Across Campus -- Watching Richard Fox

The annual introduction of faculty and staff is more than a chance to meet and greet new colleagues. It's something of a contest to see who can make the most memorable introduction.

On Wednesday, Terry Weiner, chair of political science, made what may be one of this year's more memorable remarks in "re-introducing" Richard Fox. The associate professor of political science was joining the college for the third time, Weiner observed, noting that the last two times he was hired for a job he had left.

So Weiner used the meeting to "deputize" his colleagues: "If you see (Richard) at an airport, you have the power to detain him to ask him if he is making a trip for a job interview, and you have the power to make a citizen's arrest."