The NSU Faculty Handbook tells us that we have every right to engage in political activity and to make our opinions public. I had not seen the NVB post Ken Blanchard alludes to below. I will not take the time to search through the SDP archives, but I suggest Prof. Blanchard and I seldom refer to our professional affiliation with NSU. The Faculty Handbook goes on to say that those publicly expressing their opinions should make an effort to make clear that their opinions do not reflect those of the university. Prof. Blanchard's newspaper column states this explicitly. I would have thought that the fact that we rarely mention our employer would be sufficient. I should think it's obvious that our employer does not endorse our personal views, but in case it needed to be said, I am now saying it.
The notion that we attempt to align our employer with our views is ridiculous. Prof. Blanchard and I are well published in our field. Only a fool would think that our employer endorses Ken's views on Darwin or Socrates or my views on Abraham Lincoln or the Electoral College. I do heartily endorse everything in Ken's post. I shall chose to ignore the reborn NVB, and I encourage others to do the same. I now am going back to watching the Sound of Music on DVD. Yeah, you read that right. The Sound of Music. I get teary eyed when they sing Edelweiss at the end. Northern State University does not endorse my fondness for Julie Andrews.
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