There was an interesting article in today's Oklahoma Daily-the student newspaper for OU. It was about Aubrey McClendon's donations to the Honors College. Some of the students don't like his political affiliations and are protesting his ability to influence the college curriculum. I don't have an opinion formed about that specific issue but, the Dean of the Honors College made some very irresponsible remarks to the student reporter who wrote the article.
Here is the disturbing response the reporter received from Dean Robert Con Davis-Undiano: "I would [make a statement], except that I don’t have a statement to make. I’m busy running the college and don’t know anything about these issues,”
It is a truly amazing comment. The Dean of the University of Oklahoma's Honors College doesn't know anything about the most important donation to his college by one of the most prominent citizens in Oklahoma?
Huh?
Someone commented online that the student who is running the petition this article is about is a black mark on the University for acting like this. What about the Dean? His comments could be seen as immature and damaging to OU's image as well.
I think that open debate and discussion should be promoted between students and the university. OU is a special place. We all come here to learn and grow. I wish the Dean had been more open, but it is our duty as students to voice our opinions and hopefully we will receive helpful, positive feedback from our Leaders.
Here is a link to the article.
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