Hold on to your hats ….

[appgrad95&97]

Not true.

Dude, lol

[Mjohn1988]

This may not be PC but I don’t want a Woke Chancellor like Harvard. I do want proper balance between academics and athletics. Students need to feel safe while attending App State and focus on preparing themselves for professional life in the real world. I want a leader that provides all that and doesn’t wilt in the line of fire.

App State says its primary goal is to serve the people in rural NC. In order to do this App needs to reflect the values of rural NC. I would love to see a chancellor who would truly embrace the mission of educating the children of rural NC and take pride in doing just that. NC has nothing to be embarrassed about. We don’t need to be anything but NC. Embrace the people and the culture of NC and offer degrees that prepare students for real jobs.

[EastHallApp]

This may not be PC but I don’t want a Woke Chancellor like Harvard. I do want proper balance between academics and athletics. Students need to feel safe while attending App State and focus on preparing themselves for professional life in the real world. I want a leader that provides all that and doesn’t wilt in the line of fire.

Sad that you have to almost apologize for saying this. Spot on though. We need a solid, middle of the road hire who can stand up to the BS from either side. I felt like Everts accomplished that and the hate was universal. As to the tunnel, in my day it wasn't bad. Today's culture could easily have taken it to the extreme. I'm not on campus so I don't know. Suspect the loudest complainers are not on campus any longer either.

Who's making him apologize for it? The idea seems to be getting nothing but support here, with people piling on about "DEI hires" and so forth.

This is the kind of crap that certain political elements use to stir up their base and make them feel victimized even though 99.9% of the population have zero reason to give a crap who the president of Harvard is.

[EastHallApp]

Am I the only person who couldn’t care less about the free expression tunnels? Feels like I’m in the minority, but I truly don’t care one way or the other. If we are being honest, they could be an eyesore at times.

I'm sure you're not the only one. Speaking for myself, I found them to be an memorable part of campus culture, and I strongly dislike the plan to replace them. Sure, I've seen stuff I disagreed with and even found offensive in there at times. But that's kind of the point of "freedom of expression."

[T-Dog]

The students cared enough about the tunnels that App State Police have been seen constantly around them. This was after Everts called the pushback "insignificant."

[Tru2ASU]

The students cared enough about the tunnels that App State Police have been seen constantly around them. This was after Everts called the pushback "insignificant."

Again, I think most are fine with the tunnels, as long as the expressing of ones self stays in the tunnels.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I had no problem with her. Found her engaging and down to earth. Any App Chancellor is hamstrung buy the Piedmont bias.....

I was generally pro-Everts at first and even now I am was calling for her to be fired. I am also not all that upset she is leaving due to some missteps of late. I do fear for what may happen. WCU and ECU chancellor hires of a few years ago concern me.

My wife and I are both App grads and when we were moving in our oldest daughter to the top floor of White Hall in 2014 Everts was visiting and we were the very first App alums she met that day. Clearly that was early on in her tenure at App but she was engaging and gave me good vibes.

[T-Dog]

Bigger than the tunnels, IMO, was the 911 Center scheme. When your own BOT criticizes the move in a public meeting you're in, that's really bad. That BOT rebuke was a month ago.

Announcing the App State 911 Center --> https://today.appstate.edu/2023/12/21/911-calls
Boone and Watauga County against it --> https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/lo ... af14d.html
Local safety officials against it. --> https://www.wfdd.org/story/app-states-d ... -officials
BOT pushes back on the plans. --> https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/as ... e7e48.html

Here's some other stuff. The LGBTQ faculty firings/renaming Pride Week.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/div ... ions-fears

I did a thread about Wey Hall not long ago.

https://www.yosefscabin.com/forum/viewt ... =3&t=26486

Also, for those not aware, Everts hasn't lived in the Chancellor's House for over a year. She lives primarily in Hickory. That was never announced or publicized, more of an open secret in Boone.

There's also the Indoor Practice Facility bonds, which are needed to start work. The UNC BOG paused passing those bonds after a January presentation where no athletics officials were present. That's gonna delay the completion.

Then there's people who just never liked her because she's not Ken Peacock or his personality type, or they saw her as left-leaning because she increased minority enrollment.

[EastHallApp]

The students cared enough about the tunnels that App State Police have been seen constantly around them. This was after Everts called the pushback "insignificant."

Well, I pushed back inasmuch as I wrote her a polite email explaining my disagreement with the plan. I guess I already knew she felt my opinion wasn't "significant" given that it didn't warrant so much as a form reply from her office. Didn't realize she said that part out loud.

(Just came across your letter to the editor in the Appalachian. Spot on IMHO.)

[appgrad95&97]

Bigger than the tunnels, IMO, was the 911 Center scheme. When your own BOT criticizes the move in a public meeting you're in, that's really bad. That BOT rebuke was a month ago.

Announcing the App State 911 Center --> https://today.appstate.edu/2023/12/21/911-calls
Boone and Watauga County against it --> https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/lo ... af14d.html
Local safety officials against it. --> https://www.wfdd.org/story/app-states-d ... -officials
BOT pushes back on the plans. --> https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/as ... e7e48.html

Here's some other stuff. The LGBTQ faculty firings/renaming Pride Week.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/div ... ions-fears

I did a thread about Wey Hall not long ago.

https://www.yosefscabin.com/forum/viewt ... =3&t=26486

Also, for those not aware, Everts hasn't lived in the Chancellor's House for over a year. She lives primarily in Hickory. That was never announced or publicized, more of an open secret in Boone.

There's also the Indoor Practice Facility bonds, which are needed to start work. The UNC BOG paused passing those bonds after a January presentation where no athletics officials were present. That's gonna delay the completion.

Then there's people who just never liked her because she's not Ken Peacock or his personality type, or they saw her as left-leaning because she increased minority enrollment.

"Promises" were made on athletics facilities, which were never paid for. Maybe it was her fault, I honestly don’t know. But believing we had the funding for 105, the IPF, and the East side was never really. That anyone pushed back on putting those on the taxpayers...

[Rekdiver]

Now Sherri was the CEO and didn’t make decisions on the fly without advice and guidance. The free expression tunnels morphed into hate tunnels, I blame the AppPolice for the bad 911 advice and the AD for the 105. Debacle. I detest our meddling legislature and their OlD Testament bent and the funding inequities in education. Everts came at a tough time and of my experience with Chancellor’s she is better than Wey, Thomas and Borkowski. Almost as much done under her admin as Ken’s. Cut her some slack and say an App prayer for her health.

[huskie3]

Was she living in hickory because of the App Hickory project?

[fjblair]

Was she living in hickory because of the App Hickory project?

I don't know, but she never embraced Boone and never became invested in the community. That's actually my only real complaint about her.

[bcoach]

She is gone. Life is better.

[Rekdiver]

Even if we get a Borkowski?

[AppSt94]

Even if we get a Borkowski?

SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!

[Saint3333]

Even if we get a Borkowski?

SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!

I believe this still counts as being civil as I would now used more colorful language. :D

[AppSt94]

Even if we get a Borkowski?

SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!

I believe this still counts as being civil as I would now used more colorful language.

I restrained.

[BeauFoster]

Even if we get a Borkowski?

SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!!

I believe this still counts as being civil as I would now used more colorful language.

I restrained.

That’s why I chose not to respond at all.

[AppGrad78]

Given the makeup of the N.C. Board of Governors, I’m not optimistic we’ll see a home run hire. Their track record of late is dubious.