Ryan the Temp said:

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Good for Brian Harrison to claim credit for something he didn't do. He can now go back to spending his time hanging out with gay porn stars.

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So are you stating for the record that Brian Harrison is a closet mo? Just asking. I have never heard of this guy before reading over this thread, and really don't care. I am glad that A&M is dropping ridiculously stupid degree programs though.

Anyway, this Brian guy likes gay porn dudes? Ewe.

Urban Ag said:

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Ryan the Temp said:

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Good for Brian Harrison to claim credit for something he didn't do. He can now go back to spending his time hanging out with gay porn stars.

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So are you stating for the record that Brian Harrison is a closet mo? Just asking. I have never heard of this guy before reading over this thread, and really don't care. I am glad that A&M is dropping ridiculously stupid degree programs though.

Anyway, this Brian guy likes gay porn dudes? Ewe.

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All I'm saying is there is documented evidence of him hanging around and being chummy with at least one gay porn star. Harrison says he's straight, so I'll take him at his word on that.

But ... he also spends more time thinking about gay stuff than gay people do.

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TxAgPreacher said:

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Its past time to return to traditional A&M values. If you dont like the values go somewhere else. Dont try to change our school that we love. I'd like a decent university to send my kids to. I'd be willing to bet average student doesn't approve of the leftward shift.

Make College Station normal again!

Keep Austin wierd.

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Please don't. As an Austinite I want Austin to be normal too !!!

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Too late. Austin is a lost cause. t.u. is a marxist degenerate pit of evil.

Psalm 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off

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Fightin TX Aggie said:

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🚨Breaking: Texas A&M will end LGBTQ Studies Minor.

After months of calling for A&M to end this absurd program, I was pleased to learn from Chancellor Sharp they plan to end it. Proud to have helped deliver this victory for Texas taxpayers, who should never be forced to fund… https://t.co/Vpr9AZyEfq

— Brian Harrison (@brianeharrison) September 26, 2024

Look at the course description. I know this sort of horse urine has passed as an academic pursuit in recent years, but it isn't.

TAMU also shouldn't offer minors in astrology, to accurately understand how your star sign impacts your love life and future success.

This is a good step.

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JFC, the length of the description, on top of the wording, made me want to throat punch the person who came up with that.

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I'm quite sure the dude that came up with that has been throat punched many times.

Muy said:

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The students who minor in this should be doxxed and never hired. They are all trained in how to sue their employer.

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I feel sorry for those kids. Brainwashed by adults and not guided about life.
They need to be detoxed, not ostracized.

Good for A&M. Completely useless degree unless you want to become a professor in the field. Gay profs can just go to the gay nightclubs if they want to pick up gay students.

eric76 said:

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If these studies cover such things as blood tests, CAT SCAN, MRI, exploratory surgery, and autopsy, I wouldn't think too many people would want to volunteer for them.

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Add mental illness screening and I would agree.

Does this mean dudes will have to study lesbians the old fashioned way - by trying to scam their way into a threesome?

techno-ag said:

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Good for A&M. Completely useless degree unless you want to become a professor in the field. Gay profs can just go to the gay nightclubs if they want to pick up gay students.

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You study this useless degree, become a prof, and teach more kids to be worthless with a useless degree and the cycle continues.

TAMU tried to virtue signal like everyone else these days and miserably failed.

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Burdizzo said:

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2wealfth Man said:

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that is not real academics; don't need that on our campus

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My daughter is a HS junior, and was browsing the degree plans at A&M. Some of those ones in liberal arts were frightening how vague and unstructured they were. It is embarrassing A&M or any other taxpayer supported college can offer such an empty diploma.

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Well, if there isn't any interest, as this article proves, then the courses won't make and end up getting dropped. None of them stick around if there isn't money being made.
BTW, I'm curious which degrees you're referencing since the new College of Arts & Sciences has pretty standard departments (Economics, English, Psych, Statistics, Geography, etc). You'd actually have to intently pick one of those departments and then drill down.
I ask this because UG advising needs to be revamped on campus and I agree that many programs, both in and out of the College of A and S have degree plans that are confusing for students. Its also kind of like trying to search for the actual per credit cost of courses. The cost of attendance is vague on TAMU's website...and I think intentionally so.

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I stand corrected. I looked at a lot of degree plans including some in our Performing and Visual Arts. Those were the ones that I was referencing as being vague. That said, did you become a campus of 80,000 students just to offer courses like these?

C@LAg said:

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Given that the video game industry makes way more money than Hollywood in total. I think a class on gaming is valid.

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Please tell me we need a history class on card games too.

sam callahan said:

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Oh no! How will we ever find anyone to fill the…the jobs that….the experts to…uh…never mind

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These are the kinds of jobs that land you in a Matt Walsh film

C@LAg said:

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Burdizzo said:

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C@LAg said:

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Given that the video game industry makes way more money than Hollywood in total. I think a class on gaming is valid.

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Please tell me we need a history class on card games too.

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game design and theory are valid concepts for teaching.

and at least game development is a economically valid career/industry.

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But do you need a class on the history of video games to teach those theories? I don't think you do. There is probably an entire class in the STAT department on game theory and Monte Carlo simulation for that

Forgive me for thinking the title of the class is important.

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I don't see anything wrong with LGBTQ+ as a field of study. I do find the lens in which they choose to study it as unproductive, at best.

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I don't see a full minor or certificate program being useful outside of academia or niche programs like LGBTQ community support resources, which do not exist in high numbers across the US.

I will, however, say there are many aspects of LGBTQ issues and culture that are worthy of academic study. When I was a student at A&M taking a public opinion class at the Bush School for my POLS degree, I wrote a 21-page paper examining the development of public opinion as it relates to gay rights issues throughout history across a wide array of demographic categories, including age, race, religion, and political affiliation. It turned out to be a fascinating and enlightening experience to do all that research.

That being said, there are generally plenty of opportunities for students to explore these issues within the context of courses that are already available to them, particularly "independent study."

The Faculty Politburo is pitching a fit and wanting all of the programs reinstated.

Texas A&M's chief academic officer apologizes to the faculty senate for not getting their feedback before deciding to eliminate 52 minor degree and certificate programs. Hear some of the comments from the faculty senate meeting at: https://t.co/Ivwv8LsDht

— WTAW 1620 AM & 94.5 FM (@WTAW1620) October 15, 2024

So now what?

LGBTQASDFGHJ minors are back?

****'em. Go "teach" somewhere else then.

The homosexuals will have to go back to giving their roommate a hanj in order to get this minor now