Bush library appears headed to SMU

The committee appointed by President Bush to pick the site for his presidential library announced Thursday that it was entering into final negotiations with Southern Methodist University as the site. While the announcement is not a final agreement, it suggests that SMU will emerge as the winner of the competition to be the host of the library. The other finalists were Baylor University and the University of Dallas. SMU, which counts alumna Laura Bush among its trustees, has been pushing hard for the library. But some professors have been worried about the plans, especially recent reports that the president’s aides envision a center to promote the president’s ideas and to sponsor scholarship that praises his record.