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C2C - 2.0 posted:Here's what I don't understand (and admittedly, I'm probably just a simpleton): He's a former IBM executive.
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C2C - 2.0 posted:Here's what I don't understand (and admittedly, I'm probably just a simpleton): What other people have said. Also JB isn't some scrub protestor. This is what JB does. Shortly after all this started Wolfe sent him a letter so he could say he was trying. JB's response to Wolfe and the media as essentially "I sent it back and told him if he wanted to contact me he could reach me through Concerned Student 1950's email." Every chance JB has gotten he has been sure to put up a united front. Anyway, my point is JB hasn't made it easy on Wolfe to wiggle out of having to publicly address issues.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:12
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To give some background on Jonathan Butler, he was one of the organizing voices behind Mizzou for Mike Brown. He is one of the founders of the Forum for Graduate Rights. He led the anti-racist rallies after the MSA president was called a friend of the family. In that rally he led us into the administration building with a mega - phone yelling "racism lives here." He's got experience organizing and leading protests. He's been doing it loudly, constantly, and skilfully for awhile now. So while Wolfe is an ignorant dickhead, it is important to remember he's playing chess against a guy that kind of knows what he's doing.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:21
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University of Iowa has hired a president with the same "qualifications" as Wolfe so that will be very interesting to follow.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:26
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xbilkis posted:One of the dudes behind the cotton ball incident was an RA in my dorm my freshman year. He had a tattoo of some Gaelic word on his arm, which he assured us wasn't "the language of the gays." If it's not Gaelic then what is the language of the gays e: wait I just got that "Gaylic".
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Nov 9, 2015 16:35
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Parmesan Basil posted:University of Iowa has hired a president with the same "qualifications" as Wolfe so that will be very interesting to follow. I'll never understand the deification of the executive class. Like, okay we worship capitalism in this country for some goddamned reason, but running Dominoes or whatever doesn't automatically qualify you for any job in any industry.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:36
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Just to be clear, I'm not the only person who thinks it's weird to have a hunger strike for a situation where you can transfer and keep your credit hours, right?
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Nov 9, 2015 16:42
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LeeMajors posted:I'll never understand the deification of the executive class. Like, okay we worship capitalism in this country for some goddamned reason, but running Dominoes or whatever doesn't automatically qualify you for any job in any industry.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:42
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Eifert Posting posted:Just to be clear, I'm not the only person who thinks it's weird to have a hunger strike for a situation where you can transfer and keep your credit hours, right? Some people stand up for injustices they perceive instead of running away and hoping someone else deals with it. And generally you can't graduate from a school if x credit hours don't come from there. And then there's scholarships. It's not quite that black and white.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:45
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Eifert Posting posted:Just to be clear, I'm not the only person who thinks it's weird to have a hunger strike for a situation where you can transfer and keep your credit hours, right? B. He's probably paid by Mizzou and needs a salary. C. It could very well be that his research is best done with faculty at Mizzou. D. It sounds like Mizzou has a lot of issues and he's trying to fix them, and this way, he's decided, is the best way. That's pretty noble.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:47
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Joey Freshwater posted:If it's not Gaelic then what is the language of the gays it took me a second too  
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Nov 9, 2015 16:48
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Parmesan Basil posted:University of Iowa has hired a president with the same "qualifications" as Wolfe so that will be very interesting to follow. It's going to be sad seeing the state's flagship go down in flames but at least there's still Grinnell?
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Nov 9, 2015 16:49
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C2C - 2.0 posted:Here's what I don't understand (and admittedly, I'm probably just a simpleton): "One less cottonball" is probably all he thinks about it
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Nov 9, 2015 16:56
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Tyrannosaurus posted:I believe he had no experience in education, repeatedly lied on his resume, was brought in to run the school as a business, and is generally just a lovely person. I don't know. Second one in a row! Before him, it was the guy notable for almost killing Sprint in the Nextel merger.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:58
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Lotka Volterra posted:It's going to be sad seeing the state's flagship go down in flames but at least there's still Grinnell? Hey, the ISU administration is doing things right! http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/why_iowa_state_might_be_the_be.php Mizzou, I was just saying how I wished you were still in the Big 12, but you're going full SEC here.
