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  • A friend asked for my script.  Here's what I told the lady: I am a graduate of the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Law.  I view this letter as extortion of the University.  It is an unc

  • SuingToGetAMessageBoard?
    SuingToGetAMessageBoard?

    They must have banned grade inflation in every class I took. 

  • Your summarization is incomplete and the devil is in the details. Here is the full text of the compact: https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/4059a5dd-f3dc-4cf6-bf1f-9e0d98c2f8d9.pdf?itid=lk_inlin

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#404
3 minutes ago, Cruz in Aledo said:

Has Abbott commented on this?

 

Today, we welcome the new opportunity presented to us, and we look forward to working with the Trump Administration on it.

Kevin Eltife, chair of the UT System Board of Regents

 

 

#408
3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Today, we welcome the new opportunity presented to us, and we look forward to working with the Trump Administration on it.

Kevin Eltife, chair of the UT System Board of Regents

 

 

So nothing from Abbott?

#409
3 hours ago, Cruz in Aledo said:

So nothing from Abbott?

he doesn't have to give public orders ....

from 2022

Members of the UT System Board of Regents donated $5.8 million to Gov. Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaigns, according to an analysis by The Texas Tribune. 

Abbott appointed all 90 members currently serving on nine university system boards in Texas and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. More than 70% of these appointees donated money — with 30% donating over $100,000 — to the governor’s campaign since 2013, making up about 10% of Abbott’s total donations, according to the Tribune. 

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#412

The Nazi regime purged college professors and teachers in Germany beginning in 1933 with the "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service"

 

#413
2 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

at the time, I couldn't imagine leaving Texas for Emory. 

Now, I get it.

Or Embry-Riddle for that matter.

#414

There’s most a split with the regents. I would guess they are just hoping that somehow there’s a TACO situation, however unlikely it might be. 

#415
2 minutes ago, Da Fino said:

There’s most a split with the regents. I would guess they are just hoping that somehow there’s a TACO situation, however unlikely it might be. 

 

all were hand picked by abbott

 

#416
11 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

all were hand picked by abbott

 

Sure. But a couple are more powerful than he is in this state. Unfortunately, they side with trump. 

#417
10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Today, we welcome the new opportunity presented to us, and we look forward to working with the Trump Administration on it.

Kevin Eltife, chair of the UT System Board of Regents

 

 

well that's a kick in the nuts

#418
25 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

well that's a kick in the nuts

If we are being fair, there’s no way Eltife could reach anyone else’s nuts to kick.

#420
8 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

well that's a kick in the nuts

That is old, from the original announcement of the plan.  It's not acceptance/acquiescence.

#421
10 hours ago, 7KHorn said:

Asswater Abbott 

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You could almost interpret this both ways. He’s tweeting some old news that says that he’s not a member of the woke mob, to bolster his bona fides when he says no to Trump on this.
 

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#422
30 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

You could almost interpret this both ways. He’s tweeting some old news that says that he’s not a member of the woke mob, to bolster his bona fides when he says no to Trump on this.
 

And Arch is just keeping his good stuff under wraps until Georgia.

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#424
Asswater Abbott 
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We must end indoctrination and return to fundamentals of education at all levels.

Also, please hang this poster of the 10 Commandments in every public school classroom from K-12.
#425

Well good sir, there is nothing more fundamental than the Bible! 

#426
5 hours ago, Js1 said:

Well good sir, there is nothing more fundamental than the Bible! 

It's a good study in creative fiction.  

#428
16 minutes ago, mchookem said:

is today some sort of deadline for this bs? 🤔

If I had to guess, they want to agree but tried to get the admin to change some things.

 

#429
38 minutes ago, mchookem said:

is today some sort of deadline for this bs? 🤔

Yeah--it's today.

UT actually seems to be playing this exactly right.  Loudly express its willingness to sign up and appease Geriatric Joffrey while doing absolutely nothing to actually sign up, which would imperil its academic standing.

#431
23 minutes ago, 4th_and_18 said:

feedback on the compact.

"Good work on this, guys.  Y'all chose a solid font, and the margins look great.  The grammar seems strong.  Give yourselves a big pat on the back!"

