Apparently there is only one man (and three side kicks) who stand up for Truth, Justice, and the American way...
It is a very sad day indeed when students attack their own school by calling it "evil," and accusing it of "lies" and "hiding the truth." In the absence of information, they are willing to fill the vacuum with their own unsubstantiated claims and make the problem worse.
I wish all of these men and their families the very best and I hope that we will all be able to move on soon.
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Whoa ... well I guess emailing each other the link "Demand Answers!" is pretty revolutionary. Exactly the sort of thing a "good man" should do so "evil" can't triumph. A little superfluous if you ask me. They could have used "DEMAND ANSWERS!" instead - it would probably have expressed their mood better. Actually why not "DEMAND ANSWERS!!!!!!" Of course I guess this means that they are assuming that the school won't be giving out an explanation? Uh ...
Part of me really wonders whether the operation was designed to really reveal the answers and what they would do anyway if they got them... I also worry about making it seem like one person or a couple of people really are what the institution is about.
I don't necessarily have any answers at this point, but just because the admin may have made mistakes in the past is reason to accuse them of stonewalling and persecuting people they employ. Let's see what happens and if there is a reasonable, productive response to be made.
It's ironic to me that whoever set up the 'Demand Answers' site has chosen to remain anonymous.
Yeah, true ... I'm sure the college will have a letter or something explaining what happened fairly soon. Who knows ... bet they're still trying to work things out first.
Just an FYI, I posted the protest website on the forums to show some of the others the level of ... some of the students are taking things to.
One would think they would at least check into whether Ed Burke was actually the source of the apocryphal quote that fills 15% of their website...
Wait, no, one wouldn't think.
That's academic freedom at work, I guess. Maybe they didn't run their website through turnitin.com.
Jeremy,
Seeing as how 3+ weeks have gone by since Prof. Root's contract was suspended without explanation, it is not entirely unreasonable for us to expect that "the school" will be less than willing to provide an explanation for the departure of our four beloved professors. As far as we can gather, in the absence of such an explanation, the action taken against Prof. Root was in reaction to his article on general revelation - the first link in the Noe/Culberson/Bouchoc chain. I wonder if any of you have read that?
Thomas,
If you were on campus, you would know that the author(s) of the website in question are not as anonymous as you think. I assume they decided to keep the website anonymous for the same reason that you refer to the institution as "TFC" and certain professors as "Dr. Chestnut and No." That, and anonymity plus an absence of references to the institution in question aid in allowing the website to continue its existence.
Matt,
The website does not identify the school as the "evil," and as for the bit about lies and hiding truth... well, see what I said to Jeremy about the absence of explanation over suspending Prof. Root's contract. It is somewhat curious that Prof. Root's original article is... no longer available on the Source magazine website. Also, the format of the website might be easier to understand if you saw the content of it before March 16.
As the author and copyright owner of the image in use by this post, I ask that you cease to use it to promote your opinions. Or you will get a very unanonymous letter from my attorney.
Image removed so my lawyer won't have to contact you about "fair use..."
To the as-yet anonymous 'save root student':
The web site may not explicitly identify the school as evil, but the implication is obvious. If that implication is not intended, perhaps the website should adopt a less antagonistic tone.
Btw, since you seem to know who all of us are, why not let us know who you are instead of just linking to the web site in question?
As you already know, the college has a policy against disclosing the particulars of situations like this. While I think that everyone could benefit from a little more openness, I'm also pretty sure that a group of students demanding answers and assuming that the college is at fault (again, even if that is not stated, it is the implication) will do nothing to aid the situation or to improve relations between any of the parties involved.
Another question: does anyone have answers from the professors themselves? Since they are the ones who decided not to renew their contracts, perhaps they would be able to shed a bit more light on why they chose that course of action.
a saveroot student was right in saying that some of the content is different now. In a spirit of opening lines of communication, here are some additional insights. Passed along for educational purposes only (note: best viewed in Internet Exlporer).
http://www.saveroot.com/petition.html
http://www.saveroot.com/testimonials.html
http://www.saveroot.com/about.html
http://www.saveroot.com/tshirt.html
Thomas,
1) Perhaps it should. I won't defend everything about the current state of the website since I didn't have anything to do with making it, but something had to be put in place of what was there after the original mission of the website failed. Personally, I don't think the "the school is evil" implication is so obvious... the "evil" referred to in the quote could just as easily be applied to things other than the institution itself. Maybe I would have done it differently if it were up to me, but mostly what I was responding to was what I perceived to be an overreaction on the part of several other commenters to the website and its authors, and a misunderstood extrapolation of their motives and goals.
2) I have my reasons, one of them being that I am still a currently enrolled student.
3) Perhaps a legitimate critique. However, I think it should be stated that no one is going around wearing black ribbons like we did with the orange ones, and the website no longer serves the function that it previously did. It's no longer a movement.
4) I think a better question to ask would be why those professors, though obviously having reasons for their resignations (and, I think they would admit, all of them resigned for the same reasons), have declined to state those reasons publicly. My personal observation and experience, especially over this last, particularly rough, academic year, makes me suspect that there is more to the story than the short chain of events precipitating the resignations. Perhaps prudence dictates that now is not the time for a full disclosure on the parts of those who are no longer in favor. Again, this is only my suspicion, but I suppose time will tell.
Thanks for being thoughtful, here and on your blog (I mean that).
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