the greatest harm a University can inflict on a faculty member;  resign (or be fired) in disgrace and leave the campus!!  

I'm a fan of "measured response" and feel Ms. Shurtz's, while unintended, was "hurtful" and perceived my many as a racist act.  A measured response would have been confronting her about the incident, listening to her apology and having the understanding, compassion and forgiveness to accept that apology, realize Ms. Shurtz is clearly NOT a racist, and all move forward.  For, it seems, a significant segment of today's University community, including student activists, faculty and administrators, such capacity for forgiveness is lost.  

I called these folks "self-righteous, pompous asses."  If that hurts their feelings, I won't apologize... the insult was INTENDED.  Gary Crum