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  1. I don't know what he was thinking, but this seemed possibly to figure into it.
  2. Apparently, the form they submitted, entitled "Documentation SACSCOC" did not impress the accreditation review team.
  3. When the surly nurse mafia starts laying money down, the line will move for real.
  4. Using "beg the question" to mean "assume the truth of the conclusion" is both the result of a poor translation and the generally recognized meaning of the expression. Aristotle's phrasing τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ αἰτεῖσθαι was (fairly well) rendered in Latin as petitio principii. The intended (not quite literal) meaning was "assuming the truth of the conclusion." The Latin was artlessly translated into English as "begging the question," when a better wording would have been "question at the beginning." The other meaning of the English version is in widespread enough use now that, while grammar/usage Nazis loathe it, the expression has clearly developed a second widely accepted sense.
  5. Begs the question of how not correcting a type of mistakes effects them. edit dang, someone beat me to the punch
  6. Aggy has hypothetical wins. Fantana has hypothetical SI claims on our behalf. Too bad we have never fired a coach, or he could have tested his theories.
  7. I quoted to make finding it easier for you
  8. Charlotte Bingham was the Vice Chancellor who investigated Craig James' allegations. These snippets are culled from her deposition in which one can see that the substance of Adam James accusations, namely that he was confined in an electrical closet as his video suggested, was materially false. (Deposition of Charlotte Bingham at p. 80.) Indeed the trainer who took Adam James to the media room specifically told Adam James he did not want him in the electrical closet. (Deposition of Charlotte Bingham at p. 80-81.) Yet Adam went in there on his own. “Adam James told me that he went into the electrical closet and that he stood in the electrical closet for approximately five minutes.” (Deposition of Charlotte Bingham at p. 83.) Therefore, she reported back to Texas Tech officials that “Adam was not confined in the electrical closet.” (Deposition of Charlotte Bingham at p. 195-196.) The President’s Chief of Staff, Grace Hernandez, also investigated these allegations and said Adam “never had to stand in electrical closet.” (Deposition of Charlotte Bingham at p. 150.) Ms. Bingham never recommended dismissal of Coach Leach. (Deposition of Charlotte Bingham at p. 46.) Even granting arguendo that Tech had a technicality on which they could have fired Leach, the world hates the administration that did it. When you stand up for them, you help answer the question of why people still look down on Tech and many of its apologists.
  9. No. Tech knew they would lose a lawsuit and invoked sovereign immunity to avoid facing one. Do more homework on the nitty gritty details.
  10. Tech needs to take a little sliver out of that pile of cash they are throwing around and (1) pay his widow what they owe Leach, and (2) publicly disavow the way they treated him. It would make Tech as an institution easier not to despise. Obviously nowhere near the gravity, but they seem to act similarly to how Pedo and Baylor are treating their scandals. Just don't talk about it and wait for people to get over it.
  11. Why should Surly writ large not hate Pate? A large percentage of us hate everything the others of us post, and some even hate their own stuff.
  12. So apparently Tech is going to allow tortillas in the stadium. The plan is to encourage fans to throw them at opening kickoff, expect to eat one of their two warnings, and hope no one throws them again during the game.
  13. Friendly amendment: and begged a guy who had quit the team to agree to play again buy never put him in the game.
  14. Texas 93 tOSU 3 OK so maybe rather: Texas 30 tOSU 24 Arch Total 300
  15. I don't think aggy Pat™ believes what (s)he serves the ag faithful. I find it quite likely that the gag is just too much fun, and now profitable from the clicks, to abandon.
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