How do Cal Poly and Saudi Arabia make it a better world?

Few students have ever seen Warren Baker ... he's unknown to most facultyAt Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the student newspaper the Mustang Daily once ran a contest with a significant prize to anyone who could take a picture of the elusive Cal Poly president Warren Baker. As I remember it… no one won!

so, Where’s Warren?

Before he ‘disapparates’ once again, you might get a glimpse of ‘he-who-nobody-has-ever-seen’ at Cal Poly:

the University Union room 220
3:00 – 5:00 pm

Tuesday, March 4th

Subject: the Saudi – Cal Poly deal or “how I learned to love a world without professional women.”

There are many problems with the contract… the one that bothers me is the apparent ‘veto’ capability of the Saudis on any hire… this basically means that the Saudis are not bound by any of our ‘idealistic notions.’ One passage of an analysis provided in a link below states:

“These ideals should be America’s gifts to the world. Seek to include them in any educational contracts that Cal Poly makes with educators in all parts of the world!”

Here is a fuller analysis of the ‘deal’ presented by a long time esteemed member of the university and passed along for your consideration. Also provided is Cal Poly’s own non-discrimination policy! Do we see a conflict here?

Roger Freberg

Cal Poly is not the only one willing — in my opinion — to sell American values for gold… but that doesn’t make it right.