August 6, 1999

U. of Cal. at Riverside Lures Ethicist From Irvine Campus; Anonymous Letter Asks President of Mississippi U. for Women to Resign

By ALISON SCHNEIDER and KIT LIVELY

No hard feelings but ...

After a 20-year stint, Gary Watson, a distinguished ethicist, is moving from the University of California at Irvine to U.C.'s Riverside campus. The job change follows changes in Irvine's philosophy department that produced more bitterness than bonhomie.

Last January, five philosophers at Irvine defected from their department, which is housed in the School of Humanities, and set