This had resulted
in hundreds of letters and phone calls to The Pope and members
of his administration as well as to the Board of Trustees.
"What is going on?" One of the first callers demanded,
having insisted, and gotten The Pope on the line.
"You fired a good teacher after a judge ruled that
she had not received a fair hearing?"
"Our hearing panel gave her a fair hearing, sir.
The newspapers have just blown this up to sell papers,"
The Pope replied, holding back his anger with difficulty
and making his voice sound terribly knowledgeable.
"The judge said you didn't. I saw his order. Was the
hearing open? Did you give her all the documents she
requested, or not?" The caller was insistent.
"Well, sir, it's not that simple. Our policy is to protect
the employee so we always have closed hearings. There was
no need to produce the documents in question. The hearing panel
was confident that they were not needed."
"I don't care about how your hearing panel or how your policy goes.
I'm asking about an excellent teacher who has served our university
for nearly a quarter of a century. If she did what you have accused her of
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