A thoughtful and appropriate commentary by President Schill.  What is needed here is, in part, a sense of proportion, intent and forgiveness.  Professor Shurtz engaged in a stupid stunt owing in part to her insufficient awareness of our larger society. She made this worse by responding, more than once, using a PR firm, which also shows a surprising disconnect from the cultural norms of Eugene from someone who has lived here for decades--apparently in a soundproof room.  

However, the net damage to others from her blunderings is minimal, or overstated, or impossible to describe in a fact-based way. The fact that some people were hurt or made unhappy by this incident is a consideration that the university's leadership has apparently considered and acted upon.  As individuals and a community, we need the capacity to forgive. Not every mistake requires a sentence of lifelong shaming.