QBUMizzou
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| Registered on: | 11/29/2013 |
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Dear Mizzou: Melissa Click Isn't Going Away
Posted by QBUMizzou on 2/15/16 at 12:02 am
Suspended Mizzou journalism assistant professor Melissa Click stars in a newly released video shot during the school's Homecoming Parade this past autumn. Video shows her screaming at a policeman to "Get your F-ing" hands off me!"
Context?
Protesters known as CS1950 stopped then Mizzou President Tim Wolfe's car during the parade, berated him, and actually bumped up against the vehicle to make it appear that his driver had hit them. This, even though the video clearly shows the car is standing still.
Insert police presence asking the rioters to move.
Insert Melissa Click defending the behavior of the students, and cursing the police.
Here's a link to the raw footage.
LINK
This newly released video actually predates the more famous video where she called for "Muscle" to remove a student journalist from the Quadrangle.
Here's the link to that raw video.
LINK
The timing of the new video's release is unfortunate for Click, as she recently hired a PR firm to rehabilitate her image, wrote an OP-ed for a Central Missouri newspaper containing a half-hearted apology, and threatened to sue the university for unfair treatment related to her suspension.
In that Op-ed she stated that the call for muscle to remove a student reporter was a momentary lapse of judgement in the heat of the moment. She stated that she had never been involved in anything like this before. Yet, here she is, screaming at an officer in a video that predates the one originally-released by a month.
Today, after viewing the video of Click cursing a cop, Interim Chancellor Hank Foley issued the following statement...
“Last night, like many in our community, I watched newly released footage of Dr. Melissa Click directing a verbal assault against members of the Columbia Police Department during the homecoming parade in October 2015. Her conduct and behavior are appalling, and I am not only disappointed, I am angry, that a member of our faculty acted this way. Her actions caught on camera last October, are just another example of a pattern of misconduct by Dr. Click—most notably, her assault on one of our students while seeking ‘muscle’ during a highly volatile situation on Carnahan Quadrangle in November. We must have high expectations of members of our community, and I will address these new revelations with the Board of Curators as they work to complete their own review of the matter.”
I find Foley's statement infantile in its willful ignorance.
Click should have been fired long ago. She physically assaulted a student reporter in a public venue The incident was captured on video, distributed over the web, and reported by all of the mainstream media outlets. I cannot imagine any other scenario where a faculty member could have assaulted a student, been arrested, and yet remained employed.
The reason the university did not fire her is that her unlawful behavior was in support of CS1950. Now the legislature has refused Mizzou's yearly request for a funding increase and this new video surfaces.
Foley's statement is too little, too late, The university will now move Click from a suspended status to "terminated." No matter, she will sue the university, be a featured guest on many political talk shows, and use her new victim status to rake in cold hard cash.
Meanwhile, the university is in a free fall, CS1950 has free rein, and many alumns, like me, will never give another dime to the administration that protected her idiotic behavior til the bitter end.
Context?
Protesters known as CS1950 stopped then Mizzou President Tim Wolfe's car during the parade, berated him, and actually bumped up against the vehicle to make it appear that his driver had hit them. This, even though the video clearly shows the car is standing still.
Insert police presence asking the rioters to move.
Insert Melissa Click defending the behavior of the students, and cursing the police.
Here's a link to the raw footage.
LINK
This newly released video actually predates the more famous video where she called for "Muscle" to remove a student journalist from the Quadrangle.
Here's the link to that raw video.
LINK
The timing of the new video's release is unfortunate for Click, as she recently hired a PR firm to rehabilitate her image, wrote an OP-ed for a Central Missouri newspaper containing a half-hearted apology, and threatened to sue the university for unfair treatment related to her suspension.
In that Op-ed she stated that the call for muscle to remove a student reporter was a momentary lapse of judgement in the heat of the moment. She stated that she had never been involved in anything like this before. Yet, here she is, screaming at an officer in a video that predates the one originally-released by a month.
Today, after viewing the video of Click cursing a cop, Interim Chancellor Hank Foley issued the following statement...
“Last night, like many in our community, I watched newly released footage of Dr. Melissa Click directing a verbal assault against members of the Columbia Police Department during the homecoming parade in October 2015. Her conduct and behavior are appalling, and I am not only disappointed, I am angry, that a member of our faculty acted this way. Her actions caught on camera last October, are just another example of a pattern of misconduct by Dr. Click—most notably, her assault on one of our students while seeking ‘muscle’ during a highly volatile situation on Carnahan Quadrangle in November. We must have high expectations of members of our community, and I will address these new revelations with the Board of Curators as they work to complete their own review of the matter.”
I find Foley's statement infantile in its willful ignorance.
