NU Female Faculty Protest Promotion of Polisky to AD

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Six female Northwestern University faculty members sent an open letter Wednesday to NU provost Kathleen Hagerty demanding greater transparency in the decision to promote Mike Polisky to the position of athletic director.

The women plan to picket Friday afternoon, marching from campus to president Morton Schapiro’s home to express opposition to the decision to hire Polisky, Northwestern’s deputy athletic director for external affairs since 2010. As reported by the Chicago Tribune, Polisky is part of an ongoing investigation by a university-hired law firm and is one of four defendants along with the university in a lawsuit filed by a cheerleader who said she and others were sexually exploited and harassed. The suit, filed by Hayden Richardson, claims Polisky was dismissive of her complaints in a meeting and accused her of fabricating evidence.

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