Klumb's comments on tenure

Date: May 7, 2004

Klumb's comments on tenure

Date: May 7, 2004

I don't have it, but I know he said something in an opinion piece to the Sun Herald. He refers to tenure always as (something like) "a committment of lifetime employment--something the average American does not have!," as if he's trying to fire up the general public against the tenure system. He said something similar during last Sunday's 10:30 WLOX show with Dave Elliott. Also referred to it derisively as the "tenure club." What a shmuck. Did anyone get a transcript of that show?

So, anyway, I'd look around the Sun Herald archives. His opinion piece was some time ago, before the hearing. Hope this helps.

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Originally posted by: Racer X
"I don't have it, but I know he said something in an opinion piece to the Sun Herald. He refers to tenure always as (something like) "a committment of lifetime employment--something the average American does not have!," as if he's trying to fire up the general public against the tenure system. He said something similar during last Sunday's 10:30 WLOX show with Dave Elliott. Also referred to it derisively as the "tenure club." What a shmuck. Did anyone get a transcript of that show? So, anyway, I'd look around the Sun Herald archives. His opinion piece was some time ago, before the hearing. Hope this helps. "

If Klumb said it, it should be in the archives here. Look on the LBN page, at the top. Noel Polk's rebuttal is there.

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Originally posted by: Racer X
"I don't have it, but I know he said something in an opinion piece to the Sun Herald. He refers to tenure always as (something like) "a committment of lifetime employment--something the average American does not have!," as if he's trying to fire up the general public against the tenure system. He said something similar during last Sunday's 10:30 WLOX show with Dave Elliott. Also referred to it derisively as the "tenure club." What a shmuck. Did anyone get a transcript of that show? So, anyway, I'd look around the Sun Herald archives. His opinion piece was some time ago, before the hearing. Hope this helps. "

No...the one on the LBN page has to do with Klumb bitching about getting anonymous letters from Hattiesburg.

Date: May 7, 2004

I was referring to his comments on WLOX Sunday night. I looked on the LBN page, but didn't see what I was looking for.

The comment I'm looking for is the one where Klumb basically states that tenure needs to be done away with.

Date: May 7, 2004

If anyone is able to get a transcript of Klumb's comments on the Dave Elliott Show, this will also be helpful to me when I write about Klumb in the future.

Robert Campbell

Date: May 7, 2004

I know they offer video duplicates of any show ($40), but I am not sure about transcripts.

Date: May 7, 2004

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Originally posted by: Racer X
"He refers to tenure always as (something like) "a committment of lifetime employment--something the average American does not have!," as if he's trying to fire up the general public against the tenure system."

The average American does not have a management job in a "family business" given to him, either. We aren't talking about a guy who built his little empire from the ground up. Roy's daddy did that for him.

Date: May 7, 2004

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Originally posted by: Robert Campbell
"If anyone is able to get a transcript of Klumb's comments on the Dave Elliott Show, this will also be helpful to me when I write about Klumb in the future. Robert Campbell"

Evidently Klumb's position on tenure is not new. You may want to see his June 12, 2003 letter-to-the-editor of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger in which he says, ". . . thanks to that arcane rule of tenure . . ." This quote comes from the same letter in which Klumb gave the USM President some ill conceived advice, namely, "My advice to Dr. Thames is, to borrow a phrase: Damn the torpedoes; full speed ahead."