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The field for this hire was thin from the get go. Shoureshi was never the right choice. Wim gave plenty of notice before leaving, so trustees could have called a failed search and started over.
No PhD needed to know that a stitch in time saves nine. 1/x
No PhD needed to know that a stitch in time saves nine. 1/x
Haven't talked much about my exit from PSU but caveat: I'm bitter. PSU trustees waste hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars on greasy private consultants like Margolis Healy and shitty hires like Shoureshi while students face an 11% tuition hike and programs are cut 🤬 2/x
Meanwhile, one of our greatest regional economic development assets stagnates, a tanker anchored asea for lack of a captain. The effects reverberated throughout our institution as we floundered w/o direction, hemorrhaging talent. 3/x
At the PSU Board of Trustees meeting which will be discussing the arming of our security. After the shooting of Jason Washington by campus security, and their lack of indictment this summer, it is time to discuss.
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The Washington family had been asked if they would like to talk. They would not, but expressed that the PSU student union were able to represent their opinions. #DisarmPSU
First up, a professor in the Urban Studies Department. "I don't feel safer with armed security on campus"
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Students at Portland State University are in day two of an occupation demanding that PSU disarm campus police after a fatal June shooting by PSU cops. #DisarmPSU
Background on the June shooting of Jason Washington by PSU campus cops. #DisarmPSU oregonlive.com/portland/index…
And here's a statement from the #DisarmPSU occupation, including a list of demands.
