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Posted by: Bleed Maroon On: Friday, June 26, 2009 9:03 PM

Comment Title: Fed up with People Like McKinney and Perry Trying to screw up A&M!!
I second the motion of "Class of '95." McKinney NEEDS to LEAVE; the sooner, the better! Of course, he wouldn't be there if it wasn't for his bud Rick Perry putting him there! Perry simply cannot get out of office fast enough; the longer he's there...the more likely he will try to screw up Texas A&M even more! And just in case you don't lose the meaning it has on the football team, we WOULD have a better football coach now and be getting better recruits if it wasn't for McKinney! Just had to give the job to Mike Sherman; since he was an assistant coach when his 2 sons played for RC Slocum. And we will most likely suffer on the football field until McKinney's buddy Sherman gets fired! Even Dennis Franchione was a better coach and could recruit better players. So, yes...by all means...we desparately need Mike McKinney to leave; I'm sure there are many out there who will serve this great university infinitely better (and certainly have it's BEST interests at heart). It has already been shown and guaranteed that McKinney does nothing (or very little) in the best interests of A&M. His actions are purely in the best interests of Rick Perry! Anyone that thinks otherwise is only kidding themselves.
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Posted by: On: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:47 AM

Comment Title: Great Confidence
I have great confidence that these votes of no confidence will keep a controversy alive and well. It remains to be proven that the resignation of Murano had to do with anything other that her not being able to do a good job. One million dollars later, and still waiting to be convinced she could handle the task.
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Posted by: E On: Friday, June 26, 2009 6:31 AM

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To the poster of: "A mind is a terrible thing to stifle" Damn straight! To all the d-bag tourists whining about 'liburl' professors cashing their oversized tuition checks: 1) The profs salaries are a fraction of the budget. 2) Shared governance isn't having profs run 'the asylum'; it means participating in important decisions like selecting a university president, which the regents have now eliminated (its part of what the story is about--click the CPI resolution link). 3) Any institution called a university is not a corporation or a quasi-corporate state agency. 4) To the person who can't wait for classes to start: classes have been going all month. 5) To those cretins who think they own A&M and tell any dissenter/non-like-minded person that highway 6 goes both ways: you have nothing to contribute at an institution of higher learning, and should yourselves consider a trade school like ITT, or perhaps Liberty "University" would provide you the level of conformity you crave.
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:08 PM

Comment Title: __________SPITTING IN THE WIND__________
One can only applaud those who would go up against McKinney and Perry. However, you will do well to remember that it is likely to be as fruitful as spitting in the wind.
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Posted by: Grump On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:38 PM

Comment Title: To Bill Newton
Don't worry about being someone with a "lowly bachelor's degree". I agree with your general thesis that the faculty are acting awfully childish and don't have the skills to run a large organization, and I am a PhD working in the private sector.
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Posted by: Bill Newton '98 On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:27 PM

Comment Title: typos and such
I know that I shouldn't taunt all of you ultra-smart doctors since I just have a lowly bachelor’s degree. The "mange" comment was just too good to pass up. I really just want some members of the faculty to realize how silly their actions look to people outside of the academic world. Quit screaming “Resign! Resign!” and go cure cancer or something. Maybe invent a maroon tomato. That would be cool. Thanks for the advice on typos. If I ever go back to school, I will keep that in mind!
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:36 PM

Comment Title: To Bill Newton `98
Sorry for the missing "a". You are probably one of these students who claims not to be able to do a problem because there was a typo...
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:00 PM

Comment Title: A mind is a terrible thing to stifle
No, it isn't a popularity contest. It has become a contest of wills. It should be neither. People who blindly follow instructions have little to contribute in an environment of research and great thinkers. Management needs to be open-minded about dissent, and perhaps consider that there are better ways to get things done. TAMU isn't corporate America. It is a research university.
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:40 PM

Comment Title: p*sses on your back?
I want the next generation to be more eloquent. Texas A&M has always been a university that attracted people with dignity and class. You do not seem to possess either quality. I will give you a little more help in dealing with corporate-type individuals. If they give you a task, and you do a good job, they will give you more responsibility. Complaining or signing a petition will not get you the desired results. This isn't a popularity contest.
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Posted by: Champ On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:04 PM

Comment Title: STAND UP!
Something don't look good at all. What the heck is happening to A&M and what will it become with these people who are running it?? Students stand up and go beyond aggie beliefs to save your University before you have no say so on anything. Do it now!
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:42 PM

