Anti-Drag TX College President Loses Confidence Vote

The Texas Tribune reports:

Most West Texas A&M faculty have lost confidence in university President Walter Wendler, according to the results of a campuswide vote that came weeks after he canceled a charity campus drag show. Faculty senate leaders announced the results of the weeklong no-confidence vote Tuesday evening. According to faculty senate president Ashley Pinkham, there were 179 votes to condemn Wendler and 82 against it.

Pinkham said in an email to faculty that some colleagues provided comments with their ballots, which will be tabulated and released in the coming days. 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. Wendler drew fire from students and free speech advocates last month when he canceled a student drag show last month arguing that the performances are “derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny.”

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The vote of no-confidence came over Wendler’s handling of the drag show. Faculty said he’s also exhibited poor leadership with other issues. https://t.co/P9iOBgqQT7

— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) April 26, 2023