Black on Black Crime at A&M - What a shame?
Black on Black Crime at A&M - What a shame?
I hope I got your attention!!!
Is anyone concern that the President of our university is being victimized by our Trustee Board?
Does anyone care that someone at the Magic City Classic game used the following statement:
By this evening, I am going to have Jennings a%%. What he means is I am going to have him out of office. Same ole black on black politics. (IF YOU KNOW WHO SAID IT CALL HIM OUT PLEASE) He needs to know he is loved and he has sinned.
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care that we have met our fundraising goals faster than we had with the last president? Maybe it is because no one has been taking the money.
Does anyone care?
Does anyone care that our president has gone out of the four walls and solicited the entire Huntsville community to support the university? My mom is a teacher in Madison County and she has seen him at least 2 events promoting A&M.
Does anyone care that he has put together a student advisory board that reports to him? This was unheard of in recent former administrations.
Does anyone care that our president has been awarded by the Alabama Education Association? Who was the last president honored by an education association?
Where am I going with this......?
I grew up in a predominately black rural county in West Alabama and what I see is the same ole black on black politics that is resistant to change. We see it in our churches and we see it in our government. There is always a clique of people that want the power and they allow the power to blind proper reasoning. This is what Obama is telling us about Washington and now we see this same thing playing out at A&M. There are a few people resistant to change and they have gotten to our Board of Trustees and the Republican governor that heads our board is probably leading the charge, although we have not seen him at recent meetings. In addition, Obama's grandmother may have called me the "N" word, but I still support him. When are we going to exemplify some grace and mercy upon our leaders? I am sure President Morrison had some bad days at A&M, but he remained in office.
The last president came out of the existing administration and we had a mess. It seems that when you get too close to the mud, you tend to get dirty. When we get someone that is outside of the mud to clean up, the dirty folks get upset and play dirty tricks. This is the state of our university. We will never progress hiring 300 presidents in the span of 20 years. Anyone in leadership knows that it takes about 3 years to see real progress when you take over an organization. You have to get just the right leadership that is loyal to your vision before you can move forward. I am sad to report that if the actions of our board of trustees are any indication of what we have to look forward to then we are doomed to failure at A&M.
Let’s review recent weeks:
1st: The Board of Trustees voted to strip our president of his management over finances and personnel. Stating that they would review all financial matters and matters involving personnel (hiring and firing).
In addition several board members were not made aware of what was going to happen. One resigned on the spot. ANY LAWYER WOULD HAVE TO SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IF ONLY A FEW OF THE WHOLE KNEW OF THE VOTE. WOULDN"T THIS BE CONSIDERED A MILITARY COUP IN SOME COUNTRIES.
2nd: The AEA President asked for the Accreditation of Southern Colleges and Universities to review the board’s action. IT TURNS OUT that the actions of the board were a direct violation of accreditation to take away powers from the president of the university. Are we dumb or are we just blind to proper reasoning.
3rd: Now I hear last night that Jennings is going to be in office for at least another week and a half. Now that the Board of Trustees sees the threat of losing accreditation, they are probably considering getting rid of our president. Black on Black Crime at A&M.
I have the full intention to join the Alumni Association this year.
I declare to you today, that if the president is forced to resign, I with withhold my membership until we can stop the petty bickering, come to our senses, and stop being blind to proper reasoning.
STOP THE MADNESS!! KEEP OUR PRESIDENT!!
A Christian first and a Bulldog second,
Terrence Kirksey
Class of 1997
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