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Date: Mar 4, 2005

To Frank and Gary

Date: Mar 4, 2005

Best wishes to the both of you from the entire Mr. Wonderful organization.

Date: Mar 4, 2005

Gentlemen: my hat is off to you.

Date: Mar 4, 2005

To two gentlemen who showed USM and the country what standing up for your beliefs really means thank you from another educator.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

I concur. I did not know Professor Glamser personally, but the comments that I have heard and read leave no doubt in my mind that it is my loss not to have had the chance to interact with him. I did know Gary and Mary Ann. I have dined in their house and they have joined my wife and I for dinner in our home. Both are people that make you happy you know them. Professionally, I interacted with Gary on committees and I always appreciated his insight, candor, and kindness. My training is in economics and finance while his was in English. I voted for Nixon the first time he ran, (makes me older than Gary), while Gary was more likely to find people in the other party more worthy of his vote. Nonetheless, our conversations and discussions were some of the most enjoyable I have had in academics. From our few communications we have had since he left for Texas A&M, I know that he is happy with his situation there and appreciates the support and encouragement he is getting from a University and college that recognize they hired a very special man and a very special scholar. Texas A&M is about the only winner in the tragic mess that is the result of the rise to power of the intellectual barbarians who have taken over USM.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Frank, Gary, thanks for so much. For standing up when sitting down would have been more comfortable. For saying the truth when it was unpopular. For taking the bullet for us. For staying the course.

No quarter.

Jameela

Date: Mar 5, 2005

May this be a day of looking toward brighter things. Thanks to you both, and God bless.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Thanks, Frank and Gary. No quarter.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Frank and Gary,

Thank you for fighting the good fight.

NO QUARTER,

Robert Campbell

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Gary and Frank, the infamous March 5 event was but the first audible shot fired against the faculty and against academic freedom. I am so sorry that you, Frank - as AAUP president at the time - were standing in the way of that bullet; and that you, Gary - as one of USM's top scholars - were standing beside him. Thanks for taking that "hit" for all of us. USM was the big looser. Texas A&M and Tulane are the big beneficiaries.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Support without knowing either of you personally only strenthened the academic ideals that you stood for and galvanized the rest of us. Thinking of you both today and wishing you well.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Tom Lindley
"I concur. I did not know Professor Glamser personally, but the comments that I have heard and read leave no doubt in my mind that it is my loss not to have had the chance to interact with him. I did know Gary and Mary Ann. I have dined in their house and they have joined my wife and I for dinner in our home. Both are people that make you happy you know them. Professionally, I interacted with Gary on committees and I always appreciated his insight, candor, and kindness. My training is in economics and finance while his was in English. I voted for Nixon the first time he ran, (makes me older than Gary), while Gary was more likely to find people in the other party more worthy of his vote. Nonetheless, our conversations and discussions were some of the most enjoyable I have had in academics. From our few communications we have had since he left for Texas A&M, I know that he is happy with his situation there and appreciates the support and encouragement he is getting from a University and college that recognize they hired a very special man and a very special scholar. Texas A&M is about the only winner in the tragic mess that is the result of the rise to power of the intellectual barbarians who have taken over USM. "

Thanks to Gary and Frank for their courage and for the inspiration they've provided, and thanks to Mr. Lindley for such eloquent comments.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

From what I read, USM sure got the short end of the stick when it settled with the two men who are being honored today. The short stick that USM received appears to be even shorter now, like a rotting toothpick. The long end that your two professors received, on the other hand, appears to be growing and glowing. I don't know exactly what 'no quarter' means, but it must mean something good because it's like a common household word at my office.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Doesn't hurt to post this again today.

"With reasonable men I will reason' with humane men I will plead' but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments, where they will certainly be lost."

William Lloyd Garrison

"No quarter" is a military term which means no prisoners, no mercy, etc.

C'est la guerre, honey.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Gary and Frank, you are two amazing men. My best to you and your families.

NO QUARTER!

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Gary and Frank,

It was my honor to learn from both of you who have done so much for the good of USM. I miss you both, and wish you the very best, because that's what you deserve.

Be proud!

Amy Young

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Dear Gary and Frank,

Your sacrifice united a diverse group of people in service of the cause. Thank you for your courage and inspiration. May all your days be happy and your dreams fulfilled. You deserve wonderful things!

Peace,

Jo

No quarter!

Date: Mar 5, 2005

The politically correct hyper-sensitivos here will forgive me if I post this, because it's how I feel:

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Frank and Gary, thank you for all that you did for USM and for the legacy that you left behind. We will never forget!

NO QUARTER, NOT NOW and NOT EVER!

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Thanks Frank and Gary for fighting the good fight, for fighting for what is right.

NO QUARTER.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

To Frank and Gary,

Thank you for going through the fires of hell for us last year. We won't forget the trouble both of you and your families went through.

Date: Mar 5, 2005

Thanks for your courage and conviction, and for fighting to maintain the integrity and standards that brought to many of us to academe. As we fight on here--often tired, sometimes frightened, and always always worried about the future--we can look to you for inspiration. We miss you.

Ellen Weinauer

Date: Mar 6, 2005

Gary Stringer and Frank Glamser will be remembered as men of courage and integrity who stood up for what is right at a time when so much was going wrong at USM.

On the anniversary of that awful day when they found themselves locked out of their offices by the barbarian in the Dome, we express our gratitude to them as we remember what they and their families had to endure, and we are thankful that things have turned out as well as they have for these two fine gentlemen and scholars.

We also remember that Gary's wife, Mary Ann Stringer, was dean of the former College of The Arts when the barbarian dismissed all the deans and eliminated CoTA's identity by merging it into CoAL. THAT day was, in my opinion, the "first audible shot fired against the faculty and against academic freedom."

Viva Frank Glamser! Viva Gary Stringer and Mary Ann Stringer!

As for the barbarian in the Dome -- NO QUARTER -- ever!!

Michael Kimber
former Professor of Viola in the
former College of The Arts

Date: Mar 6, 2005

quote:
Originally posted by: Ellen Weinauer
"Thanks for your courage and conviction, and for fighting to maintain the integrity and standards that brought to many of us to academe. As we fight on here--often tired, sometimes frightened, and always always worried about the future--we can look to you for inspiration. We miss you. Ellen Weinauer"

Thanks, Professor Weinauer, for a particularly touching post. Please know that there are people around the country who are rooting for you all and who admire you all greatly.

Date: Mar 9, 2005

Here comes the judge kick jr!