During yesterday's Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committeee it seems that Castell Bryant wanted to stick to her own script of pointing fingers on FAMU's ongoing financial problems at which point Senators jump "knee deep" in her behind. While Castell was asking for additional money for the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering, Sen. King suggested that since FAMU was so irresponsible in handling its finances that FSU should be allowed to run the budget for the enter Engineering School.
While the beating wasn't telecast live on the web, yesterday, we are just now begining to hear about the happenings.
One eyewitness called the tounge lashing so brutal that he/she couldn't bare to watch and had to leave the room.
While senators wanted to hear that the University was addressing it's financial problems, none wanted to her Ms. Bryant play the blame game.
Engineering School threatened
Sen. King's comments about the E-School budget, only plays up FSU President's T.K. Wetherall's strong desire to split the FAMU/FSU Engineering School into to two units, a FAMU School and an FSU School. Wetherall believe's that the school's affiliation with FAMU hold's back FSU's strong desire to join the American Association of Universities (the nation's elite research universities).
I was at the Capitol yesterday and it was brutal. Castell deserves it all and the legislature has allowed the bleeding at FAMU to go on very long. They can only blame themselves for participating with Castell to bring down our Alma Mater. When Castell fired so many people they thought she was doing such a good job without investigating her motives or past. She has used up all her tricks and they are embarrassed that they have been screwed and lied to by this Evil Woman. She lied to them in 2005 and she continues what she knows best: LIES, LIES, and More Lies. You see Castell presented her phony report to them in 2005, 2006, and Now in 2007, the truth now shines through brightly. As stated in the Book of Matthews: You shall reap what you sow, if you sow a lie, so shall you reap it.
ReplyDeleteFSU has wanted to split the E-school for a long time. Ammons should be able to handle this one pretty easily once he gets here.
ReplyDeleteThis is bone-chilling. First the Pappas Plan and now another very public attempt to hand the E-School to FSU.
ReplyDeleteFred Humprhies fought tooth and nail when Sandy D'Alemberte tried to get control of the E-School's budget back in 2001. Now Castell's financial incompetence has given more momentum to those FSU alums like King who want FAMU out of the E-School picture all-together.
Castell is a liability to FAMU's legislative lobbying efforts for 2007-2008. We should relieve Castell of her duties and let Humphries run the ship from April until his protege James Ammons arrives in June.
Humphries knew how to defend FAMU from FSU and secure big bucks from Capitol Hill. He can begin the transition process in a way that will protect and advance our institution.
Well, Ammons needs to get here quick. TK wants bring this up this legislative session.
ReplyDeleteYou people are so blind in your hatred that you fail to see that one man is not going to be enough to counter the perception of the school as being mismanaged. Either this board is filled with newcomers, or its filled with people who have forgotten that former Board of Regents chair used to light into my favorite president, Dr. Humophries too. During the "golden Era" as it is called here. Instead of displaying your hatred for Dr. Bryant, wise up people and realize that these folks will try to take over programs regardless of the president. It is going to take efforts by everyone on the campus, not just Dr. Ammons. As great a man as he is, Ammons is not a "water walker". He will need help, and I fear that many folks who chime into this forum daily will abandon him too when the heat turns up in the kitchen...
ReplyDeleteNo one said that the attempts to take-over FAMU's were new. What's being said is that Castell's gross incomptence (bad audits, deficits, payroll crisis, accreditation snafus, etc.) are providing more ammunition for those who want to hurt our university.
ReplyDeleteHumphries proved FAMU could be a strong, financially accountable institution by getting clean operational audits every year he was in office and bringing in millions in revenue. Castell has turned back the clock on all those accomplishments. That simply plays into the hands of the anti-FAMU enemies.
You are on target 6:50 PM. We are the same people that provided support to the "Dream Years' of Frederick S. Humphries and we will provide the same to James Ammons because of his commitment to move our beloved FAMU forward. A group of Alumni are already meeting and making financial commitment plans for the University. This Plan include submitting a check to Dr. Ammons in the Fall of 2007. Just watch us, we are going to support Dr. Ammons with our finances and prayers.
ReplyDeleteEveryone is tagging James Ammons as the Great Black Hope. We're going to need more than hope when he comes aboard. We're going to need damn near a miracle for this mess that Castell Bryant has heaped upon the school.
