Her campus is famous for making the pepper-spraying of innocent Occupy protestors into a kind of spectator sport. In the aftermath of the incident, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi faced down a no-confidence vote last week. She emerged with no tears (and no burning of the eyes):
UC Davis faculty voted by a large margin to support the continued leadership of Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, who has faced criticism about the Nov. 18 pepper-spraying of peaceful student demonstrators by campus police, officials said Friday evening.
In an online referendum, professors voted 697 to 312 to defeat a no-confidence measure that censured Katehi’s handling of the controversial police action, according to an announcement by the campus Academic Senate. The motion sought to link her directly to the pepper-spraying and contended that she had failed “to act effectively to resolve the resulting crisis.”
A rival measure that supported Katehi while also condemning the pepper-spraying passed by a narrower margin, 586 to 408. That resolution praised Katehi for improving the campus’ academic stature since taking office in 2009 and noted that she apologized for the pepper-spraying and has moved to prevent similar actions in the future. “It is time to promote a constructive healing process rather than risk more harm by pressuring the chancellor to resign,” it said.
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