IT'S
IT'S NOT
IT'S NOT ALL OF IT IS CONNECTED >> NOW WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM
A LOT OF YOU ON THIS NEXT STORY
.
.
. SIMPLY
. SIMPLY PUT, THE PRESIDENT
OF OREGONSTATE UNIVERSITY IS >>
OUT OR AT LEAST HE WILL BE COME
APRIL.
APRIL.
APRIL. FIRST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT F.
KING ALEXANDER.
KING ALEXANDER. HE SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION TO
OREGON STATE'S BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OVER THE WEEKEND
AND TODAY THEY VOTED TO ACCEPT
IT.
IT.
IT. THIS
IT. THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OF A RECENT
SCANDAL THAT EMERGED ABOUT HOW
ALEXANDER MISHANDLED SOME
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT AT HIS LAST JOB AS
THE PRESIDENT AT LOUISIANA
STATE UNIVERSITY.
STATE UNIVERSITY. LSU IS FORMER FOOTBALL COACH
WAS AMONG THOSE ACCUSED.
SO WERE SOME TOP ATHLETES.
A LAWFIRM FOUND THE SCHOOL
DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TO STOP OR
INVESTIGATE THIS.
INVESTIGATE THIS. ALEXANDER WAS PRESIDENT >> AT
LSU FOUR YEARS UNTIL WE
EVENTUALLY GOT THE JOB AT
OREGONSTATE WHICH HE HAS NOW
LOST.
LOST.
LOST. NOW
LOST. NOW I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AS
DO I.
DO I.
DO I. SO
DO I. SO I SAT DOWN WITH MAGGIE
VESPER EARLIER TO TALK ABOUT
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> OK, MAGGIE, BUT LET'S TALK
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US I GUESS
JUST TO START THINGS OFF WITH
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY >>?
DEFINITELY >> SO OREGONSTATE
STATE'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CALLED THIS MEETING BASICALLY
TO ANNOUNCE THAT F KING
ALEXANDER HAD OFFERED TO RESIGN
>> IN THE WAKE OF THE LSU
SCANDAL.
SCANDAL.
SCANDAL. THEY ALL AGREED HE DOESN'T >>
HAVE THE TRUST OF THE OSU
COMMUNITY >> ANYMORE.
AND HERE'S SOME OF WHAT WE
HEARD TODAY.
HEARD TODAY. >> I'M SORRY TO ANY OF THE
SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
AND MISCONDUCT THAT THIS IS
BROUGHT BROUGHT BACK PAIN >>.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HURTING
AND IN CASES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
AND MISCONDUCT AND VIOLENCE
AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I
KNOW TRIGGERS A LOT.
SO THE BOARD >> BASICALLY VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO LET ALEXANDER
RESIGN EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST
AND HE'S ON ADMINISTRATIVE
UNTIL THAT HAPPENS >> THE
SPECIFIC TERMS OF THAT
RESIGNATION NOT REALLY SITTING
WELL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I WANT TO READ A TWEET REALLY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. LIBBY RETWEETED YOU TODAY
AND WROTE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE
TO KNOW WHERE OREGONSTATE FOUND
THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION
DOLLARS TO GIVE HIM AFTER LESS
THAN A YEAR OF WORK.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK
SIMILAR.
SIMILAR.
SIMILAR. YEAH, DEFINITELY >>.
SO OMSI IS BOARD AS PART
OF THIS RESIGNATION AGREEMENT
BASICALLY AGREED TO PAY
ALEXANDER SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S A ONE TIME LUMP SUM
AND >> IT'S BASICALLY A YEAR'S
PAY FOR HIM.
HE'LL ALSO GET A YEAR'S WORTH
OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL BENEFITS
AND THE BOARD STRESSED THAT'S
ALL PRIVATE MONEY.
IT'S NOT TUITION, IT'S NOT TAX
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. BUT HERE'S WHY ONE TRUSTEE
NOTED ACCEPTING THIS OFFER SHE
SAYS IS CHEAPER >> THAN IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN TO FIRE
ALEXANDER CONSIDERING >> ALL
THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE
BASED ON ADVICE FROM LEGAL
COUNSEL THAT IT WOULD LIKELY
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TO PURSUE AN
ACTION CAUSE BASED NOT ONLY ON
THE HEARING PROCESS ITSELF BUT
ALSO ANY ASSOCIATED CLAIMS OR
LEGAL FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
PURSUIT AND THAT WOULD BE TRUE
EVEN IF WE WERE TO PREVAIL IN
THAT OUTCOME.
