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Post by bsu1 on Mar 18, 2019 9:51:58 GMT -6
I would add Wofford, Belmont, ETSU and Murray State to the list. Maybe Wright State.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2020 17:57:49 GMT -6
By the way, I think the Longwood people knew EXACTLY what they were doing when they chose the name "Lancers", and chose the horse as their mascot.
I hesitate to resurrect this brutal thread but it’s the drought between conference games and a third day of rain here...... y’all probably already knew this bit of Wikipedia information: “Longwood University is a public liberal arts university in Farmville, Virginia. Founded in 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary Association”
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Post by cardfan on Feb 26, 2020 18:01:07 GMT -6
Females named it Longwood, eh?
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Post by williamtsherman on Feb 26, 2020 19:36:45 GMT -6
By the way, I think the Longwood people knew EXACTLY what they were doing when they chose the name "Lancers", and chose the horse as their mascot.
I hesitate to resurrect this brutal thread but it’s the drought between conference games and a third day of rain here...... y’all probably already knew this bit of Wikipedia information: “Longwood University is a public liberal arts university in Farmville, Virginia. Founded in 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary Association” Wait, what? The Farmville Female Inseminary Association?
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Post by realitycheck on Feb 26, 2020 20:16:26 GMT -6
This explains a lot.
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Post by lmills72 on Feb 26, 2020 20:36:11 GMT -6
I hesitate to resurrect this brutal thread but it’s the drought between conference games and a third day of rain here...... y’all probably already knew this bit of Wikipedia information: “Longwood University is a public liberal arts university in Farmville, Virginia. Founded in 1839 as Farmville Female Seminary Association” Wait, what? The Farmville Female Inseminary Association? Wait? Did you say The Farmville Female Artificial Insemination Association, founded by Agnes Dildus Morehead?
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Feb 27, 2020 9:25:27 GMT -6
In fairness, Pres. Mearns seems to be the real deal I'm confused by this statement as well. Mearns, while he seems to be a nice guy, appears to be more concerned with implementing an even more liberal agenda than we've seen on campus. His hot topics are "inclusion" and "social justice" instead of "education." He received a huge bonus, and while he gave staff a 1% one-time bonus (after forcing departments to cut 3% from their budgets), morale among the faculty and staff is at an all-time low. I realize this isn't the right thread for this, but the "real deal" statement rubbed me the wrong way. While I like Mearns personally, professionally he's been terrible.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 9:43:21 GMT -6
I'm confused by this statement as well. Mearns, while he seems to be a nice guy, appears to be more concerned with implementing an even more liberal agenda than we've seen on campus. His hot topics are "inclusion" and "social justice" instead of "education." He received a huge bonus, and while he gave staff a 1% one-time bonus (after forcing departments to cut 3% from their budgets), morale among the faculty and staff is at an all-time low. I realize this isn't the right thread for this, but the "real deal" statement rubbed me the wrong way. While I like Mearns personally, professionally he's been terrible. The Ball State 2040 Strategic Plan pretty much sums that up.
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Post by cardfan on Feb 27, 2020 9:51:56 GMT -6
It’s being drilled into us, like it or not. And any time there’s any kind of “incident” on campus we get more “training,” which takes time away from our jobs. And the “incident” had nothing to do with 99% of but we all get treated as if we were the offending party.
Most people are good and decent people who just go about their business without incident. The select few get us all “punished”.
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Post by williamtsherman on Feb 27, 2020 14:50:08 GMT -6
Statement of values from the 2040 plan, with my comments in bold, as pertains to the BB program:
Our Enduring Values
Excellence. We commit to excel in all that we do. BWAAA HHHAHH H AAHAHAHA H HA HAHHAHHAH Stop it, I can't breath BWWWAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Somebody get me a glass of water BWAAAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHHHAHH H AAHAHAHA H HA HAHHAHHAHBWWWAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHAHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHHHAHH H AAHAHAHA H HA HAHHAHHAHBWWWAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Innovation. We commit to be creative, responsive, and progressive. BWWWAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH It should say "We commit to be creative, responsive, and progressive.....as long as it's something every other MAC school is doing."
Courage. We commit to set ambitious goals and to take the risks necessary to achieve those goals. BWAAAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHHAHAHAH That's a good one from an administration that caves in as soon as a few whiney wokesters start throwing any sort of little tantrum.
