Someone help me out with this Mizzu thing....

[elwoodtrix]

mods!!!

please get this thread back on topic

 

[Eagle Eye]

And you among others are directly responsible for the decline in activity on this site.

Do you always blame liberals for phenomena that you can't explain with facts?

 

[Boehlertaught]

One of these days folks associated with that university will mature. Only then will issues like this go away.

 

[inactive]

I think if the mods anaylized the drop off in membership and activity on this site, it would directly correlate to the liberals idiocy that continues to be posted.

Actually it's because most of the members got tired of watching the same tired, old men griping about being afraid of and disgruntled with anything new and different to them politically, socially, theologically, philosophically, economically, etc. Basically the visceral negativity that just flowed out into forum posts gets absolutely insufferable.

But carry on I'll be back every few months.

 

[dennishoddy]

How about we get this back on track and talk about the situation at Missouri?

 

[Ace_on_the_Turn]

How about we get this back on track and talk about the situation at Missouri?

Is there something happening in Missouri?

 

[dennishoddy]

There's going to be a whole lot happening in this thread if it doesn't get back on track.

 

[amcardon]

One of these days folks associated with that university will mature. Only then will issues like this go away.

I disagree. I highly doubt any of those involved will mature. They might get older, but maturation is unlikely. I wonder, however, how many will end up in politics, possibly even citing this event as part of their CV...

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[farmerbyron]

Hell if they didn't.! Have you read their list of "Demands".

Demand #1, they wanted him to apologize for being White and "gross negligence".


I. We demand that the University of Missouri System President, Tim Wolfe, writes a handwritten apology to the Concerned Student 1-*9-*5-0 demonstrators and holds a press conference in the Mizzou Student Center reading the letter. In the letter and at the press conference, Tim Wolfe must acknowledge his white male privilege, recognize that systems of oppression exist, and provide a verbal commitment to fulfilling Concerned Student 1-9-5-*0 demands. We want Tim Wolfe to admit to his gross negligence, allowing his driver to hit one of the demonstrators, consenting to the physical violence of bystanders, and lastly refusing to intervene when Columbia Police Department used excessive force with demonstrators.

II. We demand the immediate removal of Tim Wolfe as UM system president. After his removal a new amendment to UM system policies must be established to have all future UM system president and Chancellor positions be selected by a collective of students, staff, and faculty of diverse backgrounds.

III. We demand that the University of Missouri meets the Legion of Black Collegians' demands that were presented in 1969 for the betterment of the black community.

IV. We demand that the University of Missouri creates and enforces comprehensive racial awareness and inclusion curriculum throughout all campus departments and units, mandatory for all students, faculty, staff, and administration. This curriculum must be vetted, maintained, and overseen by a board comprised of students, staff, and faculty of color.

V. We demand that by the academic year 2017-2018, the University of Missouri increases the percentage of black faculty and staff campus-wide to 10%.

VI. We demand that the University of Missouri composes a strategic 10 year plan by May 1, 2016 that will increase retention rates for marginalized students, sustain diversity curriculum and training, and promote a more safe and inclusive campus.

VII. We demand that the University of Missouri increases funding and resources for the University of Missouri Counseling Center for the purpose of hiring additional mental health professionals -- particularly those of color, boosting mental health outreach and programming across campus, increasing campus-*wide awareness and visibility of the counseling center, and reducing lengthy wait times for prospective clients.

VIII. We demand that the University of Missouri increases funding, resources, and personnel for the social justices centers on campus for the purpose of hiring additional professionals, particularly those of color, boosting outreach and programming across campus, and increasing campus-*wide awareness and visibility.

Well those demands seem reasonable.........

Funny that a bastion of progressive thought like Mizzou is being portrayed as a segregated school from the 60s. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Mizzou a pretty renowned journalism school.

 

[henschman]

Colleges need to be made more like the media in this country -- students should be able to pick and choose assignments that conform and agree with their existing worldviews, rather than actually having to justify their beliefs in the face of challenging opposing views.