tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post7855752062388456731..comments2023-12-15T02:26:43.878-06:00Comments on CSU Faculty Voice: Daily Life Here in Pyongyang (Chicago State): Fighting ThoughtCrime in the Twenty-First Century Phillip Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105319296231539370noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-7130635357888924022014-02-17T07:48:56.981-06:002014-02-17T07:48:56.981-06:00I recommend to faculty that they explain plagiaris...I recommend to faculty that they explain plagiarism to students by referring them to this blog and to the evidence of plagiarism contained therein.<br />Paul Gomberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532991282987477464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-47689412509926990092014-02-15T21:31:22.306-06:002014-02-15T21:31:22.306-06:00I spent two months arguing against the paternalism...I spent two months arguing against the paternalism, top down structure, and obsession with maximizing the number of reasons for dismissing members of SGA that permeated the several drafts of the new SGA Constitution. I ripped several drafts apart, exposing contradictions and the basic philosophy that the Speaker of the Senate should be the CEO of the SGA legislative branch that were at the heart of the documents. I railed against the secretive manner in which the document was put together. I objected to the casual disregard of established legislative procedures. <br /><br />Not only would they not listen, they voted me out in an unconstitutional vote and then ratified the document two days after getting rid of me. <br /><br />Funny thing is, they didn't listen when I said they needed to change wording in the constitution dealing with qualifications for office. The number of hours enrolled in necessary to be eligible for SGA office, hours that must consist of undergrad AND grad hours, are beyond what the President, Vice President, Treasurer, Executive Secretary and every member of the Senate can possibly be enrolled in. <br /><br />In their zeal to pass their totalitarian document they made themselves ineligible for the offices they themselves hold. Therefore, SGA is currently illegitimate, and given the steps listed in the Constitution to amend the document and the steps necessary to hold SGA elections, there is no way to reconstitute the institution. <br /><br />They killed SGA at Chicago State through their pigheaded incompetence.Tom Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968177739301957349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-14938578171888463692014-02-15T13:22:25.094-06:002014-02-15T13:22:25.094-06:00It is hypocritical and cynical of the administrati...It is hypocritical and cynical of the administration to countenance and encourage this kind of action on the part of the SGA to violate students' and faculty's civil rights. Three days ago the Sun-Times reported that Wayne Watson spoke so enthusiastically about the work of civil rights lawyer Thomas Todd whose papers the university recently acquired. See "Chicago State University Honors Civil Rights Trailblazer Thomas Todd." According to the article, Todd himself spoke: <br /><br />"Speaking to a full house of CSU staff, students and dignitaries who gathered to celebrate the acquisition, Todd said the fight for racial equality is not yet won. 'I don’t care what technology you use, what app you have. You still can’t download freedom,' he said to applause, his voice rising and falling, like a preacher."<br /><br />No Mr. Todd, the work of civil rights is not over and it is most directly under assault by the folks who lauded you last week. <br /><br />Perhaps the students who are the target of the SGA witch hunts should ask Mr. Todd to take on their case. <br /><br />http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/25554480-418/chicago-state-university-honors-civil-rights-trailblazer-thomas-todd.htmlAnn Kuzdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168556306929918973noreply@blogger.com