Talk:Tarleton State University/Archive 1
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Correction
I corrected a clause that was left out. The introduction read that TSU was the "largest non-land grant university in the US". At 8.5K students, it is not in the top 200 largest non-land grant universities. (I believe the largest non-land grant university is Michigan.) The correct phrase, taken from the school's web page is that it its the largest non-land grant university whose primary focus is agriculture (agr. being the primary focus of land-grant schools).
Controversy
I deleted a link here under the "news" section (now the "controversy" section) to The Smoking Gun. The pictures are of a student "Martin Luther King" party, and will be viewed by many as racist.
Another editor restored the link. Since it is viewed as racist by many, and playing on racist innuendos hardly seems a suitable way to commemorate Martin Luther King, I have once again deleted it, but I have left the "news" information, with some slight alterations. I would hope that at least the link would be permanently deleted. Since the event itself is hardly newsworthy (or wiki-worthy, if you will), I think that it too should be deleted, but I have no strong investment about that. I do, though, have something of an investment in preventing Wikipedia from being used as a forum for self-congradulations and racism. It's supposed to be an encyclopedia.
I had just noticed that on other college articles there were sections that listed the schools controversies. I wasnt aware of the link (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0125071mlk1.html). I have seen those pictures and I'd agree that it may be viewed as racist. I also agree that the event was not a proper way to celebrate MLK. This is why I changed the section title to Contoversy. What i do disagree about however is the fact the you think this section was being used as a self-congradulations on racism. This was hardly my intention. In agreement with the rest of your arguments I will gladly remove the section. Mrrightguy10 21:26, 21 April 2007 (UTC)