The Wash Post takes a look at the resignation of William & Mary prez Gene Nichol. It’s hard not to agree with this assessment:

The school became an embarrassment, said senior Joe Luppino-Esposito, with the controversies Nichol caused overshadowing its strong academic reputation. The way Nichol resigned was typical, he said: putting his own agenda ahead of the good of the school by bolting mid-semester, sending out a bitter message and implying that the offer of a transition package was an attempt to buy silence.