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This whole Maggie Weshner thing is being blown entirely out of proportion and people are starting to act like babies without understanding all the little things at work.
Now, I am in no way supporting our Chancellor and her administration's decision to terminate the director of the counseling center mid-semester. I am in no way supporting the Chancellor and her lack of communication with the student body, her faculty, and her staff. She is sending the wrong message to the people at this school, and that is that she is against them. If you're going to terminate a pillar of this campus, tell us why. Don't give vague answers. That much I will protest - I will protest the fact that dozens and dozens of students are being forced to terminate with Weshnever in the middle of therapy and must start over with another counselor, if they can be worked into the schedule. It's traumatic enough to admit your secrets to one person, but now you have to do it again? Ridiculous. I will support the rights of students and the rights of staff and faculty, and I am against a campus where nobody feels secure about their jobs or their well-being.
The decision to terminate Maggie Weshner mid-semester was a mistake and it was a decision that lacked sympathy and consideration for the students under her care. The administration handled it very, very wrong, and they should have better communicated their reasoning with at least their employees.
However.
I think people are failing to realize something: Maggie Weshner was planning on retiring in the fall. This is basically being considered an early retirement, and she is being let go with a big, fat severence pay, which will last until January. Basically, she'll be on vacation until then. A vacation paid for by the university. She could go get another job and still get paid by the university. She could go chill out in Barbados for all they care. She has the choice. The university did not just kick her out on her ass without anything after 28 years of service.
Also, has anybody else noticed the fact that Weshner has not been the only long-term faculty member let go recently? There have been several. Where was everybody then, when those people were losing their jobs?
The administration made a piss poor decision. They fucked up. Big time. They may never recover from it. Students will probably hate them until they graduate. I think they are well aware of that by now. But they will not re-instate Maggie Weshner because a bunch of students are going to walk out of their classes at a set time tomorrow. Face it, guys: She's gone. She's not coming back. If she does, I will eat my words and shut up about it, but this administration will not budge. They have a lot of changes in mind.
The restructuring process is in full effect, and perhaps students should refocus their efforts. Realize that this is not the last change this university will go through. Let's start fighting something that isn't already a lost cause.
P.S. Can I just say that Greg Goddard is a fucking idiot? I mean, c'mon. He's all about rallying students against injustices, blah blah blah, but has anybody ever really talked to this guy? HE IS A MORON. Yes, he's passionate, but being passionate means jack shit if you're a dumbass. In fact, the combination of dumbass-ity and passion is donwright dangerous. He has no ties to the counseling center, no stakes in this. He's doing it purely for the attention, just like that bullshit last semester with the Socialist Unity League wall. He wants the attention and he wants the noteriety for being a rabblerouser and a rule-changer when really, he's nothing more than some republican douchebag who's got his head so far up his ass ugly girlfriend's vagina, he has no idea what's really going on. Get over yourself, man.
Now, I am in no way supporting our Chancellor and her administration's decision to terminate the director of the counseling center mid-semester. I am in no way supporting the Chancellor and her lack of communication with the student body, her faculty, and her staff. She is sending the wrong message to the people at this school, and that is that she is against them. If you're going to terminate a pillar of this campus, tell us why. Don't give vague answers. That much I will protest - I will protest the fact that dozens and dozens of students are being forced to terminate with Weshnever in the middle of therapy and must start over with another counselor, if they can be worked into the schedule. It's traumatic enough to admit your secrets to one person, but now you have to do it again? Ridiculous. I will support the rights of students and the rights of staff and faculty, and I am against a campus where nobody feels secure about their jobs or their well-being.
The decision to terminate Maggie Weshner mid-semester was a mistake and it was a decision that lacked sympathy and consideration for the students under her care. The administration handled it very, very wrong, and they should have better communicated their reasoning with at least their employees.
However.
I think people are failing to realize something: Maggie Weshner was planning on retiring in the fall. This is basically being considered an early retirement, and she is being let go with a big, fat severence pay, which will last until January. Basically, she'll be on vacation until then. A vacation paid for by the university. She could go get another job and still get paid by the university. She could go chill out in Barbados for all they care. She has the choice. The university did not just kick her out on her ass without anything after 28 years of service.
Also, has anybody else noticed the fact that Weshner has not been the only long-term faculty member let go recently? There have been several. Where was everybody then, when those people were losing their jobs?
The administration made a piss poor decision. They fucked up. Big time. They may never recover from it. Students will probably hate them until they graduate. I think they are well aware of that by now. But they will not re-instate Maggie Weshner because a bunch of students are going to walk out of their classes at a set time tomorrow. Face it, guys: She's gone. She's not coming back. If she does, I will eat my words and shut up about it, but this administration will not budge. They have a lot of changes in mind.
The restructuring process is in full effect, and perhaps students should refocus their efforts. Realize that this is not the last change this university will go through. Let's start fighting something that isn't already a lost cause.
P.S. Can I just say that Greg Goddard is a fucking idiot? I mean, c'mon. He's all about rallying students against injustices, blah blah blah, but has anybody ever really talked to this guy? HE IS A MORON. Yes, he's passionate, but being passionate means jack shit if you're a dumbass. In fact, the combination of dumbass-ity and passion is donwright dangerous. He has no ties to the counseling center, no stakes in this. He's doing it purely for the attention, just like that bullshit last semester with the Socialist Unity League wall. He wants the attention and he wants the noteriety for being a rabblerouser and a rule-changer when really, he's nothing more than some republican douchebag who's got his head so far up his ass ugly girlfriend's vagina, he has no idea what's really going on. Get over yourself, man.