[Peace-discuss] [Peace] picket the UI Trustees tomorrow at noon! - pass it on!

[E. Wayne Johnson]

The State of Illinois appears to be de facto bankrupt.

The quasi-public status of the university seems to be at odds with its 
business goals as
an "Entrepreneurial Institution".

I am not sure that your idea about moving the U of I to some other state 
would work, but
there are those who would consider it to be a valid option.  "The 
University of Illinois at
Yazoo City, Mississippi".  Most of the buildings and faculty and 
students could stay rite
where they are in the DMZ between Urbana and West Urbana, but a lot of 
new jobs could
be created by changing the mailing address.  Students at PAR might be 
dismayed to find that
their 8 am lecture on the History of Western Civilization was at Sadie's 
BBQ Truck Stop but
there would be few other side effects, and the students could just turn 
off the alarm at 7.50 and
go back to sleep the same as they do now.

The original goals of the land-grant university appear to have fallen by 
the way-side long ago,
perhaps rightly so... maybe such institutions are not necessary any longer.

***
"Public education is the cornerstone of democracy. Without it, tyranny 
is easy."

That sounds very interesting, but I would suppose that Public Education 
strives to create
a Culture of Conformity rather than Free-Thinking Tyranny-destroying 
Individuals.  George Carlin said that the goal
of education in the United States is to cultivate Obedient Workers.  I 
don't disagree with
George's observations.  George always seemed to know his shit.

Anyway, seeing that the US has had a huge Public Education programme in 
place for quite a while,
what accounts for the persistent growth of Tyranny in spite of blessings 
of Public Education?

Or are we to accept the notion that "it would have been a Lot Worse"?





On 9/23/2010 11:58 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
> Related to today's event on the University of Illinois Quad,
> I was talking to a friend and was appalled to learn that he thinks the 
> university should get less and less of its money from the state. 
> Digging deeper, I found out that he believes the university is right 
> in raising tuition, funding all research through philanthropic 
> foundations and the federal government, and that the federal 
> government will provide increased financial aid for the tuition increase.
>
> I believe the following:
> I don't trust the federal government to fund public institutions. It 
> would be very easy for a single president to suddenly mandate that all 
> students serve in the military before they can get financial aid.
>
> I think my friend's scenario would lead to the University of Illinois 
> to become a private school, not a public school.
>
> Public education is the cornerstone of democracy. Without it, tyranny 
> is easy.
>
> The state benefits from having the University of Illinois here. 
> Without support from the state, we might as well move the U of I to 
> another state.
>
> I am interested in your comments. But more than that I'm interested in 
> people coming out at noon today.
>
> -karen medina
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:baldwinricky at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     12noon Illini Union, Quad Side
>     unions, students, and allies together
>
>     Are you cool with the following scenario?
>
>     an administration expanding around 50% while most of its workforce
>     shrinks
>     an incoming president getting a payraise of over 37% while workers
>     get zero
>     a president's new exec asst receiving a payraise of over 81% while
>     workers get zero
>     UI tuition increase of 9.5% after record fundraising
>     a land grant institution increasingly serving corporate interests
>     layoffs
>     furloughs
>     pay freezes
>     closing print services, axing University operators, etc
>     and now an increase in the operating budget and new VPs?
>
>     if not, you know where to be tomorrow
>
>     picket at 7:30am-9am
>     rally 12-1:30pm
>
>     In Solidarity,
>     Ricky
>
>
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