JEFFERSON CITY - While several legislators have criticized University of Missouri officials for how they responded to black student demands, an opposite criticism was voiced by Representative Courtney Curtis, D-St. Louis County, who criticized the leadership of interim systems president Mike Middleton on Monday, April 11. Curtis, a black representative who serves as chairman of the House Special committee on urban development said Middleton and other MU officials had fai..
"We don't have to wait on the actual president to get here or the new chancellor to get here to start doing things," said Rep. Courtney Curtis, D- St. Louis County. "These issues took place 11 years ago when I was a student on campus. This is something that was simmering for years, at least from a minority perspective."
Rep. Courtney Curtis, D-St. Louis County, said he felt the bill was not doing enough to prevent conflict-of-interest issues that arose through the previous legislation.
Rep. Courtney Curtis, D-St. Louis County, said he felt the bill was not doing enough to prevent conflict-of-interest issues that arose through the previous legislation.
The committee chair -- Rep. Courtney Curtis, D-St. Louis County, and a member of the legislature's Black Caucus -- criticized the leadership of Interim System President Mike Middleton. Curtis said Middleton and other MU officials had failed to provide him with information concerning budgets and diversity spending that had been previously requested.