[CASA] Another letter to sexton

[Hugo Pezzini]

 Dear President Sexton,
 
 I am Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics at CUNY’s Graduate 
 Center, and I am writing to you in response to your decision to 
 threaten striking NYU’s Graduate Assistants with the possible 
 withdrawal of their stipend for the Spring semester. I am sure that you 
 are fully aware of how seriously NYU’s public image has sufferred in 
 the past few months as a result of the bitter conflict and of your 
 handling of the situation. But your most recent decision to favor 
 repression over dialogue has landed a deadly blow to the university 
 community that you were hired to lead and represent. For the sake of 
 your, until now, highly respected institution, I sincerely hope that 
 you will withdraw your threat, celebrate the critical spirit and sense 
 of social responsibility of your Graduate students, and choose to act 
 as the leader of a democratic intellectual community rather than as the 
 ruthless manager of an academic-business empire.
 Those of us who over the years have looked up to and collaborated with 
 your brilliant faculty and graduate students now have our eyes on you. 
 Please know that your decisions will have a profound impact on our 
 perception of and future relation with New York University.
 
  
 
 Respectfully,
 
  
 
 José del Valle
 
 Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics
 Ph.D. Program in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages
 Ph.D. Program in Linguistics
 The Graduate Center
 The City University of New York
 365 Fifth Avenue
 New York, NY 10016
 Phone: 212-817-8414
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Hugo Pezzini
Ph.D. candidate
Instructor of Record
New York University
Comparative Literature Department
mono at hugopezzini.com