Pictures Worth Thousands and Thousands of Words and a Story That Needs to Be Told

First off: The Pictures

Schizophrenic,” that’s what outgoing President Jennifer Raab said about D:F/M at a public awards ceremony on campus several days after a department celebration above for outgoing Department Chair Jay Roman. [Enrollment was down, the administration had seriously reduced the department’s budget and hiring as well as have a few department offices to other departments — and there were a few campus-type scandals to boot.]

Well after this above picture was taken, former Hunter College Acting Provost Valedea Dent said the department needed to address allegations on campus about its reputation for racism and bigotry directed at Black staff and instructors.

Now for the Story That Needs to Be Told From This Writer’s Archive of Stories That Need to Be Told

Edited for Style and Clarity and Contest—Original Message

From: Greggory w Morris [mailto:gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu] Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 12:07 PM

To: Academe Magazine <academemagazine@aaup.org>

Subject: Query About Student Complaints

I‘m trying to get background information on situations like the one I’m describing here as succinctly as possible. Three students in a journalism ethics class of 21 decided that they didn’t like the class (two flunked an assignment and one didn’t do the assignment) and met with a deputy chair of my department who told them how to file a complaint against me, and the department chair said that the department has been trying to get rid of me and that their complaint would help.