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So being in the corporate world means you say it's raining when the boss p*sses on your back? Where did you learn that ability? Might want the next generation to have a different set of critical thinking skills.
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Posted by: Bill Newton '98 On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:01 PM

Comment Title: micro-mange a University?
Please tell me that you are not a member of the faculty. If you are a member, just lie about it. I do believe we have a problem with mange. The Faculty Senate is the mange of Texas A&M!
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 11:25 AM

Comment Title: To Bill Newton `98
Shared governance in universities exists since thousand years, It was gained after centuries of struggle with the Church and other rulers, who thought they knew better how to micro-mange a University. Apparently this struggle has to be fought over and over again...
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Posted by: Bill Newton '98 On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:59 AM

Comment Title: Stomping your feet might work.
Maybe if you use a poster board and markers you can color a really neat sign and show up in front of Rudder Tower. Maybe someone will take your picture. That is always classy. I have had several bosses that were not technical, but they were still my boss at the end of the day. If you will act like you can handle the responsibility, the Board of Regents will take you more seriously. The Regents are from the corporate world where pouting doesn't ensure that you get your way. Now get back to multitasking on that poster board, and color a really catchy image.
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Posted by: Class of '95 On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:56 AM

Comment Title: Time's up, McKinney
If a vote of no confidence by the Faculty Senate won't "change the board's mind or the chancellor's mind," then perhaps reading the comments to the articles in The Eagle and on KBTX's website will. Public opinion matters, and the feelings of former students matter - TAMU is losing monetary support from former students (and perhaps researchers will think twice about TAMU affiliations) because of all this controversy over McKinney and his questionable governance of this great institution. McKinney needs to find a job elsewhere, so TAMU can heal from the wounds he has made, and move forward with a proper search for a new president. Perhaps Dr. Murano will apply for one of the two job openings.
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:52 AM

Comment Title: re: Bill Newton '98
Let's have someone with no experience in your line of work become your boss and tell you how to do your job. Will you become a "whiner" too? Of course a professor can get their work and research done while still being able to raise a voice on the goings on of their work. It's called multitasking; you should try it sometime.
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:26 AM

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A provincial institution would have no problem or recourse with cronyism and nepotism. No qualifications for office? No problem.
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Posted by: E On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:07 AM

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McKinney's spokesman claimed the CPI resolution "is without foundation or substance and thus cannot be addressed."? Why? Because there were no academically (or even in the corporate world) inappropriate scripture readings. Perhaps this dullard had his VCR (Vice Chancellor of Research) put little quotes from scripture onto policy directives drafts and memos à la Rumsfeld to Bush. McKinney's and the BOR's actions as listed in the CPI resolution are far more dire than Mr. Hagler's accusation that the cost-cutting will be a power-play. Yes it will, but this micro-management will be ancillary to the power that the chancellor & regents have already created for themselves. Its really cute how McKiney reduced shared governance (Vision 2020 Imperative 10, core values & other imperatives implicitly) into a crass, corporate euphemism: [“integral leadership,” the next iteration of shared governance, which is further defined as “collaborative but decisive leadership.”] [http://www.kbtx.com/tamu/headlines/48814362.html] This autocrat evidently feels he can redefine one of the crucial terms of Vision 2020 as if he were correcting a subordinate in a meeting. BTW, thanks Eagle for your lousy edit of McKinney's speech/letter to the faculty senate. (http://www.theeagle.com/local/McKinney-addresses-faculty) The story was a cacophony of disjointed and abbreviated quotes that forced the reader to view the videos to flesh out the story. Again, outdone and outscooped by KBTX.
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Posted by: Bill Newton '98 On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:42 AM

Comment Title: Classes need to start back up.
I have seen very little indication of common sense or wisdom being displayed by a member of the Faculty Senate. If they want to participate in the selection process of a new president, they should quit behaving like 13 year olds who are grounded from playing video games. Maybe when classes start back up, they will start grading papers and quit whining.
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:23 AM

Comment Title: Highway 6 runs both ways
Looks like the interim president and Chancellor McKinney are going to have a quick list of where to cut the budget. I can't help but wonder whose teaching these peoples classes while they take all this time to complain. In this economy I think I would just cash my five and six figure paycheck and shut up
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Posted by: On: Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:19 AM

Comment Title: Other TAMUS schools
Do the faculty of other system schools have similar concerns, or is it limited locally to Texas A&M University?
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