Alma mater of former Fox News CEO votes to cut ties, scrapes name off wall before meeting was over

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Alma mater of former Fox News CEO votes to cut ties, scrapes name off wall before meeting was over
By Jen Hayden
Tuesday Sep 13, 2016 · 10:06 AM EST



Students at Ohio University petitioned the school to have Roger Ailes’ name removed from the newsroom at Ohio University’s Radio-Television Communications Building. The petition called him a "national symbol of sexual abuse" and demanded the university cut ties with the disgraced former Fox News chairman. The Undergraduate Student Senate and the Graduate Student Senate agreed, passing a resolution calling for his name to be removed.

Yesterday the faculty agreed and just like that, the Roger Ailes Newsroom signage was scraped off the wall.

McDavis gave no exact date for its removal, but the letters of Ailes' name were taken down before the meeting ended, and a wooden board was placed over the space soon after.

“The distraction from the teaching of the Scripps College of Communication has weighed heavily on my mind as I deliberated over the sustained effect on our university community should we continue to have our newsroom named for Mr. Ailes," McDavis said. "Given the allegations against Mr. Ailes, the circumstances surrounding his departure from Fox News, I’ve decided to return his gift and remove his name."

The gift was a $500,000 donation to renovate the newsroom at the university. Students applauded the move as a good start toward addressing sexual misconduct:

Angie Chapman, vice president for communication for Graduate Student Senate, said after seeing the same topic on Faculty Senate's agenda for its meeting, executive members of GSS sat in on the meeting.

"We weren't expecting an announcement tonight, but we're glad he said something all the same," Chapman said. "There's still more to be done, and there are lots of other issues relating to sexual misconduct that still need to be addressed, but this creates a good platform to move toward those changes."

Indeed. Bravo to Ohio University students and officials for taking action, even in an era of endless budget battles for public universities. There are some things money can’t buy.

[underpants]

1. Go Bobcats

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6. Hell yeah!

[Fast Walker 52]

2. awesome! Things like this give me hope we are moving the right way

[Ligyron]

3. What Ailes did to those women was sickening

but what he's done to this country is arguably even worse and certainly has affected more people.

Good riddance!

[calimary]

4. EXCELLENT!

Maybe they can start sharpening their pens and adding more power to their online efforts - against THIS creep:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Camp

Robin Camp is a judge of the Federal Court in Canada. Camp is the subject of a high-profile removal hearing before the Canadian Judicial Council for his role in a 2014 sexual assault trial that he presided over.

He's the guy who asked a rape victim in court - "why didn't you just keep your knees together?"

Robin Camp was appointed to his judicial position by THIS guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_MacKay - probably somebody who needs to be watched closely, too, for the future. A Canadian CON. Wonder if that means he's a CONadian?

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5. This might actually hurt old Jabba

He'll always have lots of money, and fawning folks will always be looking to Ailes for his advice as if it's worth something, but losing this silly accolade might actually sting the old fraud's massive ego.

We'll know when Fox mentions the story and bemoans the overkill and cruelty toward poor Roger, and why can't liberals just let him fade away in peace?

[Purrfessor]

7. My daughter is a freshman at OU. This is excellent news. And what a beautiful campus...

right in the heart of uptown Athens. Just another reason to love Ohio University.