NEW INFO ON WILLIAM AND MARY-WREN CROSS CONTROVERSY

Raleigh, NC (TLS). The Liberty Sphere has learned that there are new developments at the College of William and Mary and the controversy surrounding the removal of the Cross from the college chapel.

The College's Board of Visitors plans a meeting this week to consider the complaints by a group of students and alums who have presented a petition containing 10,000 signatures demanding that the Wren Cross be restored to its rightful place. The controversy has a new twist, however. A group of students who support College President Gene R. Nichol's decision to remove the Cross from the chapel have also presented a petition containing 1100 names.

Thus, a line has been drawn in the sand. Although the petition to put the Cross back in the chapel has far more signatures than the one seeking to keep it out, Wren Cross supporters may find themselves in an uphill battle. The tide of political correctness is against them. And, as we all know, political correctness is the end-all and be-all of college education today. Historical facts are mere annoyances.

It is to be hoped that the decision of the Board of Visitors will bring some sanity back into academia. The Liberty Sphere hopes they go further. We will once again call for the dismissal of President Gene R. Nichol, who so ruthlessly ran rough-shod over the history of the College of William and Mary.