Kathianne
12-17-2015, 07:46 PM
Good on the legislature:
http://www.knoxmercury.com/2015/12/16/legislative-action-impact-uts-accreditation/
<header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px;">Legislative Action Could Impact UT’s Accreditation
In News Features (http://www.knoxmercury.com/category/news/news-features/) by Clay Duda (http://www.knoxmercury.com/author/clay/)December 16, 2015Leave a Comment (http://www.knoxmercury.com/2015/12/16/legislative-action-impact-uts-accreditation/#respond)
</header>Threats by Tennessee lawmakers to defund the University of Tennessee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion could have lasting impacts on the school’s academic standing if those representatives make good on their promises.
Several conservative legislators have called for action since that office published suggestions online earlier this month for making sure campus holiday parties did not emphasize one particular religion. In part, the recommendations (which have since been updated (http://diversity.utk.edu/resources/holidays/)) advised staff to “ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise,” and warned against participating in things like “Secret Santa” or “Dreidel.”
That advice has sparked controversy from Nashville to Washington, D.C., making national headlines (http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/10/pf/college/university-of-tennessee-defund-diversity-office/) in the process. All nine Republican members of Congress representing Tennessee have denounced the posting, along with a number of East Tennessee state representatives. Some have called for the resignation or firing of Vice Chancellor Rickey Hall (who heads the Office of Diversity), his boss Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, and members of the board of trustees who oversee the University of Tennessee system.
“The people on the far left who claim to be tolerant seem to be tolerant of everything except traditional Christianity,” U.S. Congressman John Duncan, R-Strawberry Plains, said in a statement (http://duncan.house.gov/press-release/duncan-blasts-ut-%E2%80%9Choliday-party%E2%80%9D-rules-calling-secret-santa-ban) earlier this month. “They don’t object to Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or any other religion’s traditions. But they go unhinged on anything that hints at traditional Christianity. They try to take down Crosses and Christian emblems. It is a shame and very sad. And it is extremism.”
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Well obviously Jews weren't given an exemption either, but the concerns are real. Last I knew the legislature certainly can put a cost back on the university for such.
http://www.knoxmercury.com/2015/12/16/legislative-action-impact-uts-accreditation/
<header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px;">Legislative Action Could Impact UT’s Accreditation
In News Features (http://www.knoxmercury.com/category/news/news-features/) by Clay Duda (http://www.knoxmercury.com/author/clay/)December 16, 2015Leave a Comment (http://www.knoxmercury.com/2015/12/16/legislative-action-impact-uts-accreditation/#respond)
</header>Threats by Tennessee lawmakers to defund the University of Tennessee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion could have lasting impacts on the school’s academic standing if those representatives make good on their promises.
Several conservative legislators have called for action since that office published suggestions online earlier this month for making sure campus holiday parties did not emphasize one particular religion. In part, the recommendations (which have since been updated (http://diversity.utk.edu/resources/holidays/)) advised staff to “ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise,” and warned against participating in things like “Secret Santa” or “Dreidel.”
That advice has sparked controversy from Nashville to Washington, D.C., making national headlines (http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/10/pf/college/university-of-tennessee-defund-diversity-office/) in the process. All nine Republican members of Congress representing Tennessee have denounced the posting, along with a number of East Tennessee state representatives. Some have called for the resignation or firing of Vice Chancellor Rickey Hall (who heads the Office of Diversity), his boss Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, and members of the board of trustees who oversee the University of Tennessee system.
“The people on the far left who claim to be tolerant seem to be tolerant of everything except traditional Christianity,” U.S. Congressman John Duncan, R-Strawberry Plains, said in a statement (http://duncan.house.gov/press-release/duncan-blasts-ut-%E2%80%9Choliday-party%E2%80%9D-rules-calling-secret-santa-ban) earlier this month. “They don’t object to Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or any other religion’s traditions. But they go unhinged on anything that hints at traditional Christianity. They try to take down Crosses and Christian emblems. It is a shame and very sad. And it is extremism.”
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Well obviously Jews weren't given an exemption either, but the concerns are real. Last I knew the legislature certainly can put a cost back on the university for such.