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re: LSU Board votes to remove Troy Middleton's name from campus library..
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:40 am to LSUAlum2001
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:40 am to LSUAlum2001
This will do wonders for their fund raising efforts.
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Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:40 am to Tigeralum2008
They seemed to donate pretty damn well when Okeefe was president. But apparently his political bend didn’t sit with a lot of professors
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:41 am to terriblegreen
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had to layoff 40% of their employees
Wasn't this Rona related?
Insiders know better
The move to layoff the staff was because of the failure to raise the funds for a $1.5B capital campaign. The Foundation CEO was replaced as well
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:41 am to Tigeralum2008
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I listened to the board speeches on this matter and it appears there was substantial archival evidence proving Middleton’s support of segregation while he was President.
So he shared the same views as Muhammad Ali on the subject.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:41 am to fr33manator
quote:I thought your melt would be prettier.
And so now the majority of donations will come from people of color?
Since they obviously don’t want the money of us evil white devils since at some point in the past someone might have said something deemed racist by modern standards
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:43 am to tigerpimpbot
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So he shared the same views as Muhammad Ali on the subject
Doesn’t matter. In this day and age, a university cannot be seen as standing idle on the subject of racial discrimination. Especially considering its peers have already made several changes on their campuses
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:44 am to therick711
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Yet the Law Center still named after Russell Long
Point taken, but that's the field house. Paul M. Hebert is who the law center is named after, they just have a statue of Russell Long chillin out front
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:45 am to LSUAlum2001
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In retrospect, did he help or hinder it?
Not sure, but if his prestigious military career is any indicator, he followed his orders promptly and without question
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:46 am to Oilfieldbiology
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They seemed to donate pretty damn well when Okeefe was president. But apparently his political bend didn’t sit with a lot of professors
LSU has never been on the same level as their SEC peers in terms of academic fundraising. Emmert may have been the most successful.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:47 am to upgrayedd
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Not sure, but if his prestigious military career is any indicator, he followed his orders promptly and without question
Dramatic counterpoint but so did Himler...
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:47 am to Boring
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Paul M. Hebert is who the law center is named after, they just have a statue of Russell Long chillin out front
You are correct. I've made the change.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:48 am to LSUAlum2001
I mean, I’m not gonna lie. Out of the stuff being removed this is one I’m mildly okay with. Dude was pretty blatantly racist.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:48 am to Tigeralum2008
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Insiders know better
The move to layoff the staff was because of the failure to raise the funds for a $1.5B capital campaign. The Foundation CEO was replaced as well
Not accurate, FWIW.
Pre-COVID they were actually ahead of target on the $1.5B goal.
This post was edited on 6/19/20 at 11:50 am
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:49 am to Tigeralum2008
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Dramatic counterpoint but so did Himler...
Yeah, that's not really relevant at all but thanks, I guess
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:49 am to LSUAlum2001
no more money from me.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:50 am to LNCHBOX
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no more money from me.
I really hope this hits the university where it hurts.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:52 am to Tigeralum2008
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No one donated to LSU prior to this movement.
No one. Really.
No one donated?
OK
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:52 am to upgrayedd
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Yeah, that's not really relevant at all but thanks, I guess
My point is your behaviors are not excused simply because you were following orders. Distinguished military careers earn you the benefit of the doubt but it does not patently pardon you from supporting a policy that in hindsight has been deemed wrong
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:52 am to Tigeralum2008
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Doesn’t matter. In this day and age, a university cannot be seen as standing idle on the subject of racial discrimination.
Then do something that actually helps. Virtue signaling is not doing something that actually helps.
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Especially considering its peers have already made several changes on their campuses
That guy over there did something stupid and now I have to do it to, or I'm racist.
Posted on 6/19/20 at 11:53 am to upgrayedd
It will. Everything is about money, it's the only language that everyone speaks fluently. The Democrat party is the party of big business (go look at campaign contributions and what content Amazon et al. give priority to).
Money is the lifeblood that fuels these petty tyrants, so you have to starve them of it in order to make a point and effect change.
Money is the lifeblood that fuels these petty tyrants, so you have to starve them of it in order to make a point and effect change.
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