Breaking News: SMU Press Announcement on Bush Library

[Water Pony]

Announcement in Daily Campus reports that tomorrow, Friday, SMU will be formally announced as the site for the Bush Presidential Library.

http://www.smudailycampus.com/?reffeatu ... ewsedition

[that's great raplh]

this is a good thing for our university - in 100 years, people will not remember the politics, they'll just know that our university is worthy of a presidential library

[mr. pony]

Agreed.

(But they'll still remember the DP.)

[smupony94]

Agreed.

(But they'll still remember the DP.)

Won't remember WMD but DP

[smu diamond m]

Very true raplh. Welcome to Dallas, library!

[FroggieFever]

We will not be here in 100 years, they will have us.

[J.T.supporta]

(But they'll still remember the DP.)

twss

[ponyte]

Love him or hate him, the Clinton library has been a big plus for Little Rock. Having a presidential library on campus is a huge achievement. Congrats to all the hard working SMU folks that made this happen.

[jtstang]

Will SMU welcome the Dubya "policy center" to our fair campus without having any control over it? Sounds a little one-sided as far as political philosophy goes, and I think that is dangerous.

[FWMustangGirl]

Will SMU welcome the Dubya "policy center" to our fair campus without having any control over it? Sounds a little one-sided as far as political philosophy goes, and I think that is dangerous.

It'll balance our liberal faculty.

[jtstang]

Every school has a liberal faculty. Ours is already balanced by our white-bread conservative rich kid student body....

[ponyte]

What is the 'policy center'? I am not familiar with that organization. Is it part of the library? Or is it a separate entity? If there is a Clinton policy center connected to the library, it has been all but invisible. The Clinton library is primarily a public forum for Clinton to brag about his presidency. For scholars, it is a repository of information. There have not been any ‘policy’ forums or pronouncements from the library. And if there has been a policy center at the library, the city of Little Rock certainly has no say in it.

Granted my experiences with presidential libraries is the one about a half mile from my office. I visited it and little else. There may be much more than I am aware so any insight or further clarification would be much appreciated.

[couch 'em]

Every school has a liberal faculty. Ours is already balanced by our white-bread conservative rich kid student body....

Did you ever meet any students from Dedman or Meadows?

[mrydel]

What is the 'policy center'? I am not familiar with that organization. Is it part of the library? Or is it a separate entity? If there is a Clinton policy center connected to the library, it has been all but invisible. The Clinton library is primarily a public forum for Clinton to brag about his presidency. For scholars, it is a repository of information. There have not been any ‘policy’ forums or pronouncements from the library. And if there has been a policy center at the library, the city of Little Rock certainly has no say in it.

Granted my experiences with presidential libraries is the one about a half mile from my office. I visited it and little else. There may be much more than I am aware so any insight or further clarification would be much appreciated.

Isn't the Clinton School for Continuing Education (or something like that)connected to the Library? I am not sure who attends but the classes are usually "hosted" by some of Clinton's cronies althought they do bring in some balance every now and then. As with you, I am not a Clinton supporter, and I do not pay much heed as to what goes on there, but it is a good asset to the city.

[jtstang]

Every school has a liberal faculty. Ours is already balanced by our white-bread conservative rich kid student body....

Did you ever meet any students from Dedman or Meadows?

Of course not.