#432
11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

"Good work on this, guys.  Y'all chose a solid font, and the margins look great.  The grammar seems strong.  Give yourselves a big pat on the back!"

You want us to go in together on a compact? Yeah, we can likely help with a down payment. You’re thinking what, a Civic? Corolla? 

#433
That’s seven. @reuters.com https://www.reuters.com/world/us/university-arizona-declines-sign-onto-trump-administration-compact-2025-10-20/

 

#434

We are def gonna be the only ones to join from the initial group

#437
14 minutes ago, Js1 said:

We are def gonna be the only ones to join from the initial group

So is UT System gonna reject the Trump higher education compact or what? Today’s the deadline.

 

#438

There are probably heated emails and group texts being exchanged right now. Hopefully they get leaked to journalists or retrieved in a public record request

#439
1 hour ago, Ghost of LL said:UT actually seems to be playing this exactly right.  Loudly express its willingness to sign up and appease Geriatric Joffrey while doing absolutely nothing to actually sign up, which would imperil its academic standing.

Agreed. I don’t know if it’ll hold up but I’d love for us to just ignore it. Abbott must feel immense pressure to not agree to it. 

#440

I don't think it's anyone's to agree to except President Jim Davis.

Obviously, Abbott, his handpicked BOR, the lege, and others are pressuring Davis from outside.  And students and faculty from below.  I don't think Davis gives a shit about students or faculty, that's not his remit.

But someone seems to understand that this will make us look like clowns.

 

#441
6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I don't think it's anyone's to agree to except President Jim Davis.

Obviously, Abbott, his handpicked BOR, the lege, and others are pressuring Davis from outside.  And students and faculty from below.  I don't think Davis gives a shit about students or faculty, that's not his remit.

But someone seems to understand that this will make us look like clowns.

 

 

davis's background ...

He worked as a briefing attorney for Alberto Gonzales onthe Supreme Court of Texas and spent 14 years practicing law for Locke Lord. He worked for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as a deputy attorney general for civil litigation 

 

#442
1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

davis's background ...

He worked as a briefing attorney for Alberto Gonzales onthe Supreme Court of Texas and spent 14 years practicing law for Locke Lord. He worked for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as a deputy attorney general for civil litigation 

 

Oh, well then nothing to worry about. 

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#443

I just canceled my monthly contributions to Texas Exes. UT can fuck itself. It no longer is the university I attended and instead had been taken over by maga. 

#444
20 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Oh, well then nothing to worry about. 

Well, it seems we have more or less let the deadline pass (not sure the deadline really exists anymore).  Would be fascinating to know why given that the powers that be would all seem to be for gobbling the orange crank.

#445
5 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, it seems we have more or less let the deadline pass (not sure the deadline really exists anymore).  Would be fascinating to know why given that the powers that be would all seem to be for gobbling the orange crank.

One thing I believe happens if they sign it;  people start to protest on campus again and then shit starts to spiral...and they have to know that.  On top of all the other shit they SHOULD already know seeing what has happened to other institutions across various disciplines that have capitulated.  

Maybe they are trying to pull a JFK, where they just "ignore" the letter and talk about what they want to talk about.  

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#446
32 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

One thing I believe happens if they sign it;  people start to protest on campus again and then shit starts to spiral...and they have to know that.  On top of all the other shit they SHOULD already know seeing what has happened to other institutions across various disciplines that have capitulated.  

Maybe they are trying to pull a JFK, where they just "ignore" the letter and talk about what they want to talk about.  

Based on the “there are dozens of us” who showed up to the campus protest I know that I can buy mass hysteria in response

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#447

y'all are all whistling past the graveyard.  UT won't "bend at the knee".  UT will bend at the waist and spread it's cheeks for Donald J. Trump, because that's exactly what your governor wishes he could do personally.  

#450
1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

y'all are all whistling past the graveyard.  UT won't "bend at the knee".  UT will bend at the waist and spread it's cheeks for Donald J. Trump, because that's exactly what your governor wishes he could do personally.  

Are you of the opinion that people are stating otherwise?

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