THAT OUTCOME. SO IN >> OTHER WORDS, WITH THIS
DEAL TO RESIGN, ALEXANDER IS
BASICALLY GIVING UP THE
RIGHT TO SUE OREGONSTATE
UNIVERSITY AND TRUSTEE SAID
EVEN IF HE'S SUED AND LOST >>,
BATTLING IT OUT IN COURT WOULD
VERY LIKELY COST MORE THAT IT'S
COSTING TO JUST PAY HIM THIS
ONE TIME LUMP SUM AND THEY'VE
ALSO ADMITTED MULTIPLE TIMES
INCLUDING TODAY THAT THEY
SCREWED UP AND HIRING HIM
AND THEY'VE KIND OF RESIGNED
THEMSELVES TO THE IDEA THAT TO
GET RID OF MANETTI CAPACITY
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING >>
THAT LEADS ME TO QUESTION
NUMBER TWO HERE AND THIS IS AN
EMAIL WE GOT FROM BOB AND BOB
SAID HEY DAN, WHY ARE NOT THE
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SOMEWHAT
SECRETIVE VETTING AND HIRING
PROCESS HELD ACCOUNTABLE?
IS THERE A BACKUP CANDIDATE?
WAS ANYONE ELSE CONSIDERED FOR
THE POSITION SO KIND OF TWO
QUESTIONS THERE.
QUESTIONS THERE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT?
>> SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LEARNING
A LOT ABOUT BOTH POINTS IN THAT
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. NUMBER ONE, OSU HAD TO SEARCH
FIRM CALLED WITTKIEFFER ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO FIND THEIR
NEW PRESIDENT AND THEY CHOSE
ALEXANDER IN TWENTY NINETEEN.
THAT ALL HAPPENED YEARS AGO.
I ASKED AND WHY THERE'S NO
REFUND POLICY BASICALLY ON THIS
SEARCH PROCESS.
SEARCH PROCESS. ADD THIS POINT AUSTISM MOVING
FORWARD IS NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE
GOING TO FIND THEIR NEXT
PRESIDENT BUT THERE IS NO TALK
OF USING WITTKIEFFER AGAIN NOW
AS FAR AS ACCOUNTABILITY WITH
THE SCHOOL GOES OS USE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES BASICALLY IS THE
FINAL STOP.
FINAL STOP. THEY APPROVED THAT CLOSE SEARCH
THEY APPROVED ALEXANDER BEING
HIRED AND IN CASE ANYBODY'S
WONDERING THEY ARE APPOINTED BY
OREGON GOVERNOR KATE BROWN SO
SHE WOULD BE THE ONE TO >>
HIM
HIM ACCOUNTABLE IF IF SHE SO CHOOSES AND WE REACHED OUT TO
HER OFFICE TODAY JUST FOR HER
TAKE ON THIS AND WE HAVEN'T
HEARD BACK NOW ALL THAT SAID
ONE VOICE WHO HAS REALLY BEEN
CALLING THIS ENTIRE TIME FOR
THE BOARD TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE IS BRENDA TRACEY
AND WE KNOW WE'RE REALLY WELL.
BACK IN THE 90S SHE FAMOUSLY
ACCUSED MULTIPLE OREGONSTATE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF ASSAULTING
HER AND SHE'S BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
SHE'S REALLY VOCAL.
SO AFTER TODAY'S MEETING I
ASKED HER TO JUMP ON ZOOME
AND TALK WITH ME AND HERE'S
WHAT SHE SAID >>.
I FEEL PRETTY GOOD.
I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE COME TO A
DECISION TO REMOVE PRESIDENT
ALEXANDER.
ALEXANDER. I WASN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT THE
SETTLEMENT.
SETTLEMENT. I THINK THAT THAT MONEY COULD
HAVE GONE TO RESOURCES FOR
SURVIVORS.
SURVIVORS. I WAS ALSO PLEASED WITH SOME
OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE END
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MEETING.
MEETING.
MEETING. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO MADE
THEMSELVES VERY VULNERABLE AS
APOLOGIES WERE MADE.
I HOPE THE SURVIVORS SAW THAT
THE COMMUNITY REALLY RALLIED TO
REMOVE PRESIDENT ALEXANDER
AND TO SAY LIKE THEIR ONGOING
ISSUES ON THE CAMPUS THAT WE
NEED TO ADDRESS.
SO I HOPE THEY DON'T >> FEEL
ALONE.
ALONE.
ALONE. SO
ALONE. SO DAN >>, MOVING FORWARD AS
OSU NOW SEARCHES FOR ITS NEXT