Message-Id: <47A73C8C.11DB.00D7.0@ipfw.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: "James Farlow" To: "Mike Taylor" Cc: "James Farlow" Subject: Re: Heliocanthus vs. Rioarribasuchus Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:25:14 -0500 OK, here is what I am willing to say: From what has been reported in the _Nature_ article, and documented in various blogs, I would support petitioning the SVP ethics committee asking that they look into the matter. If the complaints against Spencer Lucas and his associates by the graduate students are upheld by that committee, then a clear statement by SVP that such behavior is unacceptable to the profession is warranted. On the other hand, if Lucas and his colleagues did not act in a professionally inappropriate manner, then a clear statement is needed to clear their names. Feel free to distribute this as you like.