Inclusiveness. We commit to respect and embrace equity, inclusion, and diversity in people, ideas, and opinions. Well, we do have a female clueless mediocrity incompetently following conventional wisdom as an AD instead of another male clueless mediocrity incompetently following conventional wisdom...so there's that.
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Post by 00hmh on Feb 27, 2020 16:19:31 GMT -6
Beth is not mediocre. She has done a good job here reorganizing, bringing in new people and competent people. This is not nearly the same good old boy BSU it has been since Bubba, and it is not the incompetence we had before him either.
The higher level decision making major leading to bold changes is risky. And she is constrained by both our limitations, and the rest of the administration and BOT which are not really radical change makers.
Besides she is young and this job is about her NEXT job. She is not going to do much that is really really bold, maybe not even if she has the power, and I doubt that. Even if she could, that is a career killer unless you really hit the long shot. She is set to advance as long as she makes the President happy, keeps racking up things she has done here, and of course a lot of that is incentive to follow "best practices."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 17:04:58 GMT -6
Beth is not mediocre. She has done a good job here reorganizing, bringing in new people and competent people. This is not nearly the same good old boy BSU it has been since Bubba, and it is not the incompetence we had before him either. The higher level decision making major leading to bold changes is risky. And she is constrained by both our limitations, and the rest of the administration and BOT which are not really radical change makers. Besides she is young and this job is about her NEXT job. She is not going to do much that is really really bold, maybe not even if she has the power, and I doubt that. Even if she could, that is a career killer unless you really hit the long shot. She is set to advance as long as she makes the President happy, keeps racking up things she has done here, and of course a lot of that is incentive to follow "best practices." You are probably 100% correct. I’ve worked with the exact people you describe Beth to be. That description actually DOES make her mediocre in her present job. Truly exceptional people are able to make a difference while faced with the obstacles you describe. I wish her well well in her subsequent employment. I’m sure her present manager makes glowing annual evaluations as she participates in not making any truly difficult decisions.
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Post by CallingBS on Feb 27, 2020 17:09:00 GMT -6
Beth is not mediocre. She has done a good job here reorganizing, bringing in new people and competent people. This is not nearly the same good old boy BSU it has been since Bubba, and it is not the incompetence we had before him either. The higher level decision making major leading to bold changes is risky. And she is constrained by both our limitations, and the rest of the administration and BOT which are not really radical change makers. Besides she is young and this job is about her NEXT job. She is not going to do much that is really really bold, maybe not even if she has the power, and I doubt that. Even if she could, that is a career killer unless you really hit the long shot. She is set to advance as long as she makes the President happy, keeps racking up things she has done here, and of course a lot of that is incentive to follow "best practices." You are probably 100% correct. I’ve worked with the exact people you describe Beth to be. That description actually DOES make her mediocre in her present job. Truly exceptional people are able to make a difference while faced with the obstacles you describe. I wish her well well in her subsequent employment. I’m sure her present manager makes glowing annual evaluations as she participates in not making any truly difficult decisions. You are correct, sir. The truth behind the truth.
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Post by williamtsherman on Feb 27, 2020 18:08:27 GMT -6
Beth is not mediocre. She has done a good job here reorganizing, bringing in new people and competent people. This is not nearly the same good old boy BSU it has been since Bubba, and it is not the incompetence we had before him either. The higher level decision making major leading to bold changes is risky. And she is constrained by both our limitations, and the rest of the administration and BOT which are not really radical change makers. Besides she is young and this job is about her NEXT job. She is not going to do much that is really really bold, maybe not even if she has the power, and I doubt that. Even if she could, that is a career killer unless you really hit the long shot. She is set to advance as long as she makes the President happy, keeps racking up things she has done here, and of course a lot of that is incentive to follow "best practices." Your so deep into your mediocrity fetish that you can't even recognize it as you're describing it. You first say she's not mediocre and then you proceed to describe the exact nature of her mediocrity.
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Post by williamtsherman on Feb 27, 2020 18:21:53 GMT -6
She is young and, being female, checks a key diversity box, which gives her an enormous advantage going forward. It is certainly in her interest to avoid rocking the boat in any way or doing anything out of the ordinary. She's going to follow the conventional wisdom to the letter, and so could probably be replaced by a computer algorithm. This is all super-wonderful for her career, and I'm happy for her. But as far as taking strong, innovative action to pull the BB program out of the doldrums...we can f------ forget it.
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