tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post2313340539547368838..comments2024-03-05T09:00:51.695-08:00Comments on DISSENT the BLOG: The Veterans Center Fubar, part 8: what vets need/wantRebel Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695051285325585662noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-71011038952826878842015-02-21T12:56:25.508-08:002015-02-21T12:56:25.508-08:00Tell us the story! Who is the new director? What w...Tell us the story! Who is the new director? What was the sweet deal? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-52951361024689527812015-02-19T14:24:26.662-08:002015-02-19T14:24:26.662-08:00It seems that there is a final chapter in this sto...It seems that there is a final chapter in this story that should be written. There is a new vets director and Minkler is retiring....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-57784802711848308772013-12-09T12:55:46.710-08:002013-12-09T12:55:46.710-08:00I agree with you. While I am impressed with most ...I agree with you. While I am impressed with most of the officers and careerists I've met, many of the veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan that I've been in contact with have been arrogant and brash. I'm not even certain why they need their own center. Fine, have a veterans counselor, but why can't that person serve in an office with the rest of the counselors? A center just seems to encourage rude behavior and sexual harrassment. And we're supposed to let this continue because of what they've been through? Sorry, no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-21132438162824562972013-12-08T13:26:22.652-08:002013-12-08T13:26:22.652-08:00Most of us have met the Chancellor once. Most of us have met the Chancellor once. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-6766822675367064252013-12-08T09:04:47.972-08:002013-12-08T09:04:47.972-08:00I met the Chancellor once at an event. He told me ...I met the Chancellor once at an event. He told me that he cared. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-85225579200844411772013-12-07T20:30:08.048-08:002013-12-07T20:30:08.048-08:00Well, that's discouraging. Who's in charg...Well, that's discouraging. Who's in charge?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-7152896468261331212013-12-07T20:05:53.726-08:002013-12-07T20:05:53.726-08:00I agree with you that it's their jobs to be in...I agree with you that it's their jobs to be interested. What I'm saying is if the mismanagement at the District level isn't being addressed, do you really think anything is going to change at the college level?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-75270320913292215132013-12-07T19:45:33.005-08:002013-12-07T19:45:33.005-08:00But it's their jobs to be interested. Surely ...But it's their jobs to be interested. Surely the Chancellor must have some sense of the mismangement at IVC. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-68942586327580480162013-12-07T18:27:25.980-08:002013-12-07T18:27:25.980-08:00Well said, 7:26am and 8:20am. The problem as I see...Well said, 7:26am and 8:20am. The problem as I see it is that there is no one at the District interested in changing anything. They are only interested in their own agendas, pay, benefits, etc. Nothing will change until there is change at the District level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-16138401490048740972013-12-07T08:20:06.643-08:002013-12-07T08:20:06.643-08:00The lack of leadership at IVC is the root of all p...The lack of leadership at IVC is the root of all problems here on campus. In regards to the vets, let's take a look at the last few years and the administrations role in what has occurred. <br />Recognizing the growing vet population and their needs, the campus encouraged the vets to form a support group on campus. <br />The vets were given some space (which was moved from time to time over the years) to meet, study and work together. Darryl Cox oversaw the vets program. Glen spoke of his support for the vets and worked at getting the college recognized as a Veteran friendly campus. About 2 years ago, Richard Morley joined IVC with great promises of fundraising and proposed a "Veterans Angels" gala that was supposed to bring in 300-500 people and $$$ pledges for veteran scholarships. (I still have my Veteran's Angels flyer). The vets were used as the "props" for the gala, yet when the smoke cleared the gala was not much of an event and the veterans never got a dime. A second gala was held again this past year....same result, lots of hype, little $$$ to show for the effort. The veterans even tried to have a car show to raise money, however, Morley got involved, promised to support the vets and then bailed when the bills came in. Unfortunately, Darryl Cox was blamed when the veterans spoke up about the problems. When Linda F came aboard, she quickly displayed her brusque style and issues with Darryl and the vets. When the time came to hire a counselor, rather than select someone on campus whom the vets like and respected, Linda and Glen selected Minkler (this occurred after the second set of hiring interviews). Minkler evidently was not a good fit and that information was passed on the administration, however, bad news is never taken well and the problems continued on. Then Darryl was placed on leave (with no explanation to the vets or the campus) and Linda F proclaiming she was in charge. Since she has been "in charge" the fiasco in the vets center has escalated into the issues we get to read about today. <br />What a fine mess we have. <br />The bottom line is that we have a lack of leadership, we have people like Linda F, Richard Morley and others in A100 that like Glen, have failed this campus and it's students.<br />Until we have a leadership change, nothing else will change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-48089822408286917312013-12-07T07:26:40.932-08:002013-12-07T07:26:40.932-08:00This problem is like most at IVC - it stems from a...This problem is like most at IVC - it stems from a lack of leadership, poor judgment, an unwillingness to acknowledge and correct mistakes, a fear to speak out (which has been seen to have real consequences in recent days) - and the total abandonment by the board and the chancellor who seem to be just as willing as Glen to show up to the photo op moments but who have yet to care about the real human consequences of such poor management. While I am disappointed in IVC's leadership, I expected more from the district. Don't they know how to ask the hard questions instead of just accepting the rosy-colored answers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-28185460198329257112013-12-07T06:36:00.100-08:002013-12-07T06:36:00.100-08:00While there were problems before, Glen's "...While there were problems before, Glen's "fix" only made things worse as does his ongoing unwillingness to address the problems. I thought he was more man than that. But he send out other people to do what he wants done and then pretend it is going to be all right. I don't know how he can forget his commitments like that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-1224287668822525392013-12-06T21:36:11.145-08:002013-12-06T21:36:11.145-08:00embarrassing for the administration
sad for the v...embarrassing for the administration<br /><br />sad for the veterans on campus<br /><br />sorry guys and gals, you deserve betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-76838491340347141492013-12-06T19:09:02.597-08:002013-12-06T19:09:02.597-08:00Mark has every right to write on here this is true...Mark has every right to write on here this is true. What he does not have the right to do is pretend to be a student veteran and then bash the student veterans he does not like. <br />That's how it works.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-65551570125928626072013-12-06T17:01:43.254-08:002013-12-06T17:01:43.254-08:00The flag at half mast...
