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Cokie Roberts coming to Shorter
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Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:51 pm
by Stephen Fox
http://rn-t.com/pages/full_story/push?c ... d=17682416I understand her to be a friend of the Baptist Joint Committee. Would be grand if some questions are asked about the Nelson Price Tragedy at Shorter
Re: Cokie Roberts coming to Shorter
Posted:
Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:11 am
by Ed Pettibone
Here is how Nelson Price's world is playing in Gads Bama
Posted:
Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:42 pm
by Stephen Fox
Re: Here is how Nelson Price's world is playing in Gads Bama
Posted:
Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:32 pm
by Ed Pettibone
Major front Page story in April 1 Rome News Trib
Posted:
Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:18 pm
by Stephen Fox
Update on Shorter; questionairre shows faculty very unhappy with Nelson Price direction for the school
http://rn-t.com/view/full_story/1807326 ... st_popularLot of new comments on this Sunday front page story.
Re: Shorter College chills the Air
Posted:
Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:55 pm
by Gene Scarborough
Fundies and brains always clash!!!
Re: Shorter College chills the Air
Posted:
Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:58 am
by Neil Heath
John Pierce lays out things quite well in his latest blog dealing with Shorter and fundamentalism. Don't have the link handy but it's at the Baptists Today web site.
Re: Shorter College chills the Air
Posted:
Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:15 pm
by William Thornton
I'd take most of his points. I find some of the people and things hard to stomach at times.
He does ask this, “Won’t someone step in and put a stop to this madness?”
Speaking of madness, or of diabolical maneuvers, it shouldn't be forgotten that former Shorter trustees created a sham entity and transferred school assets to it in a failed attempt to literally steal the school from Georgia Baptists. That didn't work although I would guess that the attempt itself escalated the enmity. My friend John Pierce, whom I owe a free lunch, and who is the most sensible, clear sighted moderate that I know, forgot to mention this.
The GBC is pouring money into the school because after all, it is now our school and we have to make it work. I am not convinced that it is money well spent.
Re: Shorter College chills the Air
Posted:
Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:54 pm
by Dave Roberts
Re: Shorter College chills the Air
Posted:
Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:29 pm
by William Thornton
Dave, I've often heard the argument put forth about the small percentage of GBC (or other state convention) contributions to the total for the school. I've never found that to be a persuasive legal argument for removing the school from its legal owners, although in cases of the top Baptist (or ex-Baptist) schools (Furman, Mercer) it is sufficient for me to have voted to part ways.
The smaller Baptist colleges like Shorter, Truett-McConnel, and Brewton-Parker here in GA require a lot more from the GBC. I'm not convinced it is a great way to spend millions nor a great place to get an education. Here in GA any decent student can get a free tuition ride at the state schools through the lottery. I don't see any great advantage to spending tens of thousands just so they can attend a Baptist school and get an inferior education.
Just my humble opinion...
Dowles and the Night Owl
Posted:
Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:31 pm
by Stephen Fox
Don responded to the Integrity Committee in yesterday's
http://www.rn-t.com .You can read that article and the 103 comments and counting including the Night Owl.
And here is a link from the thread, a recent resignation from human resources at Shorter
or google Carol Atkins letter to the Rome News Tribune or find it in letters at rn-t.com
Save Our Shorter Blog
Posted:
Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:46 pm
by Stephen Fox
Re: Shorter College chills the Air
Posted:
Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:31 pm
by Dave Roberts
Re: Shorter College chills the Air
Posted:
Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:35 pm
by Gene Scarborough
I have witnessed far too many Baptist State Conventions when a red-faced angry conservative preacher gets on institutions which get a small percentage of their budget from that convention and wanting to control students.
Hey, those institutions get what that idiot preacher sends to them and the students are tired of their SS religion and just want to spread their intellectual wings and not go to chapel services!
Shorter is but one of many wanting to avoid the scuffle---and they didn't make it in time!
Tough look at Bad Religion
Posted:
Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:10 pm
by Stephen Fox
If Nelson Price were trying to navigate this thicket, odds are even worse against him
http://www.tnr.com/book/review/bad-reli ... ss-douthat
Mass Exodus
Posted:
Wed May 09, 2012 3:35 pm
by Stephen Fox
Three strikes policy for Dowles and Price
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Fri May 11, 2012 12:38 pm
by Stephen Fox
Wouldn't this be sweet, little progressive Afghanistan work for Shorter
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/10/152349997 ... -preachersSee the SOShorter site for May 9 testimonial of a resigning tenured proff
Floyd County to Boycott Shorter?
Posted:
Sat May 12, 2012 7:13 pm
by Stephen Fox
May 12, at Save our Shorter dot com; Calling on the Rome Community and it public facilities, Barron Stadium in particular where the Shorter Hawks play football; to boycott Shorter.
Re: Floyd County to Boycott Shorter?
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Sun May 13, 2012 2:53 pm
by Ed Pettibone
SOShorter
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Wed May 16, 2012 1:03 pm
by Stephen Fox
www.saveourshorter.com is linked in a story today at
www.abpnews.com . And at the SOS site great well researched article up today about Shorter's History with the GBC.
Forrest Lanier's son on Shorter
Posted:
Wed May 16, 2012 3:51 pm
by Stephen Fox
Shorter Resistance gutting up For SACS Review
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Sun May 20, 2012 4:23 pm
by Stephen Fox
James Evans perfectly address the Shorter Miasma
Posted:
Tue May 22, 2012 12:52 pm
by Stephen Fox
Saveourshorter playing Hardball
Posted:
Tue May 29, 2012 6:29 pm
by Stephen Fox
Check their site today and check it weekly. Making a very strong case for SACS and I am glad they are
www.saveourshorter.com
Re: Shorter College chills the Air
Posted:
Wed May 30, 2012 4:29 pm
by Gene Scarborough
Stephen---
SEBTS faculty tried to save their hides with SACS. It failed. This will fail as well. Fundies have a one track mind = to conquer and control
Move on and rejoice that we do have options in American Education!