OT: Another Susan Herbst Message re: Newtown & UConn

[Dooley]

Interesting read regarding Newtown and littered with "read between the lines" stuff that I know the BY loves so much. The way President Herbst continues to articulate her position in times of peace and turmoil (like the Sandy Hook tragedy) is wonderful. Whenever she speaks, I have an overwhelming sense of alumni pride swell up in my chest...especially after reading her message to elevate expectations and responsibilities of the university within the community, especially after tragedies such as these. I honestly don't recall being as impressed with a UConn President as I am with President Herbst.

http://www.insidehighered.com/views...ethinking-what-university-owes-its-town-essay

 

[BarkingDog]

I, too, am a susan herbst fan. But she failed to mention Coach Ollie took the team to Newtown for a practice. I thought that was a nice gesture by the team.

 

[Dooley]

I, too, am a susan herbst fan. But she failed to mention Coach Ollie took the team to Newtown for a practice. I thought that was a nice gesture by the team.

Yeah, I thought she could have included that too.

 

[whaler11]

I like how she noted the campus police are great for motorcades. Certainly the president of a state university can't be expected to drive places without an escort.

 

[huskymedic]

I like how she noted the campus police are great for motorcades. Certainly the president of a state university can't be expected to drive places without an escort.

Psst... read that part again Whaler.

I did think this was interesting though: "I had a scheduled call with our newspaper publisher in central Connecticut on the morning of Friday, December 14th, to complain about what I thought was an unfair story about the university"

 

[whaler11]

Psst... read that part again Whaler.

I did think this was interesting though: "I had a scheduled call with our newspaper publisher in central Connecticut on the morning of Friday, December 14th, to complain about what I thought was an unfair story about the university"

No I caught her sarcasm. Problem is though... If she was really being sarcastic is that the forum?

The shot at the Courant is ridiculous. 'Our' publisher in Central Connecticut may be the single lamest thing I've ever read.

The entire article is so passive-aggressive it's embarrassing. I'm trying to leave it alone because it's concerning Newtown but if you read that article and come to any conclusion but the woman has no right running a major university I don't even know what to tell you.

 

[Dooley]

Psst... read that part again Whaler.

I did think this was interesting though: "I had a scheduled call with our newspaper publisher in central Connecticut on the morning of Friday, December 14th, to complain about what I thought was an unfair story about the university"

Caught that too. You can pretty much pick an article written from The Courant and label it "unfair".

 

[huskymedic]

No I caught her sarcasm. Problem is though... If she was really being sarcastic is that the forum?

The shot at the Courant is ridiculous. 'Our' publisher in Central Connecticut may be the single lamest thing I've ever read.

The entire article is so passive-aggressive it's embarrassing. I'm trying to leave it alone because it's concerning Newtown but if you read that article and come to any conclusion but the woman has no right running a major university I don't even know what to tell you.

Actually I was talking about re-reading the motorcade part... It had nothing to do w/ escorting the university president.

 

[CAHUSKY]

I like how she noted the campus police are great for motorcades. Certainly the president of a state university can't be expected to drive places without an escort.

Its shocking that that's the conclusion you came too after reading the story.

 

[whaler11]

Actually I was talking about re-reading the motorcade part... It had nothing to do w/ escorting the university president.

I guess you've never seen UConn presidents arrive at football games with a motorcade escort. It's so far past ridiculous it's embarrassing.

Either she is being sarcastic and thinks that is ridiculous or she is being serious and somehow the campus police added value by being in Newtown motorcades.

You are probably right - she is probably being literal. She felt the need to start an article about Newtown by taking a passive aggressive shot at a newspaper followed by praising an overpaid bloated campus police force for driving in motorcades and helping control the media.

All of this before getting to the actual valuable things that the University contributed.

 

[whaler11]

Its shocking that that's the conclusion you came too after reading the story.

It's shocking that you don't understand the level of grift that the UConn police force represents and don't park next to her when she rolls in with a police escort.

That article is an embarrassment. A total and utter joke. If you are writing about Newtown and what the school did in support maybe not spend the first paragraph taking a passive aggressive shot at a newspaper. It's childish.

 

[huskymedic]

I guess you've never seen UConn presidents arrive at football games with a motorcade escort. It's so far past ridiculous it's embarrassing.

Either she is being sarcastic and thinks that is ridiculous or she is being serious and somehow the campus police added value by being in Newtown motorcades.

You are probably right - she is probably being literal. She felt the need to start an article about Newtown by taking a passive aggressive shot at a newspaper followed by praising an overpaid bloated campus police force for driving in motorcades and helping control the media.

All of this before getting to the actual valuable things that the University contributed.

How you get your little diatribe from this sentence is beyond me - "They spent significant time in Newtown from the start and for days afterward, serving in motorcades and helping an overstretched local police force overwhelmed by media trucks and logistics of so many funerals"

Whatever...

 

[Dann]

this is another good ole whaler vs BY bout. ding ding dingaling

 

[whaler11]

How you get your little diatribe from this sentence is beyond me - "They spent significant time in Newtown from the start and for days afterward, serving in motorcades and helping an overstretched local police force overwhelmed by media trucks and logistics of so many funerals"

Whatever...