ReplyDelete9:07--just curious...What will the check be for? And who is "we"?
ReplyDeleteI put it like this, we are $22 million dollars in the whole. Im a political science/psychology double studies student, so this week i went for my midterm confrence with my academic advisor, when i tell you that its so many problems financially thats hurting the student body, its a shame. I couldn't register for any classes for the simple fact that registration from what i was told was pushed up to a later date, due to our out-dated technology system, and the fact that because of the recent payroll crisis theres alot of professors and adjuncts that are opting out of teaching this summer, due to the fact that they may or may not get a paycheck. Its ridiculous alot of our administrators don't realize that everything is like a dominoe effect, if you dont pay peple they won't work, and for instance lets say that theres students thats trying to fulfill their last credit hours and hoping that the summer session is open so they can graduate and move on, well if we have payroll problems and professors don't want to work because FAMU is playing with their money then you have just prolong a graduating students stay here, which actually influences the graduation rate statistics because then their not graduating on time, trust me, i have friends that this have happened to. As for the engineering school, them fools across the track been wanting our engineering school for the longest, and these problems will just make it easier, i say this Dr. Ammons and his new administration really is going to have to work hard, cause i'll be darn if we lose our engineering school, the can't have it. If they wanted one so bad they should have built their own and left ours alone, hell we are better off without them anyways, did anybody see that us today ranking of engineering schools a few years back when they called it the fsu school of engineering and not the FAMU/fsu school of engineering, its our school they need to get off our backs
ReplyDeleteHow very, very sad! As a graduate of this institution I had hopes for the future, but now my spirit grieves. The fact that FSU or any other institution wants to "steal" FAMU is not the issue, the real issue is that FAMU never learned from its history (e.g. the law school)and continued the incompetence. Now, anyone has an excuse to jump in under the cover of "saving" us from ourselves. It's an absolute shame. FAMU does not have friends in politics because politicians only have two friends...money and power. FAMU does not have money and it has alienated its powers base (the alumni). The question is which members of the alumni will stand up and call out those who are destroying this school without any fear of the price they will be sure to pay?
ReplyDeleteSnakes amongst us!
ReplyDeleteJust two short years ago -- Sen. King was singing Castell's praises. Why the flip-flop now? He knew exactly what she was capable of doing.
Snakes amongst us!
ReplyDeleteJust two short years ago -- Sen. King was singing Castell's praises. Why the flip-flop now? He knew exactly what she was capable of doing.
Exactly right! He was singing her praises because he, Bush, and other Florida repubs knew that she would carry out their plans to weaken the university to a point where it wouldn't take much to manipulate it into a shell of itself. Even Dr. Lewis warned us of the impending Pappas Report, what they had in store for the university, AND what it would cost us financially. This ALL feeds into that. Remember, "connect the dots"?
And, why the (Jim King) "flip-flop"? It's what slimy people do when they've used you up and no longer have any use for you.
Well,T.K. give up the Law and Medical schools. Are you kidding?
ReplyDelete...And now the "home" town of FAMU is widening FAMU way to FOUR LANES and minimizing Gaines street to TWO. It will connect FAMU way to Lake Bradford and Jackson Bluff streets. THINK ABOUT THAT! Next T.K. wans to move the railroad to the perimeter of the city- the intramural fields at State have already moved to the area off Roberts road, near the E-school. Nowhere near student housing. Now come into play the areas near airport drive that were arguably deliberately flooded when State covered and re-directed stormwater off campus and into a black neighborhood off Lake Bradford road and pepper drive. They have already purchased and blatantly use property on Gamble street near Shingles Chicken Shack for their RVing fnas durng football season. TIME TO GET BATTLE READY!
ReplyDeleteOnly if they re-OPEN Woodward Ave.!
ReplyDelete8:13--this road composition discussion was well under way before TK came aboard.
ReplyDeleteWhy on earth does FAMU care if FSU is a partner in the engineering program?
ReplyDeleteFSU does not need FAMU in this and FAMU can well stand on it's own by now.
Are FAMU fans afraid to be by themselves? Seems FSU is a crutch for FAMU.
Stand on your own two feet!
Split the school!