President Bienen sent out an e-mail to Medill people this morning saying that Dean Lavine will stay on past 2009, when his 3.5 year appointment was initially to end. Bienen doesn’t say whether this next term has an end date, but he made some key points:

Lavine (and us!) has set a “new standard for [...]

And let’s stop ruining the Rock with runny paint.

If you ever felt Medill never listens to you, you’re dead wrong.

Dean Lavine’s talking with all of Medill at 8 p.m. today in Fisk 217, to answer questions and hear from students about what’s going on at the school.
If you can’t make it, we’ll be covering the talk live, so tune in for the latest! We’ll also have a podcast up afterward, so you can [...]