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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
@nkalamb.bsky.social
“Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc @ UNB; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; preorder *The End of College Football*: t.co/0C19WAmL6y
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Gordon Gee, who has presided over the destruction of West Virginia University, calls humanities programs “sort of irrelevant.” www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...

When posed this question, Mr. Gee said the humanities have “lost their way.” He thinks these disciplines must “return to their roots.”

“So many of our humanities programs have become less focused on being humanistic and more focused on programs that I think are not as conducive to what the students and what the American public needs,” he said. “...We have so many programs that really are sort of irrelevant. In many ways, the liberal arts have become illiberal. That’s a problem that we all need to face.”
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DMdrewmelbourne.com

"When pressed to elaborate in more detail, Gee admitted that he was just spouting nonsense and didn't really have anything coherent to say about anything." Just kidding. Obviously no one has every pressed him on anything he's ever said ever.

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Rramsandhoosiers.bsky.social

Gonna research how to give Gee a swirlie in his portapotty complex; that’s gotta be worth some grant money.

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KRreuning.bsky.social

Someone should ask him to explain "liberal arts" and what it means for it to have become "illiberal"

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DMdtmainz.bsky.social

Sounds like he’d be a great fit for the totally-real University of Austin.

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DWdaniwenner.bsky.social

Nathan I tend to think of you as a pretty pro-labor guy. FWIW the writers are the post gazette have been on strike for more than 18 months now over unfair labor practices. they ask that in support of their strike, folks not read, click through to, or share links to ppg articles.

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BTbertthekitten.bsky.social

America is really going to regret destroying its university system in the stupid pursuit of “running it like a business.”

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Hhammancheez.bsky.social

Gordon Gee knows exactly who pays his salary and who holds the sword at his neck and is a good little boy as a result absolute shitsack tier human

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RWraflw.bsky.social

Gonna just be wildly speculative and guess he's mad about "Women's Studies" and "Gender Studies" and the like. He knows enough not to go full Butker on the record, but I doubt his private views differ all that much.

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Rrecombobulating.bsky.social

I am a human being therefore things I like are humanistic and things I don't like are anti humanistic 🫠

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SWshawnweaver.bsky.social

Fire him now. Preferably from a cannon.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
@nkalamb.bsky.social
“Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc @ UNB; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; preorder *The End of College Football*: t.co/0C19WAmL6y
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