Click should have been fired long ago. She physically assaulted a student reporter in a public venue The incident was captured on video, distributed over the web, and reported by all of the mainstream media outlets. I cannot imagine any other scenario where a faculty member could have assaulted a student, been arrested, and yet remained employed.
The reason the university did not fire her is that her unlawful behavior was in support of CS1950. Now the legislature has refused Mizzou's yearly request for a funding increase and this new video surfaces.
Foley's statement is too little, too late, The university will now move Click from a suspended status to "terminated." No matter, she will sue the university, be a featured guest on many political talk shows, and use her new victim status to rake in cold hard cash.
Meanwhile, the university is in a free fall, CS1950 has free rein, and many alumns, like me, will never give another dime to the administration that protected her idiotic behavior til the bitter end.
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re: Mizzou is a Cesspool of Negativity
Posted by QBUMizzou on 2/6/16 at 4:41 pm
At what point does loyalty end?
If these protests had been limited to off the field, non-athletic settings I would have been upset, but remained a strident fan.
The minute. however, the football team threatened to "strike" my loyalty evaporated. Don't ask me to support your team, and the school, when you put other issues above the game and the school. The team chose selfishness over the collective good.
If these protests had been limited to off the field, non-athletic settings I would have been upset, but remained a strident fan.
The minute. however, the football team threatened to "strike" my loyalty evaporated. Don't ask me to support your team, and the school, when you put other issues above the game and the school. The team chose selfishness over the collective good.
re: Mizzou is a Cesspool of Negativity
Posted by QBUMizzou on 2/6/16 at 4:32 pm
The kool-aid drinkers are uninformed or, worse, stupid.
I'm over 40, white, and male. Mizzou doesn't want my involvement. The message you and the university continue to spin is that the majority need to shut up and swallow.
That's never going to happen.
The administration is elitist, racist, and utterly stupid.
I'm over 40, white, and male. Mizzou doesn't want my involvement. The message you and the university continue to spin is that the majority need to shut up and swallow.
That's never going to happen.
The administration is elitist, racist, and utterly stupid.
re: Mizzou is a Cesspool of Negativity
Posted by QBUMizzou on 2/6/16 at 12:20 am
Not really. Beyond the team's "strike," the administration has made it abundantly clear that middle-aged white guys like me are the enemy. This, in spite of the fact that the overwhelming majority of us have cheered for all players, regardless of their ethnicity, for our entire lives.
With me, this is bigger than football.
With me, this is bigger than football.
re: Mizzou is a Cesspool of Negativity
Posted by QBUMizzou on 2/6/16 at 12:16 am
Here's what kills me.
CS1950 protested over words and perceived threats that have mostly been invalidated. The whole school went up in smoke.
Yet there is video of two Mizzou professors physically assaulting two student reporters (one a minority) and both professors remain employed. This, even though one of those professors was arrested.
In what world does that make sense? Yet the kool-aid drinkers squelch free discourse.
Sorry, some things are more important than football allegiance.
CS1950 protested over words and perceived threats that have mostly been invalidated. The whole school went up in smoke.
Yet there is video of two Mizzou professors physically assaulting two student reporters (one a minority) and both professors remain employed. This, even though one of those professors was arrested.
In what world does that make sense? Yet the kool-aid drinkers squelch free discourse.
Sorry, some things are more important than football allegiance.
Mizzou is a Cesspool of Negativity
Posted by QBUMizzou on 2/6/16 at 12:04 am
I was a life-long Mizzou fan until the events of last Autumn. During and after the idiocy of CS1950, Melissa Click, and Jana Basler every Mizzou fan (and there were many) within my circle publicly and permanently abandoned ship.
I understand that much of what is posted on message boards is hyperbole so take this for what it's worth. I don't know how the University will recover, or if it's even possible. It is frustrating that a small minority of students could agitate the climate to toxic levels. It's even more frustrating that the administration continues to cave to their every whim.
One cannot speak honestly about this nightmare on Mizzou's message board without being called a "Beaker" or a racist. The party line is to ignore the issue and it will go away. Except, of course, it won't.
That's why lawmakers are involved.
That's why the university is losing millions in donations.
That's why enrollment applications are tanking.
It only took a week or two for Gary Pinkel to kill the program he spent years building. The same group that killed his program now is complemented for interrupting the Board of Curator's meeting.
As per usual, the crybullies whine about those who protest the protests. Meanwhile the University is its own worst enemy. No author could possibly come up with the daily script of negative news that grows naturally at Mizzou.
The school expects fans to love it, but it hates itself.
The culture is toxic from the top down.
