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    Quote Originally Posted by oldmantutters View Post
    Mike Jacobs is a jabroni. He claims a "key difference" in renewing Bresciani's contract being the switch from a UND student member to an NDSU student member. I'm not really sure how that was a key difference when the vote ultimately ended up with a lone dissenter on renewing.

    Here is a quote from an article from FCC's Archie Ingersoll



    http://www.inforum.com/news/4064779-...extension-hold

    I'm sure Brett Johnson just wanted a vote in the matter and pushing back the decision until November took that away from him. But who's to say he would have voted against renewing.
    I can't believe I missed this 6 months ago: "There was not a vote on Mark Kennedy’s contract because he was just appointed to lead UND, Neset said." Funny how Neset used the word lead when the culture of the SBOHE has been about anything other than the presidents leading anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Meaty View Post
    Why does the state of North Dakota and a lot of its citizens do not like successful people. It seems like we want to find faults with them no matter how small the fault is.
    FIFY

    This!!!!! And not realizing their potential was one of the first things my wife and I noticed when we moved to Fargo. The funny thing is we did not notice this as much on the western side of the state. Of course, over there it was all about the eveil imperial cass attempting to legislate them out of a certain quality of life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhoRepsTheLurker View Post
    This is a perfect example of why the Forum sucks. The Duluth News Tribune (DNT, also FCC) is an excellent paper - it is what the Forum should be. Why? Because the DNT doesn’t try to influence sate politics by publishing dribble like this.

    Let me translate this “editorial” for everyone. MJ - “I’m mad at DB because despite lopsided state subsidies to my preferred university, UND is still getting it’s ass kicked by NDSU, and we need to cling to an antiquated overly socialist model of Higher Ed in order to have any prayer of ever turning this around.”

    At the end of the GF Herald article, Mike Jacobs references to Bresicani's "considerable ability." That right there is why he wants him gone. He wants a standard grade NDSU president to come in to bow and scrape to the SBoHE and he wants NDSU to diminish in stature so UND can look better by comparison.

    Only small people attempt to elevate themselves by hoping other's fortunes will decline.

    The fact that Bresciani is a thorn in Jacob's side says more about Mike Jacobs than it does about Dean Bresciani.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MAKBison View Post
    FIFY

    This!!!!! And not realizing their potential was one of the first things my wife and I noticed when we moved to Fargo. The funny thing is we did not notice this as much on the western side of the state. Of course, over there it was all about the eveil imperial cass attempting to legislate them out of a certain quality of life.
    When people are threatened by others' success, it means the threatenee has a low self-esteem and feels better about himself if others are not so successful. really pretty damn sad. There is room enough for all of us to have success in our respective lives.

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    I'm not sure why I read past the first sentence. I did but, really, it's all right there. "This week's theme is "to see ourselves as others see us," and our lens is Dean Bresciani."

    Say what you want but at least it's good newspapering. The whole editorial is perfectly encapsulated in the first line.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NDSU1952 View Post
    At the end of the GF Herald article, Mike Jacobs references to Bresicani's "considerable ability." That right there is why he wants him gone. He wants a standard grade NDSU president to come in to bow and scrape to the SBoHE and he wants NDSU to diminish in stature so UND can look better by comparison.

    Only small people attempt to elevate themselves by hoping other's fortunes will decline.

    The fact that Bresciani is a thorn in Jacob's side says more about Mike Jacobs than it does about Dean Bresciani.
    That's been UND's mantra about everything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cbline View Post
    ^^^ This! ^^^ The prevailing opinion seems to be status quo, don't make waves, don't be too innovative.
    I had a friend who moved here from norway tell me that this is the social setup there and it has seemed to persist here in ND. Never been there so cant really say, but it is interesting. But many people here do seem to hate sucess. Opinions?
    Also, I find it rather interesting that as the Board complains about ndsu not playing well with others, they themselves with the help of the legislature, have set up a competive, stab you in the back situation within the system. Why was Dickenson doing what they did? Why inflate numbers? Why be secretive? They should know- they encourage it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bisonator98 View Post
    That's been UND's mantra about everything.
    I find it difficult to believe that a newpaper man truly cares how well NDSU works within the university system. That is kind of more the SBOHE and University System deal.

    What he cares about as has been pointed out is how NDSU has eclipsed UND. And by association, Fargo has ellipsed Grand Forks. When I travel at any distance I rarely have to say I am from Fargo, NORTH DAKOTA. But I am willing to bet that anyone from Grand Forks when THEY travel and have to say where they are from, I bet they have to say Grand Forks and add the NORTH DAKOTA. For most, just saying "Fargo" usually gets the look of recognition.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NDSU1952 View Post
    I find it difficult to believe that a newpaper man truly cares how well NDSU works within the university system.
    This is double speak for NDSU should know its place, which must be second to UND in the minds of morons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NDSU1952 View Post
    I find it difficult to believe that a newpaper man truly cares how well NDSU works within the university system. That is kind of more the SBOHE and University System deal.

    What he cares about as has been pointed out is how NDSU has eclipsed UND. And by association, Fargo has ellipsed Grand Forks. When I travel at any distance I rarely have to say I am from Fargo, NORTH DAKOTA. But I am willing to bet that anyone from Grand Forks when THEY travel and have to say where they are from, I bet they have to say Grand Forks and add the NORTH DAKOTA. For most, just saying "Fargo" usually gets the look of recognition.
    They usually ask me about the movie before anything related to NDSU or North Dakota.

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