Daily Campus strikes again

[mustangdm]

http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/boar ... -1.1377681

[RGV Pony]

why does the DC have such an axe to grind w/ the Trustees?

[Stallion]

Outstanding article-one of the best I've ever read at getting to the heart of the scandal and assigning blame exactly at the feet of those that deserved it. The definition of "lack of institutional control" for so many of you that don't seem to be able to grasp such a concept.

BTW nobody ever questioned Ron Meyer or Bobby Collins when they wanted something done either just ike good little Mustang Club members. Just like those 60 Mustang Club donors who contributed to the $400,000 slush fund.

[ponyte]

Trustee composition:

The Board of Trustees is the principal governance authority of Southern Methodist University.

The Board of Trustees is composed of 42 members, including 3 bishops and 9 other trustees recommended by the South Central Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church; 26 trustees recommended by the Board; and 4 ex officio members (the President of the University and one representative each of the Students' Association, the Faculty Senate, and the Alumni Association). The Board of Trustees meets four times a year (in February, May, September, and December).

Members:

CARL SEWELL (CHAIR)
Sewell Automotive Companies
RUTH ALTSHULER
Civic and Philanthropic Leader

BISHOP EARL BLEDSOE
Dallas Area Bishop
The United Methodist Church

MICHAEL M. BOONE (VICE-CHAIR)
Haynes & Boone, LLP

BRADLEY W. BROOKSHIRE
Brookshire Grocery Company

LAURA WELCH BUSH
Former First Lady of the United States

REV. KIRBYJON CALDWELL
Windsor Village United Methodist
Church

DONALD J. CARTY
Retired Chairman AMR Corp.
Retired Chairman Dell Corp.

KELLY H. COMPTON
The Hoglund Foundation

REV. W. MARK CRAIG
Highland Park United
Methodist Church

GARY T. CRUM
CFP Foundation

LINDA PITTS CUSTARD
Custard/Pitts Land and Cattle Co.

ROBERT H. DEDMAN JR.
DFI Management, Ltd.

FRANK M. DUNLEVY
Cowen & Company LLC

JUAN L. ELEK
Elek, Moreno Valle Y Asociados

ALAN D. FELD
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, & Feld

GERALD J. FORD
Diamond A Ford Corporation

ANTONIO O. GARZA, JR.
White & Case, S.C.

JAMES R. GIBBS
Frontier Oil Corporation

ROBERT T. HAYDEN, III (ex officio)
Southern Methodist University
Student Representative Trustee

FREDERICK B. HEGI JR.
Wingate Partners

CLARK K. HUNT
Kansas City Chiefs
RAY L. HUNT
Hunt Oil Company

GENE C. JONES
Civic and Philanthropic Leader

BISHOP SCOTT J. JONES
Kansas Area
The United Methodist Church

FREDRICK LEACH
Prestonwood Urology

PAUL B. LOYD, JR.
LSL Partners

BOBBY LYLE
Lyco Holdings, Incorporated

KEN MALCOLMSON (ex officio)
Humana
President, SMU Alumni Association

DAVID B. MILLER
EnCap Investments, L.P.

FREDRICK IVER OLNESS (ex officio)
Southern Methodist University
President, Faculty Senate

REV. SHERON PATTERSON
Highland Hills United Methodist Church

SARAH PEROT
Civic and Philanthropic Leader

JEANNE L. PHILLIPS
Hunt Consolidated, Inc.

CAREN H. PROTHRO
(CHAIR-ELECT & SECRETARY)
Civic and Philanthropic Leader

BISHOP ANN B. SHERER-SIMPSON
Nebraska Area-Nebraska Conference
The United Methodist Church

HELMUT R. SOHMEN
World-Wide Shipping Group Ltd.

RICHARD K. TEMPLETON
Texas Instruments, Inc.

JOHN C. TOLLESON
Tolleson Wealth Management

R. GERALD TURNER
Southern Methodist University
ex officio

ROYCE E. (ED) WILSON
Tribune Broadcasting

RICHARD J. WOOD
Retired
The Japan Society of New York

Looks to me to be a pretty diverse group already. Arts, Sciences, Religion, Legal, Medical, Industrial and Business appear to be represented.

[Junior]

“I am shocked, appalled and outraged,” she said.

Gimme a break...

[Samurai Stang]

Such original journalism.

[Junior]

If we are truly trying to move past this chapter in our history, why is our own paper trying to drive us back in there? Can't we just give everyone a copy of "A Payroll to Meet" and move on?

[lwjr]

Can we beat this to death anymore than it already has been? I do not understand the DC Comics obsession with this. So, the trustees are not transparent enough, so lets revisit what this lead to 25 years ago. Is that the angle?

[CalallenStang]

If these students would have taken "History of Cultural Institutions" which includes a two-week crash course on how the scandal and death penalty went down, they wouldn't be so "shocked, appaled and outraged."

[lwjr]

If these students would have taken "History of Cultural Institutions" which includes a two-week crash course on how the scandal and death penalty went down, they wouldn't be so "shocked, appaled and outraged."

CalallenStang,
With today's students, kids or whatever you want to call them, if it did not happen in thier lifetime, it does not exist. Sad..

[Junior]

“I am shocked, appalled and outraged,” she said.

Gimme a break...

Who talks like that?

[RGV Pony]

“I am shocked, appalled and outraged,” she said.

Gimme a break...

Who talks like that?

the late Nell Carter for one..

[1983 Cotton Bowl]

[quote="Stallion"]Outstanding article-one of the best I've ever read at getting to the heart of the scandal and assigning blame exactly at the feet of those that deserved it. The definition of "lack of institutional control" for so many of you that don't seem to be able to grasp such a concept.

BTW nobody ever questioned Ron Meyer or Bobby Collins when they wanted something done either just ike good little Mustang Club members. Just like those 60 Mustang Club donors who contributed to the $400,000 slush fund.[/quote]


Bingo! SMU deserved exactly what it got. Whether other schools since have been equally deserving but haven't gotten the DP is a seperate question, but irrelevant to the SMU case. Ancient history though. SMU has moved on and is a very different place in many, many ways than it was in 1986.

[Bergermeister]

This is, indeed, old [deleted]. I've memorized it. Don't think about it. If someone insists on bringing this up, how 'bout something new/different -- a round table discussion with Meyer, Collins, Hitch, Dickerson, Clements, James, car dealers, trustees, Bootsie Larsen and anybody else you want to invite - hook up everybody to a polygraph and serve up shots of truth serum before you start asking questons. Otherwise, shut your word hole.

[Junior]

“I am shocked, appalled and outraged,” she said.

Gimme a break...

Who talks like that?

the late Nell Carter for one..

Well played, sir.