The Sad Story of Our Brother Professor

THE SAD STORY OF OUR BROTHER PROFESSOR MARSHALL BANKS

On Friday, January 13, 2012 Professor Marshall Banks accepted that he, “having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, namely, theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, did conceal the same by receiving and re-distributing grant funds to be misappropriated, and did not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 4.”

Here at “The Capstone,” there is a tradition of playing fast and loose with established traditions in Academe. We tend to “wing it” when it comes to matters of established norms. The dangers of this approach do not become evident until we carry over this “fuzziness” into other realms. Our brother took this “fuzziness” into the world of public finance; and he fell flat on his face.