Baylor University is officially a joke

[marmar]

Raw Story / By The Associated Press


Clinton nemesis Ken Starr becomes Baylor University president

Baylor University named former Clinton White House nemesis Kenneth Starr its new president on Monday, saying the one-time independent prosecutor's Christian ideals and experience heading a law school made him the ideal candidate to lead the world's largest Baptist university. Starr, whose investigation of the Whitewater land deal and Monica Lewinsky scandal led to Clinton's impeachment (...)


http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/115287/clinton_nemesis_ken_starr_becomes_baylor_university_president/

[Turbineguy]

1. So.....

can they afford to have him squander the kind of money he spent on persecuting the Clintons?

[gimama]

2. yes!..& another TX university hired

war criminal alberto gonzales..
i'll ck on that..
I'd signed some petitions & sent emails to fire his @#*!

Thank YOU for the post..& the reminder.. I'll follow UP!

[gimama]

15. Gonzo at TX Tech

"teaching" poly sci.

NOT in the pokey.
YET. Damn..

from wikipedia & sourcewatch..

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. Ken was just jealous.

Big Bill was gettin' blown and Ken wasn't. By his wife or anyone else.

:rofl:

Baylor has always been a disgrace among the liberals of Texas. I remember, when I was in high school, my parents ranting about our squeaky clean relatives who sent their kids to Baylor, and girls could not wear slacks or shorts ON CAMPUS then. My folks were horrified, and said if they sent my sister and me to a religious school it would have been SMU (Methodist) or Trinity University (Presbyterian). I graduated from Trinity and they had no such silly rules.

[Lisa0825]

4. I graduated from Baylor in 1990, and it had gotten much more moderate by then.

The main things they were still backwards about were no opposite sex visitors in the dorms except during very limited visiting hours, no "immoral cohabitation," and no dancing on campus.

A few years after I graduated, then president Herb Reynolds removed the entire board of regents and installed his own, due to the influence of fundamentalists on the Baptist General Convention of Texas. It was a VERY bold move, and it was the right thing to do to preserve the quality of education there. He also reinstated dancing on campus, and had the first dance with his wife.

Contrary to what some believe, most professors were moderate to even liberal. We discussed abortion in my bioethics class, and my prof was not afraid to state that he was pro-choice, for example. In marriage and family (an elective sociology class) we talked openly about sex, living together, homosexuality, gay marriage, etc.

I am very sad about this decision today. Baylor will no longer be the place I remember. I am not an alumna anymore.

[Madame DuFuey]

6. 91 alum

Shout out to Dr. Rosalee Beck. Wonder if she's still there.

[Lisa0825]

8. Oh, she was great!!!

I did a quick google, and didn't find anything recent.

edited to add: I thought she spelled her name like you did, but apparently it is Rosalie. http://www.baylor.edu/religion/index.php?id=66250

[Madame DuFuey]

11. RBeck

My favorite prof there. Who knew OT could actually be exciting?

[Madame DuFuey]

16. Rosalie - thanks for the update

That helps. Thanks!

[Lisa0825]

17. You're welcome, and welcome to DU!

:pals:

[Madame DuFuey]

18. Thank you

Thanks so much! I am not on very much, so I just now saw your reply.

[aquart]

7. Alumni power is not inconsiderable.

LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

[Lisa0825]

10. Oh, I plan to... the alumni FB page has only negative comments so far....

and a new group has been started to rally people, "Ken Starr should NOT be the Baylor President."

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=310352549518&ref=mf

[tishaLA]

5. Maybe Pepperdine is feeling slightly less shamed today

[aquart]

9. Is that a good thing?

[tishaLA]

13. Anything that takes Starr out of Los Angeles is a good thing

But I'm sure Pepperdine will get someone vile to replace him

[tanyev]

12. What's his policy on female students doing their laundry?

Does he need to inspect it all first?

[Lisa0825]

14. His "introduction".... GAWD I hope some protestors show up...

http://www.baylor.edu/calendar/

Event Detail

Event Name: The Introduction of the 14th President of Baylor University
Event Date: Feb 16, 2010
(3 pm - 4 pm)
Event Location: Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center
Event Description: Please join Baylor University Board of Regents Chair R. Dary Stone, J.D. '77, as he introduces Kenneth Winston Starr, J.D, as the 14th President of Baylor University.
More Information: http://www.baylor.edu/president/search/

[timtom]

19. It kinda reminds me of Commodore in its final days

as a major influence in the computer market, after they had shitcanned Jack Tramiel.

They brought Alexander Haig on board as a "business consultant."

Then, they went belly up.

[TexasObserver]

20. When Baylor's alumni stop contributing, they'll fire him.

Baptists sending money to a Church of Christ president of their university?!

We'll see how that works out.