tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post8758595848869827114..comments2024-01-14T12:04:49.488-05:00Comments on Behind the Lines: Poetry, War, & Peacemaking: In Support of the GLBT Protest at John Carroll UniversityPhilip Metreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-67323079537466760142010-02-08T15:53:56.061-05:002010-02-08T15:53:56.061-05:00You've asked some good questions, Rob. Variou...You've asked some good questions, Rob. Various blocs of the faculty have registered their disapproval not just with this statement on diversity (which, to be fair, is still in draft stage), but also with other decisions, and indeed, with the president himself.<br /><br />As an institution, JCU is managing a number of challenges and crises, and it makes any small thing reverberate into the larger things (as your comment does).<br /><br />As for apathy--I don't believe that anyone whose livelihood is directly at stake (the faculty and staff) is apathetic. Apathy tends to a biproduct of privileged distance, no?Philip Metreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449159681282927289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910291709965283166.post-84184213504751246752010-02-08T11:47:40.569-05:002010-02-08T11:47:40.569-05:00I'm only at JCU twice per week this year, so I...I'm only at JCU twice per week this year, so I'd consider myself fairly disconnected from the campus. But from my perspective, the executive-level administrators have committed a number of public relations gaffes that makes me wonder why there isn’t a stronger movement for a change at the top. Obviously there are many people deeply concerned about important issues on campus, but does the opinion of the general population lean more towards apathy? Thanks for helping to fill me in on this.Rob Pitingolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273110931175509169noreply@blogger.com