University Double Standard

You might recall my series of posts regarding Cal State Fullerton President Milton A. Gordon and the Cal State Fullerton student-reporter Ally Bordas who was slammed and censored by CSUF Media Relations Director Christopher Bugbee.

Recently in the news was another story that points to the blatant hypocrisy that exists within the wall of California's universities.  CNN, Fox, MSNBC, CBS, and others have all covered the story of the UC San Diego student-run newspaper, the Koala, Volume 6, Issue 1, wherein an editor calls a student-body VP a "Fat Whore" with a picture of a penis and scrotum in her face.  (--GRAPHIC WARNING - view The Koala here GRAPHIC WARNING--)

Unlike UCSD, where administrators have said the editor has the right to free speech and artistic expression, CSUF's administration doesn't want anyone to speak ill of their over-paid president, Milton A. Gordon.   

I suppose if CSUF student-reporters would like to speak the truth and point out facts about the university's over-paid administration, they need only to use graphic profanity.  I, on the other hand, do not need to resort to such tactics.

According to the Sacramento Bee, Gordon took a couple of pay cuts from $311,944 in 2008 and $302,042 in 2009 to $294,615.  The cut amounts to a whopping 5.5% which doesn't mean much considering he lives, rent-free, at the publicly-owned El Dorado Ranch mansion in Fullerton.  I haven't looked into it but I'm guessing he has a state-owned car and maybe even a driver.  Regardless of the latter, Gordon enjoys the sweet life that the rest of us pay for through taxes and students through ever-increasing fees and tuition.