Comments on: Improper procurement http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/ | social justice | higher education | technology | Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Jill C. http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-18406 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:11:21 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-18406 Haven't read your blog in a while! I'm working at CU Boulder now, and when this news broke, it was a shock to the community. I wish I was at liberty to talk with you more about the details of this case. Hopefully CU can push forward and learn/change/grow from this experience. Hope all is well in Corvallis! Haven’t read your blog in a while! I’m working at CU Boulder now, and when this news broke, it was a shock to the community. I wish I was at liberty to talk with you more about the details of this case. Hopefully CU can push forward and learn/change/grow from this experience. Hope all is well in Corvallis!

]]> by: Dave J http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-17858 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:48:31 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-17858 This is the bit I find disturbing: <i>"Although no one was convicted in the attacks, ..."</i> We could look at this in terms of yes there were consequences, but who were they levied against, primarily? The institution? The resident responsible adults? Sure there is some level of accountableness at that level, but who determines what that is? What about the young people who perpetrated the deed? A thorough sweep of all the department heads and it's back to business as usual. When are the actual rapists held accountable? This is the bit I find disturbing: “Although no one was convicted in the attacks, …”

We could look at this in terms of yes there were consequences, but who were they levied against, primarily? The institution? The resident responsible adults? Sure there is some level of accountableness at that level, but who determines what that is? What about the young people who perpetrated the deed? A thorough sweep of all the department heads and it’s back to business as usual. When are the actual rapists held accountable?

]]> by: Dave J http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-17853 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:17:28 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-17853 Absolutely, but when I hear "settlement" I think of two things. The first being OK, good, the victim has received some form of compensation for their trauma. But secondarily, it becomes a way for the perpetrator to escape justice. Sure, they take a monetary hit, but they remain at large in society to possibly commit the crime again. Rather than allow this to happen, there should be a system in which no amount of money is enough to buy your way out of having to conform to the social contract that we are all obligated to adhere to. Absolutely, but when I hear “settlement” I think of two things. The first being OK, good, the victim has received some form of compensation for their trauma. But secondarily, it becomes a way for the perpetrator to escape justice. Sure, they take a monetary hit, but they remain at large in society to possibly commit the crime again.

Rather than allow this to happen, there should be a system in which no amount of money is enough to buy your way out of having to conform to the social contract that we are all obligated to adhere to.

]]> by: Eric Stoller http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-17845 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:59:34 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-17845 I think that maybe what you're saying is that wealth can influence the judicial system? But the women in this story were allegedly raped during part of a UC Boulder sanctioned football player recruitment program. I think they deserve their settlement. Don't you? I think that maybe what you’re saying is that wealth can influence the judicial system? But the women in this story were allegedly raped during part of a UC Boulder sanctioned football player recruitment program. I think they deserve their settlement. Don’t you?

]]> by: Dave J http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-17843 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:28:14 +0000 http://ericstoller.com/blog/2007/12/09/improper-procurement/#comment-17843 Settlement monies should be illegal. They are such a horrible impediment to the judicial process. Got enough loot? Get out of jail free. Got enough loot? Run for public office. Hmmm, there's an interesting correlation. Settlement monies should be illegal. They are such a horrible impediment to the judicial process. Got enough loot? Get out of jail free. Got enough loot? Run for public office. Hmmm, there’s an interesting correlation.

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