O/T President Bill Powers Out at UT???

by **Pony^** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:50 pm

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/07/04/Sources-Whistleblowers-Forcing-Out-UT-President

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TX_UT_PRESIDENT_RESIGNATION_DEMAND_TXOL-?SITE=TXTYL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/uts-powers-refusing-ultimatum-to-resign/ngY8n/

He is also chairman of the AAU:
http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2013/10/ut-advocates-podcast-powers-becomes-aau-chair/#comments

by **Arkpony** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:04 pm

Heavens! They CHEAT at TU?

by **Pony^** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:06 pm

Arkpony wrote:Heavens! They CHEAT at TU?

Of course! But it's not an issue unless they want to get rid of the president for other reasons.

by **Stallion** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:23 pm

You got a university run by a Board of Regents all of which were appointed by the Governor who was a Milkman at your biggest rival

by **fmced** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:28 pm

yeah, its a dirty shame the regents couldn't be more orange-tinted so that this stuff could have been whitewashed - just a dirty shame

by **gostangs** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:17 am

The regents that are doing their job are doing it because they want to see UT be better - and that means getting rid of the cronyism.

by **Big12Mustang** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:30 am

Pony^ wrote:http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/07/04/Sources-Whistleblowers-Forcing-Out-UT-President

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TX_UT_PRESIDENT_RESIGNATION_DEMAND_TXOL-?SITE=TXTYL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/uts-powers-refusing-ultimatum-to-resign/ngY8n/

He is also chairman of the AAU:
http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2013/10/ut-advocates-podcast-powers-becomes-aau-chair/#comments

There goes our aspiration to be an AAU school...the deck is stacked with that Austin community college guy runnin the show.

by **CalallenStang** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:12 am

If you want to know what motivated this move - research Rick Perry's "Seven Breakthrough Solutions" and Powers' public fight against them. Powers was a marked man and they finally found a screw-up to do him in

by **Digetydog** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:27 am

This is about Perry and his cronies trying to take UT down a peg. To the extent that Texas will have a "flagship" university, they want it to be TAMU.

by **Big12Mustang** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:47 am

Digetydog wrote:This is about Perry and his cronies trying to take UT down a peg. To the extent that Texas will have a "flagship" university, they want it to be TAMU.

I'm all in favor of Texas A&M taking the Flagship University status crown and seeing UT slowly crumble along with their conference.

by **PonyKai** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:14 pm

Big12Mustang wrote:
Digetydog wrote:This is about Perry and his cronies trying to take UT down a peg. To the extent that Texas will have a "flagship" university, they want it to be TAMU.

I'm all in favor of Texas A&M taking the Flagship University status crown and seeing UT slowly crumble along with their conference.

Yeah, because what's better than having a state sponsored cult be Texas' flagship university? Especially when it's achieved through misappropriation of government resources and power!

by **CalallenStang** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:24 pm

More reading - article on Perry trying to force Powers out in 2012: http://www.texasobserver.org/the-war-on ... /?mobile=1

by **Big12Mustang** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:50 pm

Stlhockeyguy02 wrote:
Big12Mustang wrote:
Digetydog wrote:This is about Perry and his cronies trying to take UT down a peg. To the extent that Texas will have a "flagship" university, they want it to be TAMU.

I'm all in favor of Texas A&M taking the Flagship University status crown and seeing UT slowly crumble along with their conference.

Yeah, because what's better than having a state sponsored cult be Texas' flagship university? Especially when it's achieved through misappropriation of government resources and power!

Anything that damages UT is welcome. Big 12 will weaken significantly with a weak Cow program in hoops and football. UT kept us out of Big 12 and had a protagonist role in SMU getting sanctioned/getting DP.

by **NavyCrimson** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:26 pm

I agree - Big12Mustang.

by **gostangs** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 4:34 pm

I don't love any of the active players here, but knocking out some internal cronyism at UT seems like a very good thing. I don't think Perry is doing this because he thinks A&M will take their place - that is impossible.