Cross Coming Back to College Chapel
By SONJA BARISIC
ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 6, 2007

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - A compromise announced Tuesday will permanently return a brass cross to the chapel at the College of William and Mary, several months after the president's decision to remove the cross caused an outcry.

The 18-inch cross will be displayed prominently in a glass case, based on a recommendation made by a committee of alumni, students and others that President Gene R. Nichol created to study the issue.

The cross had been on the altar since about 1940 during religious services and secular events at the publicly funded college. But in October, Nichol removed it to make Wren Chapel more welcoming to students of all faiths. The cross could be returned by request. the rest