Post #1892355
2026-05-02 02:03 UTC
Wish I could say I'm surprised ... but all my encounters with Botstein were unpleasant. Good riddance. (Ba Win would be deeply disappointed with you, Leon.)
"... Leon Botstein has announced he is stepping down from the helm of Bard College, after an independent review of his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein found the college president’s frequent interactions with the convicted sex offender “could have alerted” him to the possibility that he and Bard would be facilitating Epstein’s abuse of women ..."
#BardCollege #LeonBotstein #epstein
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/president-bard-college-resign-leon-botstein-jeffrey-epstein
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@TheDonsieLass@mas.to 2026-05-02 02:57
@CuriousMagpie can't believe it has taken this long
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@TheDonsieLass@mas.to 2026-05-02 03:01
@CuriousMagpie oh of course, there are no real consequences anticipated: "He said he intended to remain a faculty member, teacher and musician, and said he would live at Finberg House, on the college’s campus."