Suffolk University is stirring again as the fallout between the Boston institution and its former public relations ace George Regan escalated on Tuesday with his April 5 deadline calling for the university to settle his nearly half a million dollar claim passing with no deal in sight.

Sources say outgoing President Margaret McKenna remains unyielding in refusing to negotiate any settlement with Regan or his firm, news coming on the heels of the pair breaking ties last month that played out aggressively in the media.

Student Government Association President Colin Loiselle reiterated his former sentiments calling for Regan’s separation from the university, an involvement he saw as a conflict of interest and must be removed in order for the university to start building itself back up again, with or without McKenna.

“I am confident that President McKenna acted appropriately and legally when she ended the relationship that Suffolk University had with Regan Communications,” said Loiselle in an interview with the Journal late Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the power struggle between McKenna and the Board, which appeared resolved in January, is back in the public eye as the Board’s initially quiet attempts to look into McKenna’s alleged misspending broke last week.

In a letter to McKenna, Regan claimed $477,000 in damages after his firm was ousted, threatening to sue Suffolk if a settlement is not reached by April 5. Additionally, the letter noted that McKenna used “Suffolk funds to engage in ‘extreme spending’ and personal travel, and was abusive toward Suffolk staff,” according to The Boston Globe.

In a statement, university spokesman Greg Gatlin called the letter “a thinly veiled threat to President McKenna personally and an attack on the university to which she is deeply committed.”

Said Loiselle, “This threatening theoretic from Mr. Regan is baseless and simply a further attempt to slander the name of President McKenna and this university.”

Confirming the allegations made against McKenna are under review, in a statement released to The Boston Herald on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Board, Justine Griffin, deemed their investigation for the time being a responsibility rather than an accusation.

“Like any other matter involving allegations being made about Suffolk University’s president, it is the board’s responsibility to review the facts associated,” said the statement. “That does not mean that the allegations have merit; it simply means that the board must do its duty and review them.”

As the university anxiously awaits news on Regan’s next move, Loiselle is confident that Regan will file suit soon, however, calling his case meritless and unable to stand in court.

“I’d be upset too if I lost such an easy paycheck,” said Loiselle, “but Mr. Regan should cut his losses and move on.”

Suffolk University is stirring again as the fallout between the Boston institution and its former public relations ace George Regan escalated on Tuesday with his April 5 deadline calling for the university to settle his nearly half a million dollar claim passing with no deal in sight.

Sources say outgoing President Margaret McKenna remains unyielding in refusing to negotiate any settlement with Regan or his firm, news coming on the heels of the pair breaking ties last month that played out aggressively in the media.

Student Government Association President Colin Loiselle reiterated his former sentiments calling for Regan’s separation from the university, an involvement he saw as a conflict of interest and must be removed in order for the university to start building itself back up again, with or without McKenna.

“I am confident that President McKenna acted appropriately and legally when she ended the relationship that Suffolk University had with Regan Communications,” said Loiselle in an interview with the Journal late Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the power struggle between McKenna and the Board, which appeared resolved in January, is back in the public eye as the Board’s initially quiet attempts to look into McKenna’s alleged misspending broke last week.

In a letter to McKenna, Regan claimed $477,000 in damages after his firm was ousted, threatening to sue Suffolk if a settlement is not reached by April 5. Additionally, the letter noted that McKenna used “Suffolk funds to engage in ‘extreme spending’ and personal travel, and was abusive toward Suffolk staff,” according to The Boston Globe.

In a statement, university spokesman Greg Gatlin called the letter “a thinly veiled threat to President McKenna personally and an attack on the university to which she is deeply committed.”

Said Loiselle, “This threatening theoretic from Mr. Regan is baseless and simply a further attempt to slander the name of President McKenna and this university.”

Confirming the allegations made against McKenna are under review, in a statement released to The Boston Herald on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Board, Justine Griffin, deemed their investigation for the time being a responsibility rather than an accusation.

“Like any other matter involving allegations being made about Suffolk University’s president, it is the board’s responsibility to review the facts associated,” said the statement. “That does not mean that the allegations have merit; it simply means that the board must do its duty and review them.”

As the university anxiously awaits news on Regan’s next move, Loiselle is confident that Regan will file suit soon, however, calling his case meritless and unable to stand in court.

“I’d be upset too if I lost such an easy paycheck,” said Loiselle, “but Mr. Regan should cut his losses and move on.”