• (1) The action was taken in direct disregard of advice from the Board's attorney and in apparent violation of the North Dakota open meetings law;
• (2) The action represents an intolerable example of micromanagement and interference in local campus governance;
• (3) The board took the action with no study, no apparent recommendation from any knowledge individuals, and total disregard for the work of the commission appointed by the president; and,
• (4) Perhaps most importantly, the action sanctions continued violation of human rights and dignity at an institution of higher education.

The Board made no attempt to consider the negative repercussions of this action on the institution, on faculty and staff members, and on the students. Its action will perpetuate a climate of deliberate indifference to the needs and concerns of minority students and faculty and a hostile environment for those individuals and all others who value human dignity above out-dated, ethnocentric tradition.