Most West Texas A&M faculty have lost confidence in university President Walter Wendler, according to a campus-wide vote that came weeks after he canceled a campus drag show. Faculty leaders say the concerns are broader than his handling of the drag show.
West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler addresses the crowd at the WT Festival of Lights and winter carnival in Canyon on Dec. 2, 2022., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The vote is nonbinding and largely symbolic, but faculty hope it sends a message to other university leaders and the Texas A&M University System, which oversees the university.West Texas A&M University students file free speech lawsuit after president cancels campus drag showIn a statement, university spokesperson Kelly Carper Polden confirmed the results of the vote. A spokesperson for the Texas A&M University System declined to comment citing pending litigation.
In a letter to the campus community, Wendler said the shows “stereotype women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others and discriminate against womanhood,” and said allowing the show would be considered workplace prejudice because the shows make fun of women. LGBTQ advocates and students have argued Wendler mischaracterized the art form.
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