University of Missouri Football Strike

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Did you read the article? Never mind. Racism is made up and those black people should just suck it up and accept their status as an invisible nuisance except when making the university millions of dollars.

And don't put words in my mouth. I'll happily extend you the same courtesy.

[33girl]

Is there an article someplace that says what all these incidents were? It looks to me like the football team is striking because of the Greek system??

[mizdove]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Is there an article someplace that says what all these incidents were? It looks to me like the football team is striking because of the Greek system??

http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2...toric-fall-mu/
Here's a little timeline of the things this fall that led up to it

[pinksequins]

The Atlantic published a thoughtful piece on the Yale matter.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

The Atlantic published a thoughtful piece on the Yale matter.

I found the Atlantic piece to be very well-written.

[FSUZeta]

According to "The Federalist" there is no photographic evidence of the poop swastika at Mizzou, only an anonymous report from a student who visited a Rez hall bathroom at 2am on a Saturday morning in October. I would link, but am on a mobile device.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

According to "The Federalist" there is no photographic evidence of the poop swastika at Mizzou, only an anonymous report from a student who visited a Rez hall bathroom at 2am on a Saturday morning in October. I would link, but am on a mobile device.

SHOW ME THE POO SWASTIKA!

But in all seriousness, I've learned never to underestimate the ability of people to make things up. All of these threats have been anecdotal or hear-say and in a world overrun of smartphones I wonder why no one has filmed or photographed these threats? There was a widely publicized series of tweets from a woman claiming that a group of white guys in a lifted honky truck was trapping them in a parking lot. You can post minute by minute twitter updates on the situation but can't snap one pic of the truck or the license plate for the police? :roll eyes:

As for Yale, what kind of crap pedigree are they producing there now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QqgNcktbSA

This was painful to watch. Do students actually speak to their professors and deans like this? The irony of this is when she speaks about how he was supposed to create a safe home for these students and what would freshman students think of Yale based off of the email. I personally find her behavior and attack on him more unsettleing than any email.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

SHOW ME THE POO SWASTIKA!

But in all seriousness, I've learned never to underestimate the ability of people to make things up.

Exhibit A:

http://krcgtv.com/news/local/missour...se-information

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Exhibit A:

http://krcgtv.com/news/local/missour...se-information

And with all the resignations happening at Mizzou right now, why has he not submitted his?

[FSUZeta]

A similar article can be found in "The Federalist", plus a link to a video of the media professor telling the student to leave, and to quit filming.

[jolene]

She asked for 'muscle' to remove him.

[lake]

I saw the video #ConcernedStudent1950 vs the media on YouTube. A news site I was on linked to it. It's probably the same content as the other videos out there (which I'll also check out), but in this one the Greek Life advisor, named Janna Basler, is portrayed prominently. In fact, she identifies herself to the reporter as 'ConcernedStudent1950'. Her behavior towards the reporter is appalling, and she should be reprimanded if not outright fired.

The name of the assistant professor of communication (!) - I still can't believe that's what she is - at the end of the clip is Melissa Click.

Now, let's talk about calling for jobs. If there has ever been an example more warranted for losing your job, it would be the one set by Ms. Click. What outrageous, abhorrent, misguided behavior. It is appalling to me and should be to anyone who cares about First Amendment rights that an associate professor of COMMUNICATION at a publicly funded university has demonstrated this behavior. The university should fire her ass lickety-split, no questions asked. How can you ever have any credibility as a professional communicator when you attack the very systems you deem to call yourself an expert!?? It's absolutely unbelievable. Fortunately, the university has begun to distance itself from her, and an appointment she holds at the School of Journalism at that school is being "investigated immediately", or something like that.

I have no connection to this school whatsoever, but I am just itching to contact someone there to call for her immediate dismissal. If I was a student there, I would be disgusted and embarrassed to have her as a teacher. If I was a parent with a child there, I would be horrified and mad as hell that there's a whack job like that being paid by my tuition and tax dollars to educate my child about communication while displaying such reckless disregard and disrespect to journalists and other communicators. It's not about what and why she was protesting. I get that. But to call for "muscle over here" to remove a reporter from PUBLIC space at a PUBLIC demonstration at a PUBLIC university? Absolutely unforgivable.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by lake

The name of the assistant professor of communication (!) - I still can't believe that's what she is - at the end of the clip is Melissa Click.

Now, let's talk about calling for jobs. If there has ever been an example more warranted for losing your job, it would be the one set by Ms. Click. What outrageous, abhorrent, misguided behavior. It is appalling to me and should be to anyone who cares about First Amendment rights that an associate professor of COMMUNICATION at a publicly funded university has demonstrated this behavior. The university should fire her ass lickety-split, no questions asked. How can you ever have any credibility as a professional communicator when you attack the very systems you deem to call yourself an expert!?? It's absolutely unbelievable. Fortunately, the university has begun to distance itself from her, and an appointment she holds at the School of Journalism at that school is being "investigated immediately", or something like that.

I have no connection to this school whatsoever, but I am just itching to contact someone there to call for her immediate dismissal. If I was a student there, I would be disgusted and embarrassed to have her as a teacher. If I was a parent with a child there, I would be horrified and mad as hell that there's a whack job like that being paid by my tuition and tax dollars to educate my child about communication while displaying such reckless disregard and disrespect to journalists and other communicators. It's not about what and why she was protesting. I get that. But to call for "muscle over here" to remove a reporter from PUBLIC space at a PUBLIC demonstration at a PUBLIC university? Absolutely unforgivable.

This may be slightly off the track...from a little online digging I notice Melissa Click graduated James Madison University in 1993 with a B.B.A. degree in retail marketing and women's studies.

Back in that same time frame, Camille Paglia wrote scathing essays against then-current, university-taught women's studies classes based on what and how schools taught/didn't teach the subject.

Guess Melissa Click is an outcome of what she was taught.

[Kevin]

So the Student Body President has claimed the KKK is on campus, but then deleted his post? Can he be believed regarding anything at this point? If he's using his position just to stir the pot, he shouldn't have that position.

[DTD Alum]

I also think this article from The Atlantic summarizes my concerns quite effectively. It is quite long but I think well worth the read, regardless of what side of the argument you find yourself falling on.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...t-yale/414810/