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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

Heavens! They CHEAT at TU?

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

I agree - Big12Mustang.

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.