THE US FLAG LOWERED FOR ...The flag at half mast...<br /><br />THE US FLAG LOWERED FOR ... MANDELA ? Did anyone really checked Mandela's past ? The NOBEL PEACE PRIZE ? Hell, anyone can get one of these, they even gave one to Obama. <br />A very nice comment about Mandela's past... Here it is : by "Atom Matters ": Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, has died at the age of 95. Prior to his presidency, Mandela was incarcerated for 27 years at three different prisons after pleading guilty to 156 acts of public violence including the Johannesburg railway station bombing. He was also a member of the South African Communist Party and a co-founder of Umkhonto we Sizwe, a guerrilla warfare group declared a terrorist organization by the United States in the 1960s. ........ "Necklacing" was how Winnie and Nelson Mandela killed whites...they would place tires filled with gasoline around the necks of white men, women and CHILDREN and light it...for a slow agonizing death..and then take their farms and homes..Oh and how he loved to sing about killing whites ........and Obama says this man is an inspiration to him ! frightening! If Nelson Mandela is held up as proof a majority population of blacks cannot live under white governance... Then Obama is proof a majority white population cannot be governed by even a half black...<br />This country has to lower its flags for a Non-American terroist. <br />ugggh thanks ObamaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-1551986053232031702013-12-06T15:31:36.235-08:002013-12-06T15:31:36.235-08:00Mark has every right to write here, as does any ot...Mark has every right to write here, as does any other member of the college community - that's how it works. It helps to listen. Not listening is what created this mess. It is what happens at IVC all too often. <br /><br />It also helps to communicate in honest ways so that people might listen better. It doesn't help, IMO, to shout. That makes it hard to listen and often creates a louder response. <br /><br />So...what to do now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-71745829766262164752013-12-06T14:39:44.256-08:002013-12-06T14:39:44.256-08:00We need Linda to leave us alone and let us be. Da...We need Linda to leave us alone and let us be. Darryl is gone, Enrique is gone, Chris is gone. You win Linda, the program is shit now your mission has been accomplished. Keep that freakshow Mark up stairs and let us move on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-82975735232698425762013-12-06T14:19:14.132-08:002013-12-06T14:19:14.132-08:00Mark, you should be less obvious when writing comm...Mark, you should be less obvious when writing comments. All of the veterans know it's you when you post and we find it pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-91368410353485674402013-12-06T14:00:09.004-08:002013-12-06T14:00:09.004-08:00Oops--to 1:36.Oops--to 1:36.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-53225933273634309612013-12-06T13:58:59.469-08:002013-12-06T13:58:59.469-08:00Would not understand what, 1:03? Please share you...Would not understand what, 1:03? Please share your special knowledge. Also, please try to understand the difference between trolling and having a discussion, even if you dislike the perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-73424561437492430312013-12-06T13:36:59.081-08:002013-12-06T13:36:59.081-08:001:03, what's the point of blasting away? You c...1:03, what's the point of blasting away? You clearly would not understand and you are clearly not worth the effort.<br /><br />Nice troll btw......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-8627286976462012302013-12-06T13:03:22.602-08:002013-12-06T13:03:22.602-08:00OK, I feel this needs to be said: I don't see...OK, I feel this needs to be said: I don't see why vets, as a group, seem to justify all the adulation and deification that seems to go with the title. We haven't had a draft for decades, and it's obvious that many people join up for the perks and other benefits they think they'll receive, and some go in for the opportunity to be legally ultra violent. I can't think of any conflict since 1945 that was fought in the national interest, so the old "patriotic serving my country" stuff wears thin. At least the Vietnam vets were mostly drafted, so they have more of a claim to sympathy, from my point of view.<br /><br />Blast away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-48585377755218309432013-12-06T09:03:15.623-08:002013-12-06T09:03:15.623-08:00The flag should be at half mast. Presidential pro...The flag should be at half mast. Presidential proclamation honoring Mandela. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-39059269093391478902013-12-06T09:02:32.572-08:002013-12-06T09:02:32.572-08:00I dont want Chris in the veteran's center, he ...I dont want Chris in the veteran's center, he was not a postive influence. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-46209925525789891392013-12-05T21:27:59.305-08:002013-12-05T21:27:59.305-08:00I NEED the old center back. The one where Chris an...I NEED the old center back. The one where Chris and Enrique helped student veterans succeed in the classroom and all around life in general.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com