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IMPROVED Regents University (sarcasm intentional) was very much a done 
deal from the first proposal, very much a power play hostile takeover, and 
probably not a good thing for Augusta College.

If there is opposition to this new merger - I would suspect mining the 
effort in Augusta for actual budget line items, as well as the pattern of 
announcements, might produce some useable ammunition.




On Mon, 4 Nov 2013, Lightner, Jeff wrote:

> 
> Actually it was in the local news (WSB TV at least) yesterday.   They did
> interview some students from SPSU who weren’t in favor of it.   However, it
> sounded more like it was a done deal than a “proposal”.
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> I think it is bad idea because by its very name SPSU has a different focus
> than KSU.  
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> Also in the news article the KSU President said it was a good idea because
> “they’re only 8 miles apart” which is:
> 
> a)Â Â Â Â Â  Misleading because it implies it is a straight shot from one to the
> other.
> 
> b)Â Â Â Â Â  Misses the fact that traffic in that supposed 8 miles is some of the
> worst in Atlanta. 
> 
> They say they’ll have a shuttle between the campuses but really trying to
> make it from one class to another on the same campus can be a bear and I
> can’t imagine with Atlanta traffic that it will make much sense for
> scheduling if you have engineering classes at the SPSU location but core
> classes at the KSU location.
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Meek
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 7:14 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] [OT] Merger of Southern Polytechnic State with Kennesaw State
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> For those of you haven't heard, the Board of Regents is proposing a merger
> between Southern Polytechnic State University and Kennesaw State University
> in order to control budget costs to the University System of Georgia this
> past Friday. The merger will happen in Fall of 2015 should the plan be
> approved.
> 
> Below is the news article announcing the merger: (link 1 at the end of the
> email)
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> I am reaching out to the ale list because I feel this affects you guys as
> much as it does me, especially the ALE-NW group since we all meet at SPSU
> for our monthly meetings. I am drumming as much attention as I can to this
> because I haven't heard anything on the local news about it and hope that
> there will at least be a conversation before it goes for approval by the
> Board of Regents. 
> 
> 
> Personally, I believe this a horrible move given that SPSU serves such a
> unique popluation (us nerds). The SPSU staff wasn't notified about the
> proposal until the day before the merger was announced (link 2 at the end of
> the email). As well as it has been decided that the president of Kennesaw
> State University will be the new president of the merged schools which shall
> be called Kennesaw State. This feels like hostile takeover rather than
> merger. 
> 
> I have added the change.org petition that students of SPSU have created in
> order to help get our voice heard on this issue (link 3 at the end of the
> email). If you have any questions or want to talk further about this news,
> feel free to email me off list.
> 
> 
> link 1:
> http://www.spsu.edu/newsroom/news/Consolidation_initial_announcement.htm
> link 2:http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/23971909/article-SPSU-community-petiti
> ons-to-stop-merger?
> 
> link 3:http://www.change.org/petitions/university-system-of-georgia-board-of-regen
> ts-stop-kennesaw-state-from-merging-with-southern-polytechnic-state
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jonathan
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