On Monday, Ball State University President Blaine Brownell's administration set a new example for Ball State students by canceling a full day of classes for the first time in recent memory.
With one gesture, the Brownell administration prepared for the Daily News a steaming feast of crow.
Gone are the days of John Worthen, the president who refused to cancel classes in 1994, despite arctic temperatures and warnings from the director of the health center.
Monday's editorial observed Ball State's less-than-stellar history of dealing with winter storms. In it we encouraged students to keep their hopes down -- arctic conditions do not affect the way this institution runs.
For those who saw Monday's editorial (we're sorry you came to school), we tried to say that students expecting this sort of thing should not hold their collective breath.
We figured there is no way the administration would cancel classes. We were besieged by bitterness, dedicated to the proposition that all administrators are created equal.
We thought it was a safe assumption. After all, if minus 25 degrees didn't do it in 1994, a little snowstorm in 2003 won't do it either.
We were full of it.
We could've swept this away, uncorrected and unanswered, but not today.
The Brownell administration has performed a small miracle.
So, in the spirit of new management's doing wonderful things, here's a Daily News miracle:
We take it back, President Brownell. We take it back.
We promise not to rag on you (for a while, anyway). We promise to turn the other cheek (sometimes), and this winter, we promise to only pick on the city of Muncie's complete ineptness with regard to snow removal (unless something better comes up).
You can still trust us -- we're the Daily News.
President Brownell, you've appeased a campus, and as its voice, we thank you.
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