‘A fundamentally different university’: E. Gordon Gee and his role in the Strauss sex abuse scandal

In 2019, former Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee told The Lantern that he had no recollection of Dr. Richard Strauss.  A former university physician, Strauss abused at least 177 Ohio State athletes and students from 1978-98. He was under Gee’s presidency for the last eight years of his tenure with the university, retiring […]

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Former Ohio State president Gordon Gee to return to the university

Controversy and expenses have not held E. Gordon Gee away from Ohio State for long. Despite retiring as university president in 2013, President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. offered Gee an opportunity to return to the university in a consulting role. Gee will report directly to Executive Vice President and Provost Ravi V. Bellamkonda, according to […]

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Searchlight: **How John Tyndall helped cover up a racist murder**

https://searchlightmagazine.com/2025/08/how-john-tyndall-helped-cover-up-a-racist-murder/

It is a very long time since I was a Searchlight mole inside the British fascist movement. Over 30 years and how time flies. I only visit the UK irregularly as I’m based in West Africa. Sometimes memories come flooding back. And this one was inspired by watching a Netflix cold case drama. It was […]

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How John Tyndall helped cover up a racist murder | Searchlight

Murdered - Kelso Cochrane It is a very long time since I was a Searchlight mole inside the British fascist movement. Over 30 years and how time flies. I onl ...

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/49014/20231222/clarkson-announces-plan-to-phase-out-majors-in-humanties-communications

"Just like businesses, you sometimes you have to decide what you're not going to do anymore in order to be able to really flourish and do the new things you want to do." Getting rid of #literature, #arts, majors will lead to dessication, not flourishing. & who needs #media & #communication departs in today's world where accuracy rules (#irony alert -- one learns about it in lit classes!). #Clarkson meet #GordonGee, who is similarly eviscerating #humanities at #WVU.

Clarkson announces plan to phase out majors in humanties, communications

The university's board of trustees approved a new reorganization plan this week that will decrease net operating costs.

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@librarianshipwreck. "Just like businesses, you sometimes you have to decide what you're not going to do anymore in order to be able to really flourish and do the new things you want to do." Getting rid of #literature, #arts, majors will lead to dessication, not flourishing. & who needs #media & #communication departs in today's world where accuracy rules (#irony alert -- one learns about it in lit classes!). #Clarkson meet #GordonGee of #WVU, who is similarly eviscerating #humanities programs.

#GordonGee: “Are we going to revert back to ‘normal?’ No, we will have a new normal,” said WVU President Gee in an interview with Stateline. “We are going to be much more oriented toward listening to the people who pay our bills — parents, students, legislators and others. And they very much want to see universities, particularly land grant institutions like ours, become engines of creativity and economic development.”

What killing an engine of creativity looks like.

https://dailyyonder.com/public-colleges-serving-rural-areas-especially-likely-to-cut-humanities/2023/12/26/

Public Colleges Serving Rural Areas Especially Likely to Cut Humanities

Critics argue that cutting humanities majors will leave states with fewer leaders and citizens who are well-rounded.

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#GordonGee: “Are we going to revert back to ‘normal?’ No, we will have a new normal,” said WVU President Gee in an interview with Stateline. “We are going to be much more oriented toward listening to the people who pay our bills — parents, students, legislators and others. And they very much want to see universities, particularly land grant institutions like ours, become engines of creativity and economic development.”

What killing an engine of creativity looks like.

https://dailyyonder.com/public-colleges-serving-rural-areas-especially-likely-to-cut-humanities/2023/12/26/

Public Colleges Serving Rural Areas Especially Likely to Cut Humanities

Critics argue that cutting humanities majors will leave states with fewer leaders and citizens who are well-rounded.

The Daily Yonder
West Virginia governor signs campus carry gun bill

West Virginia’s governor has signed a bill allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses

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