Benjamin Davis

Disclaimer: While place descriptions and news events may coincide with the real world, all characters and the plot are fictional. 
== Biography ==
=== Education ===
Benjamin Davis has a doctorate in Student Affairs Management.
=== Portland State University ===
Dr Davis is the vice president of Student Affairs at Portland State University.
A lot of EWN's coverage is inevitably focused on Student Affairs. Dr Davis doesn't like that coverage one bit. He thinks EWN should be reined in, and become a part of the Student Affairs division rather than the division of Academic Affairs.
====Book 1: Stories We Tell====
Dr Davis instigates a summons to a PSU Cabinet meeting to discuss EWN have oversteppin their charge as a campus newspaper.
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When interviewed by Will Bristol about the circumstances around the COVID surge in 2020, he threatens to cancel EWN's funding for the year, and that no further share of student fees will be granted.
When the PSU president dies, VP Davis seeks to be appointed as interim PSU president. When the Board of Trustees vote for Andrew McShane, VP Davis submits a letter of resignation effective Jan 1, 2021. However the Board of Trustees asks him to extend that to July 1.
==Physical Appearance==
In early 2021, Benjamin Davis is 48 years old. He is shorter than Andrew McShane, stocky, and carrying extra weight, but dresses well enough to cover for it. He is a red-faced, blustering kind of man
==Personality==
Dr Davis seems always on the verge of losing it. People hold their breath around him, never sure what will make him fly into a rage. His subordinates tell of Davis' vile temper.
Davis has a reputation of selling out his own people every time he needs a scapegoat.
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