An appeal from Sudhir Trivedi, President of the Faculty Senate of Southern University in Baton Rouge (SUBR). Where he says "Louisiana," I think you can safely substitute your state. The question is one of "when" not "if." While the mechanisms may differ I think you'll recognize the motivations of the admins.
Amidst all the things that are inappropriate, illegal, and absurd about the declaration of financial exigency at SUBR, one stands out. We (SUBR) are about to become a model for you (the rest of Louisiana) as to how to gut the faculty, while supporting extraneous administration, in order to balance the budget. Within three hours after FE was declared at SUBR, regents chair Bob Levy and regents high commissioner Jim Purcell called Southern system president Ronald Mason and the Board and congratulated them for taking this extraordinary step to gut the faculty (see attached). This was reiterated by these two gentlemen on November 9, 2011 at LSU. See the link --- http://theadvocate.com/home/1284994-125/purcell-defends-su-action.html
What is happening at Southern is much bigger than Southern and is about to become a model for all of you. It is clear that our board was told by the regents to declare financial exigency, thus, the vote of 14-0. Our only recourse is to mount a legal challenge and get an injunction to stop the implementation of financial exigency. Please help us fight this fight. Send this email to all faculty members on your respective campuses.
I am writing to ask that you make a contribution of $100 or whatever you can afford to the “Faculty Defense Committee”. Our intent is to raise at least $10,000, which is necessary to mount a legal and successful challenge against the recent decision of the administration and the board of supervisors to declare financial exigency. You can deposit the money at Southern Teachers and Parents Federal Credit Union (at Southern University Campus) OR at Campus Federal Credit Union (LSU Campus). The name of the account is “Faculty Defense Committee”. Or, you can mail a check, payable to the “Faculty Defense Committee”, to: Faculty Defense Committee, c/o Sudhir Kumar Trivedi, 2800 Dalrymple Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808.
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