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TexasTowelie

(117,527 posts) Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:15 AM Nov 2016

Donor pulls funding for University of Hawaii arts programs after Trump protest

MANOA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A donor has pulled funds supporting art students at the University of Hawaii after the art department's chairwoman organized a sign-painting party on Facebook to protest President-elect Donald Trump.

Donor Mark Blackburn, a Trump supporter, said he was outraged after he discovered department chairwoman Gaye Chan put together the gathering on campus two days after the general election.

"How would it make you feel if you wrote all these checks and you went out of your way to champion these students and champion this department and this is the way you're respected?" Blackburn said, adding that he believes Chan abused her power as chair and violated the university's ethics policy.

"It was basically a call to arms asking students to come to the art department to makes signs for this protest."

Read more: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/33767395/uh-arts-donor-pulls-funding-due-to-politics

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Donor pulls funding for University of Hawaii arts programs after Trump protest (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP

oh dear he didnt like the art they were making. well thats what art is all about. nt msongs Nov 2016 #1

He has only donated 40K lapfog_1 Nov 2016 #2

His self-importance is matched only by his bank account. TexasTowelie Nov 2016 #3

That asswipe has some really fucked up expectations about what it means to donate to a college. SunSeeker Nov 2016 #4

"... colleges promote free thought..." TexasTowelie Nov 2016 #5

Drinking beer and doing shrooms will definitely get you some free thought! SunSeeker Nov 2016 #6

My last two years of college were about free thought. TexasTowelie Nov 2016 #7

Proud of my alma mater... PoiBoy Nov 2016 #8

msongs

(70,275 posts)

1. oh dear he didnt like the art they were making. well thats what art is all about. nt

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:47 AM

Nov 2016

lapfog_1

(30,232 posts)

2. He has only donated 40K

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:48 AM

Nov 2016

anyone want to create a gofundme page to replace his donation?

TexasTowelie

(117,527 posts)

3. His self-importance is matched only by his bank account.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 12:51 AM

Nov 2016

I'm certain that the university will gladly refund his donation rather than be constricted by the donor's political views.

SunSeeker

(54,049 posts)

4. That asswipe has some really fucked up expectations about what it means to donate to a college.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:26 AM

Nov 2016

Earth to Mr. Blackburn: colleges promote free thought. That is what you to donated to, not silencing political discussion among college students.

P.S. Go fuck yourself, Blackburn.

TexasTowelie

(117,527 posts)

5. "... colleges promote free thought..."

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 01:33 AM

Nov 2016

Dag nab it, I didn't get that message while I was in school. I thought it was for drinking beer and doing psychedelic substances. I'll mark it down if I return to college.

SunSeeker

(54,049 posts)

6. Drinking beer and doing shrooms will definitely get you some free thought!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:11 AM

Nov 2016

TexasTowelie

(117,527 posts)

7. My last two years of college were about free thought.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 02:37 AM

Nov 2016

It would probably be easier to list the things that I didn't take rather than the things that I did. I still don't know how I managed to fiinish with more than a 3.0 GPA considering that I only had a 3.4 taking my core classes and I was taking advanced math and chemistry as well as having atrocious study habits.

PoiBoy

(1,559 posts)

8. Proud of my alma mater...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 03:00 AM

Nov 2016

"This faculty member did nothing wrong," said Dan Meisenzahl, UH spokesman. "They used common area for this sign making event and UH absolutely supports everyone's freedom of speech. UH is really grateful for the support Blackburn gave over the years."

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