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47of74

(18,470 posts) Sun Nov 22, 2015, 09:00 PM Nov 2015

Braindead's buddies come out to shill for UI President [View all]

Ugh.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Following protests over his hiring earlier this fall, the new president of the University of Iowa is getting some support from the business community.

More than 100 community and business leaders gathered Friday morning to offer support to Bruce Harreld and to apologize for the negative reaction he has received on campus.

The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports (http://icp-c.com/1N32PKe ) that Mark Nolte, executive director of the Iowa City Area Development group, opened Friday’s meeting with an apology for Harreld, a former IBM executive.

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Braindead's buddies come out to shill for UI President [View all] 47of74 Nov 2015 OP

What do Branstad and Harreld want to do to the UI? xocet Nov 2015 #1

Run it like a corporation rather than as an institute of higher learning emulatorloo Nov 2015 #2

How is the faculty responding to this? Are they unified against Harreld? n/t xocet Nov 2015 #3