Thank goodness Standford has a "value of tolerance"!

Donald Rumsfeld has received a one-year appointment at The Hoover Institution, a conservative think-tank at Standford. Apparently,in a fit of childish rage, over 300 professors and 3,500 total individuals associated with Standford want him removed. All is not lost, however. There is at least one mature person at Standford:

"Personally I disagree with his politics," said Brett Hammon, a political science major. "But at the same time, I'm not sure I think it would be prudent for the university to refuse hiring him just because most students disagree with his politics. I know I would hate it if I went to school in Texas and the university refused to hire a prominent liberal politician just because most of the student body was conservative."

Professors, students protest Rumsfeld's appointment
CNN

Standford, California -- Students and professors at Standford University are protesting Donald Rumsfeld's appointment to a campus think tank, saying the former defense secretary does not uphold the "ethical values" of the school.

Shortly after Rumsfeld's appointment was announced in September, professor Pamela Lee began an online petition from faculty members opposed to bringing him to the Hoover Institution.

Since then, the petition has gained more than 3,500 signatures, including nearly 300 faculty members from such diverse disciplines as law, computer science, electrical engineering and drama.

"We view the appointment as fundamentally incompatible with the ethical values of truthfulness, tolerance, disinterested inquiry, respect for national and international laws, and care for the opinions, property and lives of others to which Standford is inalienably committed," the petition reads.