  This is from Kathy Bishop , an alum that heads up The Children's School on campus.&nbsp; Her father was Dean Burke.&nbsp; Her husband is former Provost, Rep. Tim Bishop.
&nbsp; Joan, &nbsp; Please pass this on to others for me.&nbsp; I am very distressed by some of the negative outburst some of our faculty have had recently. They only "cut off our nose to spite our face. " It shows such a narrow view of the whole picture and it sends the wrong message out to those we hope will support us.&nbsp; We need to let the public know about the significant difference we have made in the lives of so many graduates and the wonderful effect we have had on members of all ages of our community from the Theater's Southampton Players, to The Children's School, the Creative Retirement and the many other programs. I think it is important to focus on the tremendous support and hard work that Laura and Bob Silllerman have given to this college; more than any other single board member has ever given to any campus of the university. I also believe that in spite of the lack of support from the majority of the LIU board Tim Bishop and many other hard working and dedicated members of the college community devoted endless hours to the survival of this college that has struggled from the start. Even now when we face our darkest times they are all still out there fighting for our continuation because they recognize our strengths and our value to the community.
We as a college community need to say thank you to those who have fought for our survival and we need to stop the finger pointing in the public arena that only outlines one important reason why we will not be able to move forward. Anything positive that has ever happened here has been from hard work not negative rhetoric. &nbsp; Thank you, Kathy 
