Student Accused of Murdering Roommate at Middle Tennessee State U.

Sorry, but the title of this article is misleading. The alleged murder occurred off-campus not at MTSU. We have enough hysteria about violence on campus and do neet need to feed this particular fire.

How are the Obama Adm guidelines fundamentally different from the U of M undergraduate guidelines that were struck down by Sandra Day O’Connor? This seems like the same set of ideas with slightly different wording. The U of M guidelines were a wonderful way of creating diversity: points for Detroit, points for women engineers and so on. I cannot understand how Bollinger sees a clear difference.

This is a timely guidance from the Obama administration for all levels of education.

Take for example the situation below from Arkansas where certain persons continue to act like they did in 1957, when the US president had to use federal troops to integrate Central High School in Little rock, Arkansas.

Racism and Discrimination is alive and well at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy (COP): Exceptions for ‘Whites’ only!

In Arkansas, in 2011,‘WHITES’ are more important than ‘BLACKS’ according to the
gospel by Dr. Stephanie F. Gardner and Dr. Daniel W.  Rahn.

Dr. Stephanie F. Gardner is dean, UAMS COP & Dr. Daniel W. Rahn, chancellor, UAMS have violated the right of citizenship of an African American citizen of the United States of America.

A black female in her last course in the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) program, at the UAMS was let go for being 2.08%, points away from the cut mark of 69.5%, she earned a 67.42%.

But during the fall semester 2009, ‘JS’ a White student made a failing grade in his EBM (Evidence Based Medicine) class (A second failing grade for him). ‘JS’ son of a lawyer was
in class with the black student. JS had a similar situation to hers, he violated the ‘F’ rule but the rule was bent for him, but not for her, for whatever reasons. ‘JS’was allowed to continue despite the fact that he had violated the ‘F’ rule, Dr. Gardner upheld the rule for the black student.

Dr. Gardner, dean UAMS COP condones racism and discrimination under her watch.  She makes exceptions for ‘whites’ only. This is the way some in Arkansas still act in the year 2011. On November 10, 2011, Dr. Rahn wrote to the black student —Our position remains that you were appropriately dismissed as a student from the PharmD program.

Similar cases, different outcomes Their situations are similar, but the outcomes are different, ‘OI’-Black US citizen, ‘JS’-white US citizen. The scholastic rule is upheld for the black student and an excuse is made for the white student. Both students were in that EBM class. Yes, JS was accommodated for all exams and not the quizzes. The quizzes were about 3-5 multiple choice type questions and they were given about 10 minutes to answer. Why did student ‘JS’ not complain about time all the while until he got his second F? By allowing ‘JS’ to repeat the class despite his second F means that even if he was given all the points for the
quizzes, he would still have failed the course, period!

This is what the case is all about, granting an EXCEPTION!

Dr. Stephanie Gardner made another exception for a ‘white’ student named ‘CL’ who
had his second ‘F’ during fall 2009 in Therapeutics II. ‘CL ‘-another’ White students got an EXCEPTION, too. Under Dr. Stephanie Gardner’s leadership CL:

I. Violated the “F” rule by failing Therapeutics II in his year 3, first semester, fall 2009. But he was not dismissed. Dr. Gardner allowed him to stay in the program.

II. No Regrading was done for him. Instead, what they did was look at his PCEP video, and

III. Dr. Paul Gubbins (Course coordinator) awarded him points appropriately to pass the class, that the SP’s omitted.

By the way, ‘OI” was in that Therapeutics II class with ‘CL’.
’ET’ a ‘White’ student got an exception too from Dr. Gardner. He was allowed to continue in the program and was not dismissed.

Why, Why, Why?

What Drs.Gardner & Rahn have done is grant ‘Exceptions’ for ‘Whites’ only- JS, CL et al, while denying the black student of her right of citizenship as stipulated under the 14th
Amendment to the US Constitution.
Is ‘JS’ citizen more valuable than hers just because he is ‘white’?

Just because she is  ‘black’ does that not entitle her to the same rules at UAMS?

If this is not racism and discrimination, what is it then?

UAMS receives federal funds and UAMS must honor and abide by the laws of the US. I
wonder why these 2 Southerners have arrogated to themselves the power to treat
whites differently from blacks.

Dr. Gardner, dean UAMS COP condones racism and discrimination under her watch.  She makes exceptions for ‘whites’ only, and Dr. Daniel W. Rahn, chancellor supports her.

Dr. Gardner in spring 2010 segregated blacks during testing and tried to explain it away this
way, in a class of over 100 students with only 7 blacks. “According to the Dean, it just happened that all the black students enrolled in the class took the test on day one instead of day two.”

Grouping” Blacks” for testing purpose is a fact and true.

