No, there will be a vote in the U.S. House on a resolution opposing the new strategy in Iraq. But despite the efforts of leftist professors and activists on campus and beyond, there will be no faculty-wide vote at Southern Methodist University on the matter of a proposed think tank at the planned George W. Bush’s presidential library.

Opponents had argued that a research institute as part of the library complex would put SMU “at risk” of being associated with the views of the reviled President Bush. Supporters prevailed by arguing that the complex was a package deal, valuable to the university in prestige and fundraising, and not subject to the ideological preferences of the faculty.

There’s also a new argument being advanced against the entire project: that it would put SMU and the Dallas area in the crosshairs of deadly terrorists. This is not exactly sensible:

Although it’s possible the Bush library could be targeted, terrorism expert Jennifer Holmes said the threat is minimal.
“If people want to live in a bunker, they’re less likely to have problems,” said Dr. Holmes, associate professor of political economy and political science at the University of Texas at Dallas. “The issue is the relative risk compared to anywhere else in Dallas. Dallas is a target-rich environment anyway. One more really doesn’t make a difference.”