My 'little diatribe' comes from the amount of money the state wastes on the UConn police force and the fact that she often travels in a motorcade wasting even more money.

She actually got into valuable things the school did AFTER she went after a newspaper and praised the police force for driving in their cars. What kind of leader refers to the Courant as 'our publisher in Central Connecticut'. Yeah be condescending and patronizing, I'm sure they will be more 'fair' going forward. A real pro.

 

[whaler11]

this is another good ole whaler vs BY bout. ding ding dingaling

Here comes another HFD versus reality bout. At least I have a chance to win.

 

[huskymedic]

My 'little diatribe' comes from the amount of money the state wastes on the UConn police force and the fact that she often travels in a motorcade wasting even more money.

She actually got into valuable things the school did AFTER she went after a newspaper and praised the police force for driving in their cars. What kind of leader refers to the Courant as 'our publisher in Central Connecticut'. Yeah be condescending and patronizing, I'm sure they will be more 'fair' going forward. A real pro.

Isn't SH the one who tackled the PD Chief Salary issue within her first 90 days? And you have little sense of how valuable or how welcome the contributions of the UConn Police Department were to the Newtown PD or the Town. Just as valuable as some of the other contributions outside of the scholarship from a law enforcement perspective.

You wanna hack at her for the newspaper issue, have at it.

I'm done - sorry I brought it up,

 

[UConnDan97]

this is another good ole whaler vs BY bout. ding ding dingaling

 

[Jerry27]

My 'little diatribe' comes from the amount of money the state wastes on the UConn police force and the fact that she often travels in a motorcade wasting even more money.

She actually got into valuable things the school did AFTER she went after a newspaper and praised the police force for driving in their cars. What kind of leader refers to the Courant as 'our publisher in Central Connecticut'. Yeah be condescending and patronizing, I'm sure they will be more 'fair' going forward. A real pro.

How she arrives to games was not in the article, how the Campus Police helped an overtaxed Newtown PD was, the other is a separate and unrelated issue!

She started the article describing how her day started and how she learned of the tragic events that unfolded, she even went on to say how meaningless her reason for calling was given those events. Sometimes we have to put our petty issues aside, there are more important things in life. How you take negativity from that article is beyond me.

 

[whaler11]

How she arrives to games was not in the article, how the Campus Police helped an overtaxed Newtown PD was, the other is a separate and unrelated issue!

She started the article describing how her day started and how she learned of the tragic events that unfolded, she even went on to say how meaningless her reason for calling was given those events. Sometimes we have to put our petty issues aside, there are more important things in life. How you take negativity from that article is beyond me.

How anyone can start an article that in theory is about how a university supports that situation by taking a childish passive aggressive shot at a newspaper is beyond me. She should have just included a link to the story she didn't like - it would have been more subtle.

How you bury the important things the school did behind much less important things is also beyond me. Sorry if I think the things at the end of her article are more important than driving in a car with flashing lights.

I understand that some here are ready to canonize the woman. Every time she opens her mouth or writes a letter I'm less impressed. Much like PP in two years everyone who is a fan of Susan will see the error of their ways.

 

[Jerry27]

That call is important to the story, that call is how she found out what happened, she humbled herself by saying how meaningless her original issue was. That's just not good enough for you because you have to have issue with things unrelated the the story. Sometimes things are exactly as they appear to be. I have no issue with her, she hasn't done anything to make me think she can't lead the University. And even if there was something, this would not be it.

 

[Husky68]

I read the article after reading this thread. Whaler must be a Doper in Chief guy, unless you have been doin' weed and coke since your teen years you couldn't see what he sees in that article.

 

[CAHUSKY]

I read the article after reading this thread. Whaler must be a Doper in Chief guy, unless you have been doin' weed and coke since your teen years you couldn't see what he sees in that article.

I did weed and coke thru my college years, support the "doper in chief" and find Whaler to be completely out of his mind. There must be another explanation for his disassociation from reality.

 

[whaler11]

That call is important to the story, that call is how she found out what happened, she humbled herself by saying how meaningless her original issue was. That's just not good enough for you because you have to have issue with things unrelated the the story. Sometimes things are exactly as they appear to be. I have no issue with her, she hasn't done anything to make me think she can't lead the University. And even if there was something, this would not be it.

Yes, calling them 'our publisher in central Connecticut', nothing strange in that phrasing at all. There was no need to say she was calling to complain or condescendingly call them 'our', yet that is what she spent the first paragraph on.

 

[whaler11]

I read the article after reading this thread. Whaler must be a Doper in Chief guy, unless you have been doin' weed and coke since your teen years you couldn't see what he sees in that article.

I'm sorry that you guys are so blind you can't see how bad that article is. We'll see in two years when everyone is calling for her head.

I was wrong when they hired P. I was wrong about the offensive line at the spring game. I was wrong about the 4 time zone Big East and NBC Sports. I'm sure I'm wrong again.

 

[LIUCHusky]

Yes, calling them 'our publisher in central Connecticut', nothing strange in that phrasing at all. There was no need to say she was calling to complain or condescendingly call them 'our', yet that is what she spent the first paragraph on.

Whaler I think you have spent to much time near the super sites cleaned up by the EPA in Southington. Some of your conclusions are beyond belief.