Loaded Chicken Sandwich

Right... It's a public university... Who gets public funding... The public doesn't care for certain things that some at the university prioritize. Funding was pulled(which Written literally can't do anything about) because the government realized the public at large didn't care for that topic. Faculty throws hissy fit partly due to it, even though Whiten, literally can't do anything over it. She's just a university president. She has no power outside of that. As for the other part... Safety is a good enough reason. If there is anything else outside of that... It isn't being highlighted like those 2-3 things. At this point, it should be telling the faculty to get over it and move on.

Mods, feel free to delete/apologies if this breaks any rules, but since this is the de facto politics thread, figured I'd share here: 
If like me, you find blanket terms like "far left" or "far right" etc. to be a lazy way of describing the political spectrum (in the US or anywhere else), and ultimately more harmful than helpful in the way of bipartisan collaboration (you know, what those ghouls in DC are supposed to actually be doing... finding ways to get **** done for all us Americans) you may find the Political Compass of moderate interest.
It's been around since 2001 and is not specific to any country's political parties or elections, strictly about describing politics in more meaningful terms and pointing out the error of some common, but sloppy, political definitions.
"Our essential point is that Left and Right, although far from obsolete, are essentially a measure of economics. As political establishments adopt either enthusiastically or reluctantly the prevailing economic orthodoxy — the neo-liberal strain of capitalism — the Left-Right division between mainstream parties becomes increasingly blurred. Instead, party differences tend to be more about identity issues. In the narrowing debate, our social scale is more crucial than ever. Nevertheless, the more nationalistic and authoritarian a party or individual is, the more ‘right-wing’ they’re still labelled. This, of course, is absurd. Taken to its logical conclusion, it means that the further left a country sits, the more socially liberal its attitudes are. on that basis, North Korea must be a shining model of human rights and social freedoms! Conversely, a country may be very right wing (ie libertarian) in its economics, and be authoritarian at the same time. Singapore is a perfect example." Brief instructions/explainer below + link to the very short "test" (there are no correct/incorrect answers, only called a test so as to not be confused with an election survey or personality quiz). Some are surprised by their results, others not so much. 
Before taking the test: Please note that this isn’t a survey, and these aren’t questions. They’re propositions. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are moderate. That’s how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass. Your responses should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger reactions in the mind, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.

From what I read it seemed more like a tantrum from faculty because they can't hate on Israel(which let's be honest, it always ends up at just wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Things go downhill quickly unfortunately). And then mad because they can't get public funding, at a public university, where the public says "we don't care about your gender studies." Is there more? Probably. But those seem to be the two things they really want highlight. So from the outside, it makes it look 100% political. This is topic that literally can't have politics left out because that seems to be the reason behind it all. Might be something best left for Twitter and DMs.

From what I read it seemed more like a tantrum from faculty because they can't hate on Israel(which let's be honest, it always ends up at just wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Things go downhill quickly unfortunately). And then mad because they can't get public funding, at a public university, where the public says "we don't care about your gender studies." Is there more? Probably. But those seem to be the two things they really want highlight. So from the outside, it makes it look 100% political. This is topic that literally can't have politics left out because that seems to be the reason behind it all. Might be something best left for Twitter and DMs.

I say this to @Stuhoo all the time and he still insists I listen to their podcast.

From what I read it seemed more like a tantrum from faculty because they can't hate on Israel(which let's be honest, it always ends up at just wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Things go downhill quickly unfortunately). And then mad because they can't get public funding, at a public university, where the public says "we don't care about your gender studies." Is there more? Probably. But those seem to be the two things they really want highlight. So from the outside, it makes it look 100% political. This is topic that literally can't have politics left out because that seems to be the reason behind it all. Might be something best left for Twitter and DMs.

From what I read it seemed more like a tantrum from faculty because they can't hate on Israel(which let's be honest, it always ends up at just wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Things go downhill quickly unfortunately). And then mad because they can't get public funding, at a public university, where the public says "we don't care about your gender studies." Is there more? Probably. But those seem to be the two things they really want highlight. So from the outside, it makes it look 100% political. This is topic that literally can't have politics left out because that seems to be the reason behind it all. Might be something best left for Twitter and DMs.

