VMI officials clash with students, alumni over newspaper

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Graham Moomaw Retweeted

Yesterday
@TheFIREorg
and
@SPLC
rightly called out Virginia Military Institute for slow walking recognition of the VMI student newspaper: https://bit.ly/3LH4ZlF

But the full story, which I covered in April, is more complicated:

insidehighered.com
VMI officials clash with students, alumni over newspaper
Virginia Military Institute administrators have a contentious relationship with a resurrected student newspaper, which they worry is a puppet publication for

Link to tweet

[underpants]

1. The paper controversy is really just about DEI and the old boy system averse to change

Local talk radio has alumni guests on a lot about this. Not surprising.
Flipping out about treating people not just equally but not as inferior is all I need to know about this.

The bottom line to me is that this is a state school so they have to go by what the boss tells them - the Governor. That’s how every state employee I know looks at things. Don’t like it? Well there will be a new boss in a few years, until then....

VMI cadets are actually under the command of the Governor and a part of the states military structure.

VMI has operated like its apart from other state schools and frankly it worked, they were on their own. The results were notoriously (2nd hand) overtly racist and sexist. Screw them. If you are planning on going into the military it doesn’t operate anywhere near like VMI. OH and I’m sorry you couldn’t get into an actual academy.

I see that recruitment is really down. I couldn’t imagine going through that first year BS especially with all the options available now. The payoff is a pretty incredible network of alums. If you graduate and are at least not a dirtbag, you will never hurt for a job.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I didn't apply there, but I wouldn't go so far as to say ...

VMI cadets are actually deplorable by the Governor if needed.

[underpants]

3. I edited it. Thanks.

I meant deployable but I’ve expanded it to be more complete.