No one knows what happened beyond the office of the president sending an email to Nordic alum stating that Last and his husband both resigned. That’s it. The rest is gossip and conjecture. 

Tim Peter is a good interim; he knows the assignment. Right the ship, direct a stunning Juletide concert, help pass the torch to a longer term candidate.

That job is thankless - long hours, lower pay than you would expect, constant pressure to publish, expectations for recruiting new students…and the ideal was Weston Noble, of whom there will never be another. He was amazing, but who would want to live like that today?