tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post3679938397535396390..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: Hero HoganUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-21899015609684921672008-10-02T17:01:00.000-05:002008-10-02T17:01:00.000-05:00While I know it's time to get behind the universit...While I know it's time to get behind the university, it's hard not to be sad about what's happened here and wonder "what could have been?"<BR/><BR/>I think, though, that when it comes to responsibility, maybe we ought to all look at ourselves and ask what role we play in "what could have been?" We all have some responsibility for cultures we live in that promote violence against women, minorities, or anyone, for that matter. Maybe we should all be doing more about that. Maybe we all should have done more in the presidential search to look into Mason's problematic history at Purdue, which was indicative of a lack of integrity and failure to take responsibility for adverse events. And maybe we should all have done more to keep Mike Hogan at Iowa.<BR/><BR/>It's too late now. But maybe we all need to take some responsibility and do more to make things better here, now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-10908947556740817982008-10-02T12:38:00.000-05:002008-10-02T12:38:00.000-05:00i am one of the students who was a "hogan's hero" ...i am one of the students who was a "hogan's hero" here -- i still am.<BR/><BR/>He listened to everyone -- students and faculty alike. he never blamed others when there was a problem -- he would look into it himself and take responsibility and solve it or explained why things were the way they were.<BR/><BR/>Now he's out in the east leading the administration at the University of Connecticut. What a shame. Mason doesn't seem to care about anyone but herself. It would be great if she'd ride off into the sunset and Hogan rode back in on a big white horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-24818651847785330392008-10-02T12:27:00.000-05:002008-10-02T12:27:00.000-05:00Mason has shown her true colors -- she has no will...Mason has shown her true colors -- she has no willingness to take responsibility for this sad series of events. Not once has she suggested what SHE might do differently in a situation like this in the future.<BR/><BR/>Hogan didn't always make decisions I liked, but he took ownership of them and always listened very respectively and explained his position.<BR/><BR/>This is the kind of leader that Iowa needs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-70819056896867474702008-10-02T06:19:00.000-05:002008-10-02T06:19:00.000-05:00Nick - thanks for the update on Mike Hogan. It ma...Nick - thanks for the update on Mike Hogan. It made me sad to see that he continues the class act there, that we could have had here, if the Board had seen through Gartner's egoistic impulses.<BR/><BR/>I am glad that he and Skorton are both doing well. Maybe Mason should read Hogan's blog and take a lesson or two.<BR/><BR/>Then again, if she ever rose to his level of integrity, the regents would probably fire her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-79065553494508812362008-10-01T12:04:00.000-05:002008-10-01T12:04:00.000-05:00The ironies continue. Right now on the Press-Citi...The ironies continue. Right now on the Press-Citizen Web site, in re last week's loss to Northwestern, the following headline: <B>Ferentz defends assistants. Ferentz: "Be mad at me."</B><BR/><BR/>(If this were instead about the Stolar report, it might read: <B>Mason blames assistants. Mason: "Be mad at them."</B>)<BR/><BR/>Maybe Hogan had few detractors at UI because even when he decided against somebody, he could do it without demeaning or blaming them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com