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Board of Visitors (BOV) Asks Faculty Committee To Review Cross Display

BOV Releases Statement On Cross | Announces Committee Members | Bios of BOV members
Video NOW AVAILABLE: See D’Souza and Prof. Holmes Debate Cross Removal Lipscomb: “Loyalty Oaths are Back at W&M” AP: “Cross Removal Stirs VA College Campus”
Rev. Joe Ponic (’59): “No Cross, No Legacy" Virginia Gazette Publisher: “Enough Already!” Newt Gingrich and Chris Levenick: “Crossing the Line at William and Mary”
Survey: All Colonial College Chapels Display Crosses and Are More Diverse than W&M Conda and Haley: “What’s Next?” Gibbons (’71) in Wash Times: Rector Powell Should Act to Restore Cross
Blog: W&M Alumna Launches “No Cross, No Cash” Campaign to Withhold Donations Blog: Analysis of Nichol’s Statements on Cross Alum Letter (’92): “Christians and Jews do not occupy a zero-sum game of religious observance.”

A Tale of Two Crosses at William & Mary

 More Alumni Letters to Nichol More Blog Entries
Washington Times Cartoon –Cross Out, Sex Show In VA Gazette: Sex Worker Art Show Welcomed on Campus Racy show shines light on double standard

Flat Hat Editors: Nichol Botched Cross Decision

Nichol Concedes Error in Removing Cross from William & Mary's Wren Chapel
Without Consultation ... But Learns Nothing
Read the Press Release | Students and Alumni React | Read Gene Nichol's Email

Nichol Orders Cross Removed

In October, the Assistant Director for William & Mary’s historic campus wrote to Wren Building employees that “in order to make the Wren Chapel less of a faith-specific space, and to make it more welcoming to students, faculty, staff and visitors of all faiths, the cross has been removed from the altar area.” On October 27, President Nichol confirmed his cross removal order in an email message to the College.

Read here for Nichol’s email and an accounting of the facts surrounding Nichol’s cross removal order and here for news articles on the removal order.

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