University of California President Janet Napolitano is the latest victim of Hot-Mic Syndrome in higher education.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Napolitano exited a board of regents meeting last week after student protesters crashed it with “chanting and partial disrobing,” throwing “phony dollar bills in the air” to protest authorized tuition hikes.
Though the audience couldn’t hear it, Napolitano’s mic was still on:
In a university video, Napolitano can be heard telling regents Chairman Bruce Varner: “Let’s go; we don’t have to listen to this crap.” She and other regents left the room until protesters left.
At the next day’s meeting, Napolitano apologized and said she doesn’t “usually use” the word “crap”:
Her choice of the word, she said, was “unfortunate.” But she also asked for “empathy and understanding” in what led Wednesday to her videotaped tart remark she had meant as private.
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