Speck's heavyhanded treatment of the media, especially the university newspaper, The Chart, was cited in an article entitled, "College Media Censorship: Year in Review :"
In April, The Chart at Missouri Southern State University was suddenly forced to gather all information on campus through one official: the director of university relations. School administrators said it was an organizational issue. Chart staffers and student press advocates called it a Stalinesque attempt at information control, enacted in the wake of negative events at the school. According to the newspaper's editor in chief, "I think some people on this campus have the viewpoint that especially with the press this university has had in the past couple months, the less publicity now the better."
Well, something seems to be working in Bruce's favor, because we haven't heard much from him or his minions lately. Great damage control, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteBut I do have a joke to share?
Why does Bruce often wear a fedora?
To hide his little pointed head.
criticism from the Huffington Post is one of life's greatest compliments!
ReplyDeleteGo Lions!
Speck's time at MSSU has marked it's low-point as an institution. The Board of Governor's should be ashamed of themselves. MSSU deserves better leadership than this.
ReplyDeleteActually, the main reason things have gone pretty well for Speck lately is he's evidently getting, and taking, good advice: he's shutting up and staying hidden! So long as he says nothing, he says nothing offensive; so long as he does nothing, he does nothing destructive to the interests of MSSU and the students!
ReplyDeleteHe did cut back on the wonderful summer program called Spanish Village, then slunk back into his lair where reporters couldn't coax another dumb-ass quote from him.
He's lost Brad as a lightning rod, though. Brad was the one thing that could have made faculty and students admire Speck MORE by comparison. But Brad's back in the classroom, now, where (one can only hope) his dubious talents lie.
Would that we could coax that professor of rhetoric back into the classroom full time; but until we can, perhaps it is best for him to remain holed up in his den, out of sight, and out of mind! (Perhaps HIS!)
Hugo Horace Huff
the "public relations" policy was designed by Dwight Douglas, the chamber of commerce, and the business community associated with the hospitals in order to "get the big mouth" Bruce out of the limelight. They also secured the cooperation of the new Globe publisher who got the newspaper editor to shut up and "transfer" the offending reporter who was digging to much.
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