Brotherhood of the Flaming Pants
Confused about the title? Just think: what kind of people are generally characterized as having their pants on fire?
In response to a letter from a group of University of Minnesota Regents' Professors protesting the dissolution of the graduate school, "University spokesman Dan Wolter said in an e-mail that the administration consulted with deans, faculty, and past and present directors of graduate studies about the reconstruction and that the issue has been discussed regularly for a number of years."
This bold claim is from an article in the Minnesota Daily, the link for which is below:
http://www.mndaily.com/2009/02/14/regents-profs-ask-postpone-grad-school-reconstruction
In case you're wondering, I, Benjamin Munson, am the Director of Graduate Studies in Speech-Language-Hearing Science, Speech-Language Pathology, and Audiology, and I am the chair of the Graduate School's Education and Psychology Policy and Review Council and, as such, am a member of the Graduate School Executive Committee. I was not consulted.
Now you know.