Change At The Top

The following letter to the editor appeared in the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on January 5, 2011.

Thirteen months ago, some residents of Oakland called for the resignation of Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg over the university’s failure to care for the community.

It is often said that the means to an end is more important than the end itself. Although the chancellor has been and will continue to be praised by others for the advancements made by the university during his tenure, many of those advancements were made at the expense of the university's local community.

Regardless of the outcome of the embarrassing debacle pertaining to the firing of Pitt's football head coach, men and women of good conscience must seriously consider breaking their silence in order to create a change in Pitt's administration, an action that can genuinely inspire hope of a bright new future for both the university and the community of Oakland.

Carlino Giampolo