At this institution, they let go of the resident writer professor supposedly due to cutbacks. All they do is play politics. The latest gambit by aggressive educator is name dropping authors visiting at an elite college nearby (don't have the wherewithal to invite them to talk at this institution). There are lots of respectable middle of the road authors; when students mention them, they don't care. You see, it's not about who you know, but who they know, get it. So in the name of promoting others, they are really after promoting themselves. Favorite authors, favorite cliques...don't have anything to do with quality and art in process. Just look at the prez'. There he is like a walking donut head posing here posing there, a real pansy, a real bony figurehead. All those honorary degrees and prizes, and he starts a war. A carpenter or grandmother has more sense!