EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – In the end, the angry professors listened to the wise student.

While faculty members at University of Wisconsin branches across the state approved resolutions of “no confidence” in UW President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents, the Faculty Senate at UW-Eau Claire declined to take a vote on a similar measure on Tuesday, according to WQOW TV.

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That occurred after Jake Wrasse, the president of the Eau Claire student body, wrote a letter to Senate members, telling them they would be hurting their own cause by passing a confrontational “no confidence” measure against Cross and the Board of Regents.

UW Professors across the state are angry about $250 million in budget cuts to the university system that were approved by the state legislature and Gov. Scott Walker, as well as changes to job-protecting tenure policies for faculty. They blame Cross and the Board of Regents for not vigorously opposing the state moves.

Wrasse, who has experience as a lobbyist in Madison, reminded the Faculty Senate that the Republicans who control state government would be offended by the vote of “no confidence” in Cross and the Board of Regents, whom they support.

The student told the professors that it would be more sensible to have a civilized dialogue with state officials, if they hope to have more favorable policies approved in Madison during future budget proceedings.

“Though perhaps well intentioned, this motion and the bill text (of no confidence) put forward by the authors is embarrassingly naive and represents a massive misunderstanding of politics in the state of Wisconsin,” said the five-page letter from Wrasse.

“Telling someone you have no confidence in their ability to do their job is a terrible way to initiate a partnership to improve advocacy efforts.

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“Do you want to look foolish and make the budget battle more difficult next year? That’s all I’m getting from this.”

While news reports did not suggest that the Senate’s failure to vote on the proposed resolution was due to Wrasse’s letter, something clearly convinced the Eau Claire professors to take a different approach than their colleagues on other campuses.

Similar resolutions have been overwhelmingly approved by faculty at UW campuses in Madison, Milwaukee, La Crosse and River Falls, and more are expected on other campuses across the system.

But the members of the Eau Claire Faculty Senate thought twice.

“I think there is absolutely no question this will come back in September,” Dr. Geoff Peterson, an Eau Claire political science professor, was quoted as saying by WQOW. “Hopefully by then, the people who had concerns about this will have the opportunity to talk with the people they represent and come back comfortable with how they want to vote on it. In the end, this is a huge decision. We do not want to feel rushed about something like this.”

Wrasse expressed approval of the outcome.

“Even though I think they have very legitimate concerns about the future of their profession and their academic integrity, and those should be addressed, this was not the way to do it,” he was quoted as saying by WQOW. “I hope that through this summer and through constant communication and contact, a certain amount of political literacy can be built so they can understand why this would have been a bad idea, and they can come back in the fall with something that is actually a productive way of going about this instead of pounding their fists on the table and essentially pouting.”