Visitors, refer to the board's last-minute decision to revoke a job offer made to Shelli Fowler, an
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