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Interim Adjunct Risk Manager

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Final Report from Ashland
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Report from Ashland Community and Technical College (continued):

Near the end of my visit to Ashland Community and Technical College where Angie Dvorak was president and held tenure, I had the opportunity to speak with a current faculty member there. In the interests of maintaining her privacy, I will not use her name. I can also affirm, under oath, that at no time did I ask for or utter or even think about her social security number.

I can say, however, that her area of expertise is musical theater, and she was at work on a weekend overseeing a performance of “Seussical” which was going on in the auditorium during my visit. I could hear singing and enthusiastic applause during our conversation. Ms. “X” was setting out refreshments to be sold at intermission, but she stopped to ask me if I was here for the show. Using some of the charming interrogation techniques in which the official members of Judge Cooley’s staff specialize, I learned that ACTC has the largest and most active musical theater program in the Kentucky state system. (Just to make it clear, that’s the _community_ college system, NOT the University of Kentucky system.) I confessed that I was from USM, and mentioned that our Vice-President, Angie Dvorak, used to be president at ACTC. “Oh yes,” Ms. “X” repsonded, and promptly went on to other topics. I wanted to ask Ms. “X” why all the emphasis on musical theater? It doesn’t bring in big grants, it doesn’t enhance economic development in the community--but just then lots of happy children came out of the auditorium, and she began serving refreshments, terminating our interview.

Before I left, I picked up a flier on ACTC, which showed a helpful instructor working closely with a female student. Somehow, I found the Ashland professor’s face strangely familiar:

http://www.geocities.com/cooleyadjunct/ACTCphotos4.html

As I was driving out of town, I saw several billboards that say Ashland Community and Technical College is “Changing Lives.” Well, I can say that it changed mine, long before I ever went there. It changed Gary Stringer’s and Frank Glamser’s and hundreds of other USM faculty’s lives. Nobody can accuse them of false advertising.

This concludes my report. I will entertain questions.


Sincerely,
Interim Adjunct Risk Manager

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truth4usm/AH

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So, no one wanted to talk about Angie D?

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Interim Adjunct Risk Manager

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Those two words, "Oh, yes" were very telling.

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Hard-Line

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Interim:


Your report needs more work.  Some of the things you speak of are mere falsehoods.  Your photos are questionable.


As far as Glamser and Stringer- well it should have changed their lives.  They lied and showed how unethical they are.



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truth4usm/AH

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Originally posted by: Hard-Line
"Interim: Your report needs more work.  Some of the things you speak of are mere falsehoods.  Your photos are questionable. As far as Glamser and Stringer- well it should have changed their lives.  They lied and showed how unethical they are."
Give it a rest, H-L.  What are the falsehoods in this report?  Be specific or be quiet.

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Invictus

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Originally posted by: Interim Adjunct Risk Manager
"...but just then lots of happy children came out of the auditorium, and she began serving refreshments, terminating our interview."


Not meaning to put words or Opie's Aunt Bee's pickles in Stephen Judd's mouth, but this particular quote, especially the adjective "happy," probably cuts to the heart of why theatre majors major in theatre.


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Interim Adjunct Risk Manager

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quote:
Originally posted by: Hard-Line
"Interim:
Your report needs more work.  Some of the things you speak of are mere falsehoods.  Your photos are questionable.
As far as Glamser and Stringer- well it should have changed their lives.  They lied and showed how unethical they are."


The photos are real, only modifed to remove my face. I really wanted to do something about my waistline, since I have the Thames 12 and more (see the glossary) but I didn't. And okay, the picture where the arrow to the president's office points down has been modified too--my assistant went a little crazy. But everything else is real. As for the "falsehoods" cite them and I will address them.

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