From what I read it seemed more like a tantrum from faculty because they can't hate on Israel(which let's be honest, it always ends up at just wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Things go downhill quickly unfortunately). And then mad because they can't get public funding, at a public university, where the public says "we don't care about your gender studies." Is there more? Probably. But those seem to be the two things they really want highlight. So from the outside, it makes it look 100% political. This is topic that literally can't have politics left out because that seems to be the reason behind it all. Might be something best left for Twitter and DMs.

From what I read it seemed more like a tantrum from faculty because they can't hate on Israel(which let's be honest, it always ends up at just wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Things go downhill quickly unfortunately). And then mad because they can't get public funding, at a public university, where the public says "we don't care about your gender studies." Is there more? Probably. But those seem to be the two things they really want highlight. So from the outside, it makes it look 100% political. This is topic that literally can't have politics left out because that seems to be the reason behind it all. Might be something best left for Twitter and DMs.

From what I read it seemed more like a tantrum from faculty because they can't hate on Israel(which let's be honest, it always ends up at just wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Things go downhill quickly unfortunately). And then mad because they can't get public funding, at a public university, where the public says "we don't care about your gender studies." Is there more? Probably. But those seem to be the two things they really want highlight. So from the outside, it makes it look 100% political. This is topic that literally can't have politics left out because that seems to be the reason behind it all. Might be something best left for Twitter and DMs.

From what I read it seemed more like a tantrum from faculty because they can't hate on Israel(which let's be honest, it always ends up at just wanting to wipe Israel off the map. Things go downhill quickly unfortunately). And then mad because they can't get public funding, at a public university, where the public says "we don't care about your gender studies." Is there more? Probably. But those seem to be the two things they really want highlight. So from the outside, it makes it look 100% political. This is topic that literally can't have politics left out because that seems to be the reason behind it all. Might be something best left for Twitter and DMs.

Tl/Dr:  The faculty is incapable of reading the room which makes their input a net negative on those topics.
 
Perhaps having the faculty too involved in the administrative side of things is part of the issue.  Let's just get down to brass tacks.  Bloomington and the Indiana faculty likely hold views closer to San Francisco than (pick almost anywhere in this state).  Whitten has to balance the idea that a whole bunch of people in this state aren't super interested in funding some of the absolute nonsense that passes as "scholarship" and "academic freedom" these days.  For each of those items, it was better for the school to not let the faculty be involved.
The professor lied about using facilities to promote a group that is out of step with the sensibilities of this state.  It also happened at a time where Palestinian support movements on campus were basically nothing but anti-semitic rants that were harassing Jewish students and celebrating the televised murder of Israeli civilians.  There was a reason he lied about the event and the lie meant he should be punished.
Related to that, having a person with similar views at a similar time displaying art in the Eskanazi art center was probably a good idea to 86 as well.  The background of the multimillion dollar donor Eskanazis would lead one to believe that they would probably not appreciate someone who basically promotes killing the jews having their art displayed all over a center with their name on it.  The donor wins over the lefty faculty on that.  Sorry.
Kinsey is a blight on the school.  We can pull Jordan's name off of everything because of his views but still support the extremely questionable stuff Kinsey did with children.  ---- that guy and everything to do with him. 
On the last, she did go and oppose the bill.  She doesn't have a vote in government though so don't know what they expected.  Those people are her boss and hold the purse strings so again, being more militant like the faculty wanted is just cutting off your nose to spite your face.  Furthermore, the fact that the University is so wildly out of step with the rest of the state on a whole host of topics is a big reason why people are supportive of bills like that in the first place.  As someone who is politically on the other side of what is the norm in Bloomington and the school in particular, it gets noticed how hostile they are to people who have opinions like me, which are the dominate opinions in this state at the moment.  I think they waste money on stupid BS and it is a disservice to educating people in this state.  You get the perception that the school looks down its nose at the state it is in and that is part of what chases kids out of state after spending 4 years there.

Or going and getting Powers. Who fits the stretch 4 role perfectly.

Or going and getting Powers. Who fits the stretch 4 role perfectly.

To be fair, I'd love to have freshman Eric Gordon from '07 lol.

Marcus Foster.... Doesn't make a ton of sense. But I'll watch some tape and blindly buy in to whatever because I'm "not a true fan."

@Chris007 any news on Adidas? Is it normal for a deal to wait out this long?

Crocs actually does make tennis shoes and they look comfy.

We have too much to do to be tying our shoes, so with our new Crocs we can just slip on and go

July 2024: "Indiana signs new shoe deal with Crocs."

July 2024: "Indiana signs new shoe deal with Crocs."