By: Safety Guy

Safety Guy
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:37:44 +0000

I found the incident in question to be quite interesting. I thought at the time that Dr. Drake should have been in that lobby to address the students. I also wondered about the thought process(es) which went into the question of arresting the group had they not left. For one who can be quite critical of our admin, I was fairly neutral on this, and suspended most of my judgement. The video of Mr. Kasey went (semi?) viral and garnered comments both pro and con, from all points of the compass. While at first I too was critical of his actions, I eventually ended up more intrigued than anything. I would especially have liked to have known his thought process!

Now we learn, several months afterwards, that Mr. Kasey was “wrong” and Dr. Drake did not like how he handled it! First, note the passive construction of the first quote attributed to Dr. Drake. George Patton, he ain’t! So be it. But to now criticize Mr. Kasey’s handling of the incident and note the arrest threat was not real is, shall we say, a bit late. I would say Dr. Drake has at least one communications issue of his own: “tardiness.”

Why is this coming out just now? I am very interested, but I fear that my interest will not be rewarded with any solid information. Forshame.

Karl Spaulding
OSU Pariah Laureate
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