Chico State's President supports an independent investigation into how the the University handled an alleged affair between a professor and a student and alleged threats of violence. Gayle Hutchinson says it has been a tumultuous week after a report by EdSource indicated that Biology Professor David Stachura allegedly threatend to kill two professors who cooperated in an investigation into the affair. Hutchinson says she welcomes the Chancellor's Office independently looking at the case. While Stachura was being investigated for the alleged threats he was still working on campus. Fellow professors said it led to an uncomfortable work environment and students have said they would have steered clear of the department had they known about the threats. Last week Chico State's Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Debra Larson announced her retirement. The decision was less than a week after there were reported she signed off on the light discipline of a biology professor clearing his way to promotion.