[Peace-discuss] UI Abandons Plan for $98, 000 Sculpture of Ikenberry !!

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Some good news, for a change. --Jenifer

1. Some interesting summer news from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/U-of-Illinois-Abandons-Plan/24887/


June 17, 2010, 10:48 PM ET
U. of Illinois Abandons Plan for $98,000 Sculpture of President

2. The Chicago Tribune article, that broke the story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-ikenberry-sculpture-20100617,0,7065430.story


University of Illinois backs off $100,000 sculpture for Ikenberry

3.  It was interesting to me that the Chicago Tribune called Ikenberry, "one of the university's longest-serving presidents and one if its most beloved," in the article above. [Gag!]  I'll give them the "longest-serving" part of it, but "beloved"??! Give me a break! In item #4 below, note Ikenberry's endorsement of the Republican smear campaign against Al Gore:

"During my last presidency the internet had not yet been invented by Al Gore."

Real funny!...Is that outreach to possible right-wing donors? Putting the Republican humor aside, Ikenberry’s first UI presidency ran from 1979 to 1995. He's telling us that he not only didn't use email back then, but he didn’t even have a computer in his office in 1995!!! In fact, he doesn't think that the internet had been "invented" by 1995???! 

4. Ikenberry shows off his technical "expertise": Claims the internet didn't exist in 1995!

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=12D82CDB749165C0&p_docnum=70&p_queryname=1


Questions, answers
News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL) - Sunday, January 10, 2010

[Snip]

N-G: How would you compare this go-round as president to your actual term? Obviously it's shorter, different circumstances, but is the job different?

S.I.: I would say fundamentally the job has not changed. But the biggest change that I see is in communication patterns.

During my last presidency the internet had not yet been invented by Al Gore. And so I did not have a computer in my office. I think my secretary had a computer, and if there was anything I needed to know from her she would come in and tell me. Other than that, all my communication .. my preferred modes of communication were first, walk down the hall and talk face to face No. 2, call somebody on the telephone. No. 3, hold a meeting. Last resort, write a letter. Now, the pattern of communication is quite different – a constant flow of e-mails, almost 24/7. I get 200, 300 e-mails a day.






      
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