I understand that much of what is posted on message boards is hyperbole so take this for what it's worth. I don't know how the University will recover, or if it's even possible. It is frustrating that a small minority of students could agitate the climate to toxic levels. It's even more frustrating that the administration continues to cave to their every whim.
One cannot speak honestly about this nightmare on Mizzou's message board without being called a "Beaker" or a racist. The party line is to ignore the issue and it will go away. Except, of course, it won't.
That's why lawmakers are involved.
That's why the university is losing millions in donations.
That's why enrollment applications are tanking.
It only took a week or two for Gary Pinkel to kill the program he spent years building. The same group that killed his program now is complemented for interrupting the Board of Curator's meeting.
As per usual, the crybullies whine about those who protest the protests. Meanwhile the University is its own worst enemy. No author could possibly come up with the daily script of negative news that grows naturally at Mizzou.
The school expects fans to love it, but it hates itself.
The culture is toxic from the top down.
re: Long Time Mizzou Fans
Posted by QBUMizzou on 12/4/14 at 12:04 am
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Mizzou definitely. A program helped and Gary Pinkel's crowning achievement at Mizzou. However, Ole Miss beat Alabama earlier in the season but nobody really gives a shite now because they got exposed by the gauntlet of the SEC. However, y'all are in a much better position in the spotlight now.
Yeah, I agree.
re: Long Time Mizzou Fans
Posted by QBUMizzou on 12/3/14 at 11:59 pm
You don't think a Mizzou win would shock the sports world? I can tell you Mizzou fans would definitely remember an SEC Championship forever.
Long Time Mizzou Fans
Posted by QBUMizzou on 12/3/14 at 11:54 pm
The talk of a national championship is, and was, fruity. After the Indiana loss there was no way it was going to happen.
The real question is can Mizzou beat Alabama?
If you believe it's impossible then all of the clamor for respect is wasted.
I'm well over 40. A Mizzou win would make this the greatest season of my lifetime.
I believe it's possible.
The polls are meaningless.
The national championship is meaningless.
The opinions of writers are meaningless.
Hardware is meaningful.
An SEC Championship is the 2nd most desirable achievement in college sports and the best we can do this year. A Mizzou win would shock the sports world and be remembered in perpetuity.
Focus on the possibility, not the impossible.
Go Mizzou! Beat ALabama!
The real question is can Mizzou beat Alabama?
If you believe it's impossible then all of the clamor for respect is wasted.
I'm well over 40. A Mizzou win would make this the greatest season of my lifetime.
I believe it's possible.
The polls are meaningless.
The national championship is meaningless.
The opinions of writers are meaningless.
Hardware is meaningful.
An SEC Championship is the 2nd most desirable achievement in college sports and the best we can do this year. A Mizzou win would shock the sports world and be remembered in perpetuity.
Focus on the possibility, not the impossible.
Go Mizzou! Beat ALabama!
re: Trolling is somewhat humorous but...
Posted by QBUMizzou on 11/24/14 at 9:48 pm
I agree, and think it's ridiculous to try to gin up hate.
re: Trolling is somewhat humorous but...
Posted by QBUMizzou on 11/24/14 at 9:47 pm
That's suicide. :usa:
Trolling is somewhat humorous but...
Posted by QBUMizzou on 11/24/14 at 9:45 pm
Real rivalry is built upon on-field beat downs and nail-biters and the general ebb and flow of decades of competition. Trolling is somewhat humorous but after a while wears thin. As a longtime Mizzou fan I watched an always hot rivalry with Kansas descend into something ugly. It reached a point of no return long before Mizzou bolted for the SEC. I'm glad it's over and hope it's never rekindled.
It's over when you arrive at a mindset that devalues any accomplishment your rival achieves. For a rivalry to be meaningful there should at least be mutual respect.
It's over when you arrive at a mindset that devalues any accomplishment your rival achieves. For a rivalry to be meaningful there should at least be mutual respect.
re: Gator Bowl Game Thread: Georgia - Nothing 2013 season- all the pts
Posted by QBUMizzou on 1/1/14 at 2:34 pm
Thankful a SEC team lost ahead of the Mizzou, Okie Lite game...just in case. Didn't want to be the only SEC loss.
re: How is Connor Shaw the 16th ranked QB?
Posted by QBUMizzou on 1/1/14 at 2:31 pm
Clowney overrated.
Shaw underrated.
That is all.
Shaw underrated.
That is all.
re: How is Connor Shaw the 16th ranked QB?
Posted by QBUMizzou on 1/1/14 at 2:31 pm
We Missouri fans agree. The man is kryptonite.
re: Doug Gottlieb is an uninformed idiot.
