The President of UMW was arrested this afternoon and charged with DUI and refusing to take a Breathalyzer according to a report in The Free-Lance Star. An e-mail message sent around UMW's campus only referred to police "involvement" and mentioned President Frawley's leaving Fairfax Hospital against medical advice. It seems by the Free-Lance Star report, and definitely not the UMW e-mail message referred to above, that he might be out on $1,500 bond after being charged in front of a magistrate for two misdemeanors.

Perhaps the Free-Lance Star will follow up on its reporting, in particular, asking Fairfax Hospital for its side of the story.

If it turns out that President Frawley is at least partly responsible for deciding to drive while impaired, his judgment and fitness to serve as President should be examined. Pending such an examination, someone else should act as President. That person should examine all recent decisions made by President Frawley.

If there's some reason to think that the decisions to pick Newt Gingrich to be this year's commencement speaker and, if it's true, pay an exorbitant fee to Gingrich were made by someone with impaired judgment, serious consideration should be given to revoking those decisions.  ¶ 6:32 PM