By: Karl Spaulding

Karl Spaulding
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:43:16 +0000

The last Anon wrote:

“Personally I would be thrilled if the new President came in and started slashing salaries.”

Yes, that would be thrilling. The idea that despite the careful, secretive vetting process carried out by the Movers and Shakers of OSU and their central Ohio political influences, Dr. Drake turns out to be “slightly unexpected.” Either some epiphany changes him midstream or it was his true self that he carefully hid from them all the time. After a nice honeymoon period during which he scopes out the landscape and carefully plans his moves, President Drake turns out to be a MAVERICK who shrugs off their slimy grasp and begins REFORM. Slashing huge egotistical salaries & accompanying bonus packages is only the beginning! His next cuts begin lowering tuition costs; instead of hiring outside consultants we begin forming our own study committees out of professors and grad students and…oh well…

Great American Novel potential, eh? That’s about all it is. (I hope I’m wrong!)

Also:

“My wife worked at OSU for 26 years before passing away suddenly this January. Through the years she was saddled with added responsibilities with little adjustment in salary. I would say she worked harder in any given week than most of the people making 20 times her salary. But she was one of the little people.”

My condolences. Your wife sounds as though she was an essential, dedicated, hard worker and a shining example of one of us “little people.”

Karl