I'm sure Kennedy is keeping it private like he would with all donors and McGarry isn't happy about something so she went to the Herald. She sure sounded like she didn't want Kennedy to be hired and wasn't happy that a bigger university had interest in him. If the relationship is so frayed then why would he ask her to invest into something for the university?
So, she want him to do his job, unless its to renegotiate a contract with her to help out with the budget cuts at a university her family supports?
I still don't see why she brought up the nickname and said its not an issue when it looks like there is an issue.