Posted by QBUMizzou on 12/3/13 at 12:29 am
It's possible that LSU beats Mizzou head to head. However, records represent achievement. Trophies shouldn't be awarded on the basis of potential and possibility.
Mizzou, Auburn and Alabama have one loss. It's reasonable to argue that two of those teams are better than another. It's unreasonable to state that any of the three is the FOURTH best team in the conference.
Mizzou, Auburn and Alabama have one loss. It's reasonable to argue that two of those teams are better than another. It's unreasonable to state that any of the three is the FOURTH best team in the conference.
re: Doug Gottlieb is an uninformed idiot.
Posted by QBUMizzou on 12/3/13 at 12:22 am
Again, my original post was not an attempt to flame LSU. I was just struck by Gottlieb's lunacy. Good gravy, an average college football fan is more informed.
re: Official Mizzou/Auburn Prediction™
Posted by QBUMizzou on 12/3/13 at 12:18 am
78-76 Mizzou.
Auburn fails to convert a 2 point conversion in triple overtime.
In its next possession Mizzou runs straight up the gut and fails to score on 4th and goal from the 1. Inexplicably the refs award Mizzou a 5th down. Josey runs up the middle again and a pile-up ensues. Unable to determine if he crossed the line the refs err on the side of caution and award the touchdown.
During the 2 point attempt Franklin narrowly avoids a sack and throws up a prayer. DGB has been knocked to the ground in the end zone. Lying on his back he kicks the dying quail into the outstretched arms of a diving L'Damian Washington who maintains possession as he crashes to the ground in a heap.
As the post-game celebration begins Malzahn crosses the field to greet Pinkel. But instead of shaking his hand he b*&^%h slaps Gary and screams "NOOOOOOOOO, you're not SEC worthy!"
Pinkel responds with a backhand and a melee breaks out between the two squads. It's Tiger vs. Tiger vs. Tiger vs. Tiger x infinity. War Eagle screeches and flogs. Truman gets a mouthful of feathers.
The SEC trophy is trampled and broken. Slive is pissed and decides to send Auburn to the Big 12 in return for West Virginia. The SEC rejoices at the news of the upgrade.
Mizzou goes to the MNC and loses to FSU by 60 but we don't care cause we're SEC champs.
THE END
Auburn fails to convert a 2 point conversion in triple overtime.
In its next possession Mizzou runs straight up the gut and fails to score on 4th and goal from the 1. Inexplicably the refs award Mizzou a 5th down. Josey runs up the middle again and a pile-up ensues. Unable to determine if he crossed the line the refs err on the side of caution and award the touchdown.
During the 2 point attempt Franklin narrowly avoids a sack and throws up a prayer. DGB has been knocked to the ground in the end zone. Lying on his back he kicks the dying quail into the outstretched arms of a diving L'Damian Washington who maintains possession as he crashes to the ground in a heap.
As the post-game celebration begins Malzahn crosses the field to greet Pinkel. But instead of shaking his hand he b*&^%h slaps Gary and screams "NOOOOOOOOO, you're not SEC worthy!"
Pinkel responds with a backhand and a melee breaks out between the two squads. It's Tiger vs. Tiger vs. Tiger vs. Tiger x infinity. War Eagle screeches and flogs. Truman gets a mouthful of feathers.
The SEC trophy is trampled and broken. Slive is pissed and decides to send Auburn to the Big 12 in return for West Virginia. The SEC rejoices at the news of the upgrade.
Mizzou goes to the MNC and loses to FSU by 60 but we don't care cause we're SEC champs.
THE END
Doug Gottlieb is an uninformed idiot.
Posted by QBUMizzou on 12/2/13 at 11:48 pm
Channel surfing and stopped long enough to hear him state that neither Mizzou nor Auburn are the best team in the SEC. He stated that Bama and LSU are the 1st and 2nd best teams in the league.
A person could intelligently argue for Bama as one of the top 2, but LSU? Seriously? With 3 losses?
I'm not posting from a "homer" perspective because I think a case could be made for Mizzou as number 3. But LSU, with 3 losses, is definitely nowhere close to the top of the pecking order this season.
I have no idea how some of these sports "journalists" keep their jobs with such shoddy research, uninformed predictions and asinine arguments.
No wonder the rankings are so freaking screwy. :spank:
A person could intelligently argue for Bama as one of the top 2, but LSU? Seriously? With 3 losses?
I'm not posting from a "homer" perspective because I think a case could be made for Mizzou as number 3. But LSU, with 3 losses, is definitely nowhere close to the top of the pecking order this season.
I have no idea how some of these sports "journalists" keep their jobs with such shoddy research, uninformed predictions and asinine arguments.
No wonder the rankings are so freaking screwy. :spank:
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