A little help please...vote NO in this poll!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

Apparently the attorneys want a closed hearing for these two professors who were wrongfully terminated and Thames wants to make the hearing public in order to turn the pack mentality against them.

Apparently Thames doesn't want to follow his own faculty handbook which calls for closed hearings.

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040315/opinion/index.html

[brook]

1. Done. My pleasure.

:kick:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. thanks!

Hope to hook up with you next time I am up visiting Cleita! :hi:

[Teneha]

32. NEW POLL UP NOW, VOTE YES ON THIS ONE

Yes it is appropriate for another university under the same state system to chime in on what happens in another. They are all overseen by the state college board, and what affects one affects all

GO VOTE YES! SHOW THIS CORPORATIST COLLEGE ADMINISTRATOR THAT HE CAN'T GET AWAY WITH ARBITRARY FIRINGS!

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040316/opinion/index.html

[Kool Kitty]

2. Done.

It's really close, though. :kick: Need more votes here.

[LDS Jock]

4. done

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. A little background info

Apparently Thames wants to drag every little irrelevent fact into this since he fired them for "insubordination" but also seized their computers and would like to drag files from a professor's computer into a public hearing to take it off the topic of whether they were wrongfully fired.

[HydroAddict]

6. Did it.

Glad to help defeat a kangaroo court.

[Zomby Woof]

7. done

I'd freep it if I could... well, you know what I mean! :-)

[Teneha]

8. it looks like only a little over 1% separating the two now.

i voted no.

and, hi, Du from a lurker-turned-poster.

[Kool Kitty]

10. Welcome, Teneha.

:hi:

[Teneha]

11. thanks.

:)

[SOteric]

9. Done. 48.9% No, 51.1% Yes.

[yellowdawgdem]

12. vote yes, or no

excuse me,
but didn't you mean vote Yes on the poll?
Yes, they should have a trial that's open to the public?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. No they should have a closed hearing

That is their right and it is what the faculty handbook calls for..the only purpose of an open hearing would be for Thames to take items off their computer that might be appropriate in academia, especially for a liberal arts prof in academia and use this to attempt to turn public sentiment against the professors..they are entitled to a PRIVATE hearing on the matter...Thames is attempting to skirt protocols in order to politicize the wrongful termination of these tenured professors.

It isn't a trial, it is a hearing in which the university advisory counsel will look at the evidence and decide whether or not to affirm the CONSERVATIVE president's termination of two LIBERAL ARTS profs, and this hearing will be sent to the State College Board for a decision to affirm or deny the prez's decision. It is a personnel matter, and the faculty handbook mandates CLOSED hearings. The prez is trying to say the rules don't apply to him.

[yellowdawgdem]

17. Ok. I'll vote no on that /nt

[flamingyouth]

14. It's very close!

Let's hope the tide turns in our favor. Of course, they will do whatever they want and not care about an internet poll. Still... :grr:

:hi: Hope all's well! I'm home safe now! The house thing is getting annoying, though, and may not work out. :-(

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. That's a bummer

my neice's house fell through too!

Hurry back down :D

[Spirochete]

15. Done

It's almost a dead heat.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Sure thing!

:beer: Cheers!

[Teneha]

19. That's a pretty picture in your post.

I wish I were there. :-)

[Teneha]

18. it's a nailbiter

now only .02% separating them. About 20 votes should put the noes over the top.

[MrScorpio]

21. My vote makes it fifty fifity

Wish I could do more

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

22. kick

[Piperay]

23. Done...NOs are leading now

51% to 48%

[RebelOne]

24. Voted. Looks like No is in the lead.

[ulysses]

25. done.

Nos at 52.1%.

[Teneha]

26. kick for justice

[NoPasaran]

27. Done

[havocmom]

28. Nays still have slim lead

yes 48.0%
no 52.0%


Total Votes: 709

seems that having an open meeting for discussing personell matters would be a one way ticket to a serious lawsuit. This guy really dumb or what?

[peekaloo]

29. No 51.9%

[Teneha]

30. NEW POLL UP NOW--VOTE YES ON THIS ONE

Of course it is appropriate for professors at other state universities to have an opinion on what happens in any other state university.

They are governed by the same college board and what affects one affects all!

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040316/opinion/index.html

[Teneha]

31. HERE'S ANOTHER POLL ON THE SAME TOPIC--VOTE "DICTATORSHIP"

http://www.wdam.com/

Vote "The adminstration resembles a dictatorship"

[GOPisEvil]

33. Done, done and done!

:-)