Article: "Editorial | Nealley's firing highlights administration's strengths, opportunity for growth" (Nov. 15)
Posted by: Will Ehrenfeld
Comment: This is one of the most ridiculous editorials I've ever seen. $300,000 of our money was embezzled by the director of the OSA, and somehow this highlights strength and opportunity for growth?
I beg to differ: I think this highlights a lack of oversight and administrative incompetence. Recognize that the student activities fee totals just over $1 million, so $300K is a lot of money to get away with before being caught - probably the maximum one could get away with.
Maybe the administration responded well, but the right thing to do would be to prevent this from occurring in the first place. The fact that everyone now knows about this and that Dean Reitman gave a leak to the Daily doesn't mean that the administration responded well.
What this editorial does mean, however, is that the editorial staff of the Daily is lodged firmly in the pocket of the dean's office.
Article: "Editorial | Nealley's firing highlights administration's strengths, opportunity for growth" (Nov. 15)
Posted by: David Marosi
Comment: Will, you missed the point.
The administration took the bold and appropriate step of implementing a reporting system - something many administrations are afraid to do for fear they will hear about bad things and have to act on them.
Even when appropriate controls are in place, those using that system find weaknesses or create a weakness to exploit.
One of the best defenses against such conduct is a confidential reporting system to overcome human reluctance to become involved.
Article: "OSA Director Nealley fired; dean alleges she embezzled $300,000" (Nov. 15)
Posted by: Jill Hollander
Comment: I worked closely with Ms. Nealley until my graduation in 1999. I'm really shocked that she would be involved in something like this.
As a criminal prosecutor, I see a lot of cases where a trusted employee abuses their position. It's truly unfortunate that the Tufts family is not an exception.
I commend the university for having a method for such crimes to be anonymously brought to light and for reporting this action to the appropriate authorities.
