{"id":7738,"date":"2025-02-21T12:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:25:43","slug":"watch-sou-president-rick-baileys-february-2025-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/president\/watch-sou-president-rick-baileys-february-2025-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Â鶹´«Ã½ President Rick Bailey\u2019s February 2025 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-18vtymi-fef919c05398fdd164948292f49c9111\">\n.avia-section.av-18vtymi-fef919c05398fdd164948292f49c9111{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='podcast-dome'  class='avia-section av-18vtymi-fef919c05398fdd164948292f49c9111 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 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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-u1ua5m-515ccb659c3fb8e3ee7878494479f1aa\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-u1ua5m-515ccb659c3fb8e3ee7878494479f1aa .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-u1ua5m-515ccb659c3fb8e3ee7878494479f1aa '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>President Rick Bailey has a single topic for his February video message, and it gets straight to the heart of Â鶹´«Ã½: love. \u201cWe are built on a principle here at Â鶹´«Ã½ that everyone is deserving and worthy of love and respect and kindness and support,\u201d President Bailey says. The university has love for all, regardless of where they are from, their last names, how they identify themselves, their abilities, their military status, their hometowns or how they choose to vote. \u201cYou still have a home here at Â鶹´«Ã½,\u201d the president says. Current events have highlighted the divisions throughout society, but Â鶹´«Ã½ provides an environment where people of all stripes can live and learn together with respect \u2013 and love. \u201cThis is not a political stance, and it certainly is not a political act of defiance,\u201d President Bailey says. \u201cI think we can do two things at the same time. We can be honorable, and we can make sure we\u2019re following all of the federal and state laws. 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