As a fourth year student at UNBC and a undergraduate student representative on the UNBC Senate, I was personally insulted when I read the letter published in the Dec. 8 edition of the Citizen titled "UNBC faculty should be ashamed" by R.H. Dabbs.
The faculty are a vital part of the UNBC community, and by bashing the faculty was bashing the entire institution.
The faculty certainly do have the right to have their concerns addressed regarding the appointment of the chancellor or any other issue.
That is why there are faculty on the Senate, the Board of Governors, even much of the university administration come from the ranks of the faculty.
Mr. Dabbs didn't like a picture he saw of the faculty and decided to fire off a letter to The Citizen, but I assure Mr. Dabbs that while he has every right to express his opinion, he will not find a receptive audience for his opinion with anyone in the UNBC community.
In fact, I would like to ask that the letter writers in the Prince George community please keep in mind that UNBC first and foremost belongs to the students, the faculty, the administration, the staff, and the alumni, and then does UNBC belong to the citizens of Prince George.
Without any of the above groups, including the faculty, this university would not exist.
Complain all you want about "political correctness gone wild" (we at UNBC call that "respect," it's our motto: "'En Cha Hun"), but don't deign to speak for the UNBC community lest you shove your agenda onto us.
Wendel Schwab
Prince George
