There are calls to remove the University President, and the Faculty Senate has passed a vote of no confidence in the President and most of UA’s senior leaders.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Anger and controversy are still flowing on the University of Arizona campus, more than six months after a gunman shot and killed a professor on campus.
A gunman went into the UA Atmospheric Sciences Building, and shot and killed department head Thomas Meixner. A former graduate student named Murad Dervish is charged as the killer. The University commissioned a report by the Pax Group that found poor communication and coordination kept the University from an effective response to repeated indications Dervish was a serious threat—and that there were several opportunities to contact Dervish and prevent the shooting.Marjie Sullivan thought her daughter was safe at UA until she heard of the killing. Then she saw the report.
He can’t get over a lost opportunity described in the report where a week before the shooting Dervish, who was barred from campus, and recommended for charges, walked into the UA Police station, asked to check for anything that might prompt police to pull over his car, then walked right out again.
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