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Nov 9, 2015 16:59
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Eifert Posting posted:Just to be clear, I'm not the only person who thinks it's weird to have a hunger strike for a situation where you can transfer and keep your credit hours, right? I know, right. What the hell is wrong with this guy, trying to inact some positive change at his university instead of yelling "YOLO, peace out!"
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Nov 9, 2015 17:02
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Bird in a Blender posted:Hey, the ISU administration is doing things right! http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/why_iowa_state_might_be_the_be.php 2 division titles in 3 years? I dunno' guys...they still don't seem like a "good fit" for the SEC. Systemic racism largely ignored? Mizzou football would probably be atop the Big 12 standings this year; that's how good they are.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:04
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Michael Sam is on the quad today at the protests.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:05
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Feranon posted:Yeah and I think the football team's boycott would be more effective on a year they weren't a loving joke. Joke or no Joke, the football team is a money maker, and they're about to not make a whole lot of money.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:07
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Gotta do what you gotta do I guess
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alpha_destroy posted:Michael Sam is on the quad today at the protests. Sam is p. cool Any faculty out there too? I just read some of them were gonna' do a 2-day walkout today & tomorrow and head to the quad to talk to students.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:07
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C2C - 2.0 posted:Sam is p. cool Ya, a ton, they're getting ready to speak.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:08
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CNN is covering it! They're calling it racial unrest and picking out video of scary black people.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:12
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Luigi Thirty posted:CNN is covering it! 
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Nov 9, 2015 17:14
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He resigned
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Nov 9, 2015 17:16
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Detroit_Dogg posted:He resigned Sweet, now dude can hit the Taco Bell and get him one of those new Boss Wraps or w/e. gently caress, I wish I could still eat like I was in college.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:17
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He hasn't eaten for a week, I'd probably slowly reintroduce gut busting foods like that.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:19
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I was making signs, so I missed the moment. But today is a good day.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:19
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Detroit_Dogg posted:He resigned  Now please get a real president this time Mizzou. None of these idiot corporate scrubs.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:23
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Nov 9, 2015 17:23
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watching rich old white men cry is so cathartic, but then they start reading scripture and I'm just reminded of all the time I spent in backwoods churches and it makes me sad, but also angry because i can't enjoy their tears as much.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:24
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No Butt Stuff posted:He hasn't eaten for a week, I'd probably slowly reintroduce gut busting foods like that. Yeah, long periods of starvation gently caress you up something fierce. Dude is going to eat nothing but like, thin soup for the next few days.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:24
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Luigi Thirty posted:He's a former IBM executive. This whole situation suddenly makes perfect sense.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:24
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Can we get a necromancer in here to revive Floyd. Need a good prez.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:29
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Yeah there has been a bad trend of new university presidents coming from business or political backgrounds over education. Colleges are businesses first and foremost now, make no mistake.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:29
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Parmesan Basil posted:University of Iowa has hired a president with the same "qualifications" as Wolfe so that will be very interesting to follow. no no, our former IBM executive also ran Boston Market AND was in charge of marketing Tombstone Pizza! We saw the success Dave Brandon had with Michigan athletics and decided to take a guy in charge of an even worse brand of pizza and let him run the whole dang school.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:31
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah there has been a bad trend of new university presidents coming from business or political backgrounds over education. Colleges are businesses first and foremost now, make no mistake. Like known shithead and no poo poo 6000 year earth creationist president of FSU John Thrasher.
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Nov 9, 2015 17:35
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I got super excited when they announced the players strike because it meant the game this Saturday might get canceled so I can watch the Ronda Rousey fight at the Columbia Buffalo Wild Wings in peace, but of course white people actually care about football instead of a black man so upset he's literally starving himself to death so of course Wolfe instantly resigns.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Like known shithead and no poo poo 6000 year earth creationist president of FSU John Thrasher. How do you hold down a job in higher ed believing in young earth creationism? I mean like, how do you ascend to University President... believing that the earth is only 6k years old?
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Nov 9, 2015 17:40
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Wolfe sounds like a little bitch. Maybe if you took poo poo seriously instead of doing nothing, you could have kept your job.
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Chilichimp posted:How do you hold down a job in higher ed believing in young earth creationism? you avoid the sciences and cut their funding. understanding our current predicament a bit more now, eh?
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