tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post4288815500930187934..comments2023-12-15T02:26:43.878-06:00Comments on CSU Faculty Voice: The fix is in...Phillip Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05105319296231539370noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-51809414606473736712009-03-28T17:57:00.000-05:002009-03-28T17:57:00.000-05:00For the Board of Trustees to deny faculty and the ...For the Board of Trustees to deny faculty and the advisory committee the right to see the candidates who were "supposedly" considered for Chicago State University's President position is crazy. To have a list of 30 candidates and the best the Board of Trustees could do is select w individuals with shaded or a shaky past? Sounds suspensions? The Freedom of Information Act should satisfy that notion of suspension shouldn't it? The problem is the faculty and staff at Chicago State is afraid of retaliation from the Board and the new appointee. It would take the Governor's Office to do something but the catch is, they can't put fire out if they don't see the smoke. The smoke must come from the campus community. The campus community needs to draw attention to this faulty practice of appointing and hiring candidates. The campus community must speak up and voice their concern on the direction their university is going into. The campus community must get a petition started and signed in support of the Governor's Office to come and clean out this incompetent Board of Trustees. The campus community for the first time in history need to be united and not divided.<BR/><BR/>Chicago State the whispering in each others' offices, on campus, in your cars, and on the phone about the Board should be voiced in the place where it counts...at the Office of the Governor. Request to see the list of candidates, request for the Board to be removed or resign, request for the right to have your university to be represented in a positive light for a change...stop letting things go! <BR/><BR/>Peter Marshall said,"A man who doesn't stand for something will fall for anything." Aren't you tired of falling for everything these people on the Board keep dishing out to you?<BR/><BR/>Helen Keller said, “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Aren't you tired of the trials and suffering being the punchline of the jokes in the State of Illinois? Isn't it time to have a clear vision for the university instead of watching the clouds linger over our heads? Isn't it time for your ambition to realize its inspiration and success to accomplished through your hardwork and dedication? Chicago State...isn't it time to SCREAM?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481030245175392042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-78918161283610400142009-03-28T17:55:00.000-05:002009-03-28T17:55:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481030245175392042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187403837913738089.post-34996209086399024752009-03-27T09:42:00.000-05:002009-03-27T09:42:00.000-05:00It seems that what I've been hearing about the pro...It seems that what I've been hearing about the process goes beyond cynicism. Shouldn't the faculty do something more than "watch very carefully over the next few weeks"? That strikes me as too passive. If it's clear the process was fundamentally flawed, then it seems we should speak up now. Perhaps this goes against much of our training as academics (where we are taught to think things through in detail), but I would argue we need to adopt an activist's approach and just do something. Any takers?Professor Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691863640300110657noreply@blogger.com