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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:43 AM Original message |
William and Mary president, faced with ouster, resigns |
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queenbdem87 (233 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. I too am a student at W&M |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Shouldn't you be studying or something? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Welcome to DU |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. He's been here awhile. |
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Cornus (720 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Just one of the reasons why I support both FFRF and Barry Lynn nt |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. God hates giant statues of Jesus |
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Neurotica (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. His resignation letter is a must-read |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. There's also a link to Rector Powell's response |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Thanks. I would have missed it |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. dupe, delete |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. why do they still maintain it as a chapel??? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Many colleges do |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. UVa has one. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Because they have a theology department? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Isn't it a state school? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. It's the oldest state school in the US |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The college I work at certainly doesn't have one |
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generalbetrayus (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
61. It's the oldest state school in the US |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. W & L, my alma mater, has a non-denominational chapel. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Ours is used for all sorts of different ceremonies, speeches, etc., too. |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. He sounds like a true hero. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yeah, he's a good guy. |
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generalbetrayus (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
60. He sounds like a true hero |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's not Church and State. It's the Sex Workers Art Show |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. We've had the Sex Workers Art Show here before |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Here's how he treated the Sex Workers' Art Show issue... |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I can see where you're coming from |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. "and the traditions of openness and inquiry that sustain great universities"..... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I don't understand, defendandprotect. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. The quote defendandprotect used as the post headline is the key. |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. I don't know what you think you know or why you think you know it |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Weenie = intellectual coward |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I don't know why you're so focused on this name-calling, |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. An intellectual coward blames other people for his decisions. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Who, exactly, is he blaming? |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. two different points |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well said. |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. cheers Cab! |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Thanks |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. I wonder how many people think W&M is a private university. |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. It seems to be a fairly common misconception. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's a shame. What a very silly reason not to renew him |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. It's a public university -- he needs to go somewhere else |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I'm sure if he wants to leave, he'll find a good position |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Well, I think he's done a good job |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Tremendous loss for W&M, the students and the future --- |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
29. Whoa, check out this paragraph of his resignation e-mail: |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Yeah, there's some pretty nasty stuff that went on, apparently. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. How lovely that they were trying to buy his silence. What a bunch of fokkin' scumbags. |
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Anser (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
33. too religious |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Nichol is not a "wanna be preacher" |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. Did you read the article and the link to the president's message in its entirety? |
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Anser (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Hmm.. you may be right |
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swimboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Wow. Way to assess the big picture. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
36. Who knew this was a public school? |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. A lot of people seem to think that it's a private school |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
37. Wow! The full text of his email is a must read. |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. Was the cross part of the historic structure or did some folks put it there recently? |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. WOW, magnificent writing. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
54. a shame...he is a good liberal... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. UNC-Greensboro is looking for a new chancellor |
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