… as University of Washington president. Like Emmert – now running the NCAA – she’s a jocksniffer. She has also, like Emmert, never seen a corporate board seat she didn’t like.
One of Wise’s first acts as president is to fuck up all sorts of classes on campus because of a football game.
But it’s worth it because a huge national audience will see how important academics are to UW.
Yes. That’s her argument. UW will be able to showcase nationally how it doesn’t give a shit about holding classes, and this will persuade thousands of the most brilliant potential applicants that they should apply to the University of Washington.
The game is expected to snarl traffic through Montlake, disrupt afternoon and evening classes at the university, close clinics at the University of Washington Medical Center and play havoc with the workday schedules of thousands of fans.
… [Wise and other] university officials say the game is an opportunity to showcase the school’s athletics and academics to a national audience.
It’s much more than that. It’s also an opportunity to showcase UW’s commitment to keeping its clinics’ doors open, and its commitment to the quality of life in the larger metropolitan region.
November 1st, 2010 at 10:03AM
Was Stephen Schwartz throwing an insult at the poly-sci and pre-law students? I’m trying to figure out what he meant. Maybe he doesn’t think pathology students watch football? I would think pathology students would love it, with all the blunt trauma and chemically-enhanced physiology going on.
November 1st, 2010 at 12:57PM
Andrew T: LOL.
August 5th, 2015 at 7:47AM
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