Thanks!

[James Augerot]

I feel like I just had a baby! Nine months ago I put out an appeal on the
list for support for our threatened Slavic Department. Many of you
responded and evidently your response finally took effect. Our President
today announced that he has granted our appeal and will save our department.
I quote: "The Department of Slavic Languages and Literature will be
preserved. It is, in my opinion, simply too important to the
intellectural life of this University -- including such outstanding
elements as the Jackson School of International Studies -- to be
eliminated. Representations to this effect have been powerfully
articulated by many observers on and OFF [my emphasis] this campus. Its
continued existence is critical to the strength of our outstanding
programs in Russian and East European Studies."

Thanks for your help. I hope you will be as diligent in spreading the
word that we will continue to try to be as good as we can be as you
undoubtedly were in spreading the word of our pending disaster. We love
you all! jim

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      jim augerot slavic department box 353580 uw seattle wa 98195
  e-mail: bigjim at u.washington.edu  fax: 206-543-9285  tel: 206-543-6848
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