Wishy Washy - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Feb 5, 2005

Wishy Washy

Date: Feb 6, 2005

Magnolia,

This is precisely why I recommend another resolution of no confidence to those tired, overburdened Faculty Senators.

Ken Malone doesn't cut it, either as an administrator or a faculty member (and as far as anyone can tell, he is only pretending to be a faculty member). It has now become obvious to everyone that if Malone gets what he wants, USM will lose its accreditation. Time to make the case in a strongly worded resolution of no confidence.

If Grimes takes the fall for Black Friday, no one will miss him or feel sorry for him. But the spotlight needs to be put on Malone. Let him try to defend himself (Thames' PR machine doesn't believe that he can). Let Thames expend more of his dwindling reserve of political capital on defending Malone, or cut Malone loose to protect himself.

Robert Campbell

Date: Feb 6, 2005

Jay won't fall too far; he'll just roll back to the coast and continue being director of the GCRL and a tenured professor of microbiology in COA.

Date: Feb 7, 2005

Isn't Grimes a reasonably respected scientist? How can he live with himself after having sent a memo telling people to stop doing research? One would think that for an academic, such an idea would be like saying, "Stop breathing."

Date: Feb 7, 2005

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Originally posted by: Magnolia
"I wonder if we'll see a retraction of the Grimes COB memo early next week along with a Thames statement blaming this latest fiasco on JG? "

I'd say you're probably correct by half. The Thames/Mader statement, if it comes, will lay the blame squarely on the shoulders of Tim Hudson.