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1 hour ago, Satchel said:

Just a loathsome little imp:

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/texas-greg-abbott-am-mark-welsh-dei/

 

Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh III’s job over claims the university broke the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The threat came after conservative activist Christopher Rufo shared a university email inviting some staffers and PhD students to attend a conference that limited participation to people who are Black, Hispanic or Native American.

On Monday, someone asked Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton on social media whether they were going to tolerate the behavior.

“Hell, no,” Abbott replied hours later on X, formerly known as Twitter. “It’s against Texas law and violates the U.S. Constitution. It will be fixed immediately or the president will soon be gone.

 

abbott has tanked k to 12 public schools, the universities are next 

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i'm assuming am is a top 20 public university, either way it's important to the state ....

what other governor (except florida) would publicly threaten the states #2 university's president like that over something so trivial ?

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12 hours ago, Satchel said:

Just a loathsome little imp:

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/texas-greg-abbott-am-mark-welsh-dei/

 

Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh III’s job over claims the university broke the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The threat came after conservative activist Christopher Rufo shared a university email inviting some staffers and PhD students to attend a conference that limited participation to people who are Black, Hispanic or Native American.

On Monday, someone asked Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton on social media whether they were going to tolerate the behavior.

“Hell, no,” Abbott replied hours later on X, formerly known as Twitter. “It’s against Texas law and violates the U.S. Constitution. It will be fixed immediately or the president will soon be gone.

hah rufo strikes again. Absolutely wild how that goebbels of a gremlin has been able to steer the conservative conversation

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57 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

i'm assuming am is a top 20 public university,

Funny enough (and not that it matters) -- USN&WR has them at #21, tied with VaTech.

I spent a summer in Blacksburg when my dad taught an engineering course there.  In all situations, I would choose VaTech over A&M.

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1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Funny enough (and not that it matters) -- USN&WR has them at #21, tied with VaTech.

I spent a summer in Blacksburg when my dad taught an engineering course there.  In all situations, I would choose VaTech over A&M.

 

ive never once ran across a va tech engineer. i'll guess they stay on the east coast, but i've worked for two east coast based companies 

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3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Funny enough (and not that it matters) -- USN&WR has them at #21, tied with VaTech.

I spent a summer in Blacksburg when my dad taught an engineering course there.  In all situations, I would choose VaTech over A&M.

All dirt roads lead to Tech.  Wahoowa.

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3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

ive never once ran across a va tech engineer. i'll guess they stay on the east coast, but i've worked for two east coast based companies 

I worked with one here in Austin for years.  VT undergrad, UT-Arlington masters, UT-Austin PhD.  Good engineer.

By the way, it's a bigger undergrad program than UT, almost 8K strong.

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50 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

ive never once ran across a va tech engineer. i'll guess they stay on the east coast, but i've worked for two east coast based companies 

Got a couple in my group.  They cool.  Certainly better to work with than the dumbfuck aggies around here.

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