SHE TRIED COVERING FOR A CONVICTED SERIAL PEDOPHILE, BRINGING MORE SHAME TO THE UNIVERSITY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE HER $2.4 MILLION - IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S OUR MONEY
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And academia wonders why taxpayers hold them in such disregard.
https://sports.yahoo.com/ex-msu-pre...-while-facing-criminal-charges-135534364.html
Lou Anna Simon, the former president of Michigan State University who resigned amid the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, is officially retiring on August 31. And the school she resigned from in disgrace is giving her one heck of a retirement gift.
The payout is part of a retirement agreement between Simon and MSU. Under the terms of the agreement, Simon will hold the titles of president emeritus and faculty emeritus, and the perks mandated by her employment contract will continue to be honored (with the exception of free sports tickets). The agreement also mandates that Simon and her husband be recognized for the donations they’ve made to the university, and that Simon be recognized for her service to MSU — but if she’s convicted of a felony, her official photo will be taken down.
The stipulation that Simon’s photo will be removed if she’s convicted of a felony is certainly a weird one. You’d think her facing criminal charges for lying to police in the Nassar investigation while president of MSU would preclude her from receiving any kind of payout or perks — or that the penalty for conviction would be a bit more than the removal of her photo.
But in exchange for possibly removing the photo of the former university president who irreparably damaged the institution by allegedly lying to police about a man who sexually assaulted at least 250 girls and women, Simon promised that she won’t sue MSU. And even if she is convicted, the school will continue to recognize her and her husband’s charitable gifts to the university.
Simon resigned in January 2018, just hours after Nassar’s 175-year sentence was handed down, following weeks of mounting pressure from students, alumni, faculty, the public, and survivors of Nassar’s assaults.
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And academia wonders why taxpayers hold them in such disregard.
https://sports.yahoo.com/ex-msu-pre...-while-facing-criminal-charges-135534364.html
Lou Anna Simon, the former president of Michigan State University who resigned amid the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, is officially retiring on August 31. And the school she resigned from in disgrace is giving her one heck of a retirement gift.
The payout is part of a retirement agreement between Simon and MSU. Under the terms of the agreement, Simon will hold the titles of president emeritus and faculty emeritus, and the perks mandated by her employment contract will continue to be honored (with the exception of free sports tickets). The agreement also mandates that Simon and her husband be recognized for the donations they’ve made to the university, and that Simon be recognized for her service to MSU — but if she’s convicted of a felony, her official photo will be taken down.
The stipulation that Simon’s photo will be removed if she’s convicted of a felony is certainly a weird one. You’d think her facing criminal charges for lying to police in the Nassar investigation while president of MSU would preclude her from receiving any kind of payout or perks — or that the penalty for conviction would be a bit more than the removal of her photo.
But in exchange for possibly removing the photo of the former university president who irreparably damaged the institution by allegedly lying to police about a man who sexually assaulted at least 250 girls and women, Simon promised that she won’t sue MSU. And even if she is convicted, the school will continue to recognize her and her husband’s charitable gifts to the university.
Simon resigned in January 2018, just hours after Nassar’s 175-year sentence was handed down, following weeks of mounting pressure from students, alumni, faculty, the public, and survivors of Nassar’s assaults.
