OT: Governor fails to appoint Student Trustee; Student Body President Whines
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Welcome to the real world, Katie, where you don't get everything you want.
IMHO, this is a little bit of tilting at windmills. Since 1971, the PA Governor has by tradition, not requirement, nominated a PSU student to the BOT as one of the six Governor-Appointed trustees.
When Chair Masser rammed through a major amendment to the PSU Bylaws in 2014, in large part to increase the size of the BOT so that a combination of the Alumni-elected trustees and the Governor-Appointed trustees could not seize control of power of the BOT, one of the added seats was "A Member Elected (by the BOT) Representing the Student Body." As such, since May of 2015 the students had representation by this trustee, as well as the Governor-Appointed trustee that was a student.
There was speculation in 2014 that since student representation was now a required part of the BOT, that the Governor would not appoint a student when the student in that "traditional" seat's term ran out. It appears that the speculation was correct.
Now that there is a student trustee, there is, IMHO, no reason to continue the tradition of the Governor using one of their appointments on a student.
When Chair Masser rammed through a major amendment to the PSU Bylaws in 2014, in large part to increase the size of the BOT so that a combination of the Alumni-elected trustees and the Governor-Appointed trustees could not seize control of power of the BOT, one of the added seats was "A Member Elected (by the BOT) Representing the Student Body." As such, since May of 2015 the students had representation by this trustee, as well as the Governor-Appointed trustee that was a student.
There was speculation in 2014 that since student representation was now a required part of the BOT, that the Governor would not appoint a student when the student in that "traditional" seat's term ran out. It appears that the speculation was correct.
Now that there is a student trustee, there is, IMHO, no reason to continue the tradition of the Governor using one of their appointments on a student.
A student somewhere is crushed that they don't have this little plum on their law school applications.
Oh well.
Oh well.
and they miss out on sucking up to Dambly
And what did they say when we told them the system was rigged?
In between kissing Eric Barron's ass, they laughed and said who needed alumni, our only job was to write out checks to the university. Now Student Government finds out exactly what their purpose is--- to write out tuition checks to the university.
In between kissing Eric Barron's ass, they laughed and said who needed alumni, our only job was to write out checks to the university. Now Student Government finds out exactly what their purpose is--- to write out tuition checks to the university.
"It was with grave disappointment"
Katie, your eloquence moved me.
Katie, your eloquence moved me.
and the Collegian chimes in with an added whine . . . they want TWO, count em TWO Student Reps on the BoT!!!
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The Collegian has a lot to learn about our dysfunctional BoT. The voice of one student rep doesn't matter nor would it matter if there were a 100 student reps. The BoT is all about the executive committee and the B&I trustees who control it. Unless a student can help the personal bottom line of the B&I folks, they'll simply be ignored.
Double the pleasure. Double the fun.
I appreciate the sentiment, but I'm confused by the gum.
I just remember how much they criticized the BoT during the Sandusky Scandal . . . all their hard hitting investigative reporting and editorials about Frazier, Tomalis, Surma . . . oh j/k, all they did was piss off the alumni and attack guys like Lubrano
