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Brandeis University’s Arrogant Persecution of an Innocent Man

Brandeis is not a nice place

It’s not that Donald Hindley is a former Trojan that I rush to his defense… although that is certainly reason enough! It is hard to see an academician being railroaded by an administration to meet some politically motivated objective… or as best said by Fire’s Greg Lukianoff:

“I have no idea whether Brandeis simply has a grudge against Professor Hindley or if it is simply too arrogant to admit that it has done something wrong here, but I do not believe that administrators can continue to plead innocence in the face of the facts, the virtually nonexistent procedure, and the condemnation in the media and by students and faculty. Brandeis has made a terrible mess here. It is time to clean it up.”

The story is an old one heard all around the country in universities that lack proper oversight of their zealous administrations and faculty… the persecution of innocents, the punishment of constitutionally protected free speech and the closing of the American Academic Mind.

Brandeis University is not alone in their ruthlessness… but they are guilty none-the-less.

Roger Freberg

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Indoctrinate U. and today’s University

Did indoctrinate U. Make me Famous?
For those of you who haven’t heard about what’s happenin’ on college campuses today…let’s just say … it’s not all good.

Evan Coyne Maloney has produced a fascinating film — entitled ” Indoctrinate U.” — on what might be called ‘political correctness’ on college campuses.

One review:

“The Weekly Standard” said, “The documentary combines relatively shocking footage (one professor excitedly tells the camera “whiteness is a form of racial oppression . . . treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity”) with snappy editing to create a documentary that bounces quickly from subject to subject.”

Upcoming screenings of the film can be found on their site!

On one hand, on many campuses there exists a hyper-sensitivity to sexually displaying a banana on a campus, ‘hurting’ or ‘offending’ someone’s feelings…. whereas displaying our American Flag could become grounds for suspension some places. The inmates are running the asylum.

So, what has this to do with me? Yep, I may be in the film. For 7 years, my wife — the professor — struggled for existence with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo … and succeeded. And what happened to — in my humble opinion — the “bad guys?”... they eventually all received big raises and promotions.

If you get a chance… check it out. If it hadn’t happened to me… I’d be laughing.

Roger Freberg

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Hire Norm Chow!

Norms Big Playbook

Unless you were living on another planet, you probably didn’t hear that the Tennessee Titans Professional Football Team put offensive strategist Norm Chow on ‘waivers.’

Frankly, I don’t disagree with the decision. Tennessee really can’t use someone of Norm’s background…. someone with a wide repertoire of offensive plays. But to be fair, the team has to have the personnel to take advantage of his intellect.

As someone said, the Titans have but two plays… ‘slant right’ .. and the proverbial ‘broken play.’

Well, Tennessee’s loss is someone else’s gain!

Roger Freberg

UPDATE: Hmmmm…. looks like UCLA hired on ol ‘SC Norm Chow! Interesting match up… Norm’s offensive skills against Pete Carrol’s defensive playbook.

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Southern Cal Trojans, “G” & Emeril!

Heroes of Pasadena

I would like to congratulate the  Southern California Trojans  for their tremendous over-the-top testosterone victory! I only wish I could have been there….

Special Congrats to Chef Lagasse  for accepting the honor to be Grand Marshall of this year’s Tournament of Roses  Parade… a spectacle that I have enjoyed watching wherever I was.

I hope the Associated Press folks saw what I witnessed today…

Fight On!

Roger Freberg

another look at Troy!

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University of Southern California & Trojans

Trojan sports just like the University is first class!
The other night we traveled three hours one way to watch the Southern California Trojans ‘school’ the puppies from San Luis Obispo. To be honest, Cal Poly did put up a valiant fight for as long as it lasted… but the end was never in doubt.

Some small schools like to crow about how they really are as good as the major universities (believe me I have listened to folks from Cal Poly for years), but there are too many systemic differences to make any serious comparisons. Many who traveled down from San Luis Obispo for the game left wide eyed and bewildered.

First, I am not here to talk badly about Cal Poly… my Laura teaches there now and I did for a time as well. However, I really believe that accurate comparisons start with accurate perceptions and I think the Cal Poly Basketball team learned part of that hard lesson the other night.

The truth is that every university has a few academic and athletic ‘gems’ that they are justifiably proud … in my less than humble opinion, Cal Poly’s Professor Laura is certainly one of them… unfortunately, there just aren’t very many like her. By contrast, the academic community of Southern Cal vibrates with talent.

So, you can’t compare schools that have doctoral programs and well respected masters and professional degrees and real athletic programs with schools that have… well… much less.

Fight on!

Roger Freberg