Interim Provost Stephen Zoloth gave the athletic training majors his personal word that education would not be affected by the suspension of the program and continues to say this.

When we asked him what the incentive is for the athletic training faculty to stay, his response was “the students,” and he went on to say how any professor would stay for the students.

What Zoloth neglects to realize is that almost all of the faculty members have families and children. They would be crazy not to accept another job if they were offered one. Also, they have spent more than a year trying to save the program, and in the end it came down to it being a money issue in the eyes of Zoloth, who until a few weeks ago was the dean of the Bouv’eacute; College of Health Sciences.

Why should the faculty stay and work for a program that puts greater value on how much revenue is brought in rather than the outstanding quality of education and all of the work and passion the faculty and students have put forth?

Zoloth is unrealistic in thinking that the university would be able to find a staff that could ever come close to the high standards the athletic training faculty have set. Who would be willing to work for a program that is being suspended?

– Amanda Bati is a middler athletic training major and Kristie Gagnon is a junior athletic training major.