{"id":7135,"date":"2024-05-21T12:08:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/?p=7135"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:10:49","slug":"watch-sou-president-rick-baileys-may-2024-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/watch-sou-president-rick-baileys-may-2024-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Â鶹´«Ã½ President Rick Bailey&#8217;s May 2024 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-18mqnr3-9a0768ccfaac70fd485bd7d16435ceb5\">\n.avia-section.av-18mqnr3-9a0768ccfaac70fd485bd7d16435ceb5{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='podcast-dome'  class='avia-section av-18mqnr3-9a0768ccfaac70fd485bd7d16435ceb5 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  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class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-u37ztb-7f21cd9896602f2bc0685370b5bfd557\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-u37ztb-7f21cd9896602f2bc0685370b5bfd557 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-u37ztb-7f21cd9896602f2bc0685370b5bfd557 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>President Rick Bailey offers an update on Â鶹´«Ã½&#8217;s solar ambitions, and also addresses protests on campuses near and far over the tragedies in Israel and Gaza. Â鶹´«Ã½ is a little less than a third of the way to the seven megawatts of solar generating capacity it will need to become the first public university to produce all of its own daytime electricity. New solar arrays are in the works atop Lithia Motors Pavilion and The Hawk dining commons, and Â鶹´«Ã½&#8217;s first solar-covered parking lot will likely be in the works within the year. President Bailey recognizes that both the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and the ongoing loss of innocent lives in Gaza are &#8220;horrific,&#8221; and that students, faculty and staff have strong feelings about it. Â鶹´«Ã½ supports the right to speak out about the situation, but urges nonviolence. President Bailey quotes Martin Luther King, Jr.: &#8220;Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 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