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Trail, Profs To Enter UI ‘Flagship’ Fray

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate and a Republican state representative from Moscow are separately planning to bombard the Idaho State Board of Education with opposition to its recent decision to remove the word "flagship" from the UI's mission statement. Rep. Tom Trail late Monday afternoon forwarded the Daily News a draft copy of legislation he intends to introduce that would, if passed, officially establish the UI as the state's flagship university. Meanwhile, the UI Faculty Senate will consider adopting a resolution this afternoon to request the board reconsider its Feb. 16 decision, which angered UI officials and supporters around the state.The state board's next regular meeting is scheduled for April 18-19 at the UI's Moscow campus/Holly Bowen, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.

Question: Would you like to see the word "flagship" added back into University of Idaho mission statement -- even thought it'd only been there for six months?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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