Blacks students were segregated for the PCEP part of the Therapeutics III course during spring 2010. This list is not based on height, weight, alphabetical listing (ABC order) of names but simply based on color of skin.

You may wish to know that the same PCEP questions (6-cases) are given on the two days of the testing (May 3 and May 4, 2010). No changes, period! A look at the listing may show intent to prevent the blacks from sharing the test questions with their kind, but, what about the white students?
Remember, no one is sequestered that will take the same test given the previous
day, the next day following, who just happen to be all white.

Ms. E.J. Stokes of OCR Dallas in a memorandum to file following a phone conversation with Dr. Gardner on 12/16/2010 wrote in Lines 9-10 “According to the Dean, it just happened that
all the black students enrolled in the class took the test on day one instead of day two.”

All the blacks go on the first day so that they do not talk to each other. But the white students or the favorite students go on the second day and perform better because they must have heard some of the questions from the previous day. Students that take the exam on the second day are at an advantage because other students tell them what’s on the exam and they can prepare for the case ahead of time. Students that go on the first day are negatively impacted by not having prior knowledge of the cases that has to be presented. The
black student was adversely affected by her going on the first day, and the negative testing environment that did not give her equal time with her peers as well as the SP’s unprofessional conduct! If the school is not aware of this, why do they make sure that all the black students go on the first day? What they do is ‘SEGREGATION OF BLACKS FOR TESTING PURPOSES’ simply put. They cannot explain the selection process, it is not ABC order, first name, last name, tall or short, but simply grouping based on ‘RACE” and ‘RACE” only. This is
a pattern of behavior that exists.

Injustice at work at UAMS

Dr. Gardner unjustly dismissed ‘OI’ because her classmate JS violated the same rule as
herself but he was allowed to stay in the program, but she was kicked out. The MAIN ISSUE OF HER COMPLAINT among others is that JS was accommodated for all of the exams they had in EBM as required by the Special Test Accommodation Committee, but not for the 12 quizzes with about 2-5 questions per quiz they took in class. In an attempt to help him and other people failing the class, they were also given a 15-bonus points quiz (which is atypical in UAMS COP). JS failed to complain about needing time for quizzes till the end of the semester and with his attorney Dad on his side, used it as a loophole to be readmitted.
OI would have remained MUTE till this day if JS had passed the class if and only if he was given ALL of the points for the quizzes. This is NOT the case, because he would have still failed the class, the reason why he was allowed to repeat the class. 

Despite the fact that UAMS COP did nothing wrong by not allowing him time for his quizzes, he was still granted an exception as Dr. Gardner wrote on September 22, 2010 to Ms. Elnora Stokes, Senior Investigator, US Department of Education, OCR Dallas office, under”
Responses to specific issues” on page 3, 1(a) lines 8-13: “Although the Special Test
Accommodation Committee had not indicated that quizzes were to be accommodated Student A stated that he misunderstood this recommendation and that he had been given extended time for quizzes in a course earlier in the curriculum. The professor verified that he had been accommodated on quizzes in an earlier
course. The Scholastic Standing Committee voted to allow him to retake the
course”

Witness statement

The current Assistant Dean for Diversity at the UAMS College of Pharmacy provides this statement that captures what happens at the UAMS COP in Little Rock, Arkansas:

“In my 30 years of employment at UAMS and in the College of Pharmacy, by observation,
as well as, by personal experience, I can and do confirm that discrimination and racial discrimination does exist. At times in my career at UAMS/COP, I have engaged in protected activities at least twice and on each occasion I was subjected to retaliation, as well as, discrimination. Minorities associated with the College of Pharmacy must endure an environment that is essentially void of equal protection under the law.”

H. Otis Tyler,M.S.
Assistant Dean for Diversity
UAMS College of Pharmacy/Center for Diversity Affairs
10.04.2010—–

Racism at work in Arkansas

This is how business is done down here in Arkansas. The university system president protects the chancellor who in turn protects the racist dean Dr. Stephanie F. Gardner. This same Dr. Gardner has had quite a number of complaints filed at EEOC by minorities. In fact, in September 2004 a minority staff sued the same Dr. Gardner and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for race discrimination in the University’s wage policy and retaliation for his challenge to the policy. The parties settled the lawsuit in October of 2005.

Dr. Gardner does not seem to have learned any lessons from past complaints and lawsuits.

What I have observed in dealing with these individuals is that they will not change their ways, unless someone from the outside forces them to change like in 1957 when the US president had to use federal troops to integrate the Central High School in little Rock, Arkansas. The vestiges of racism and discrimination still abound here in Arkansas.

Justice will prevail

I believe in what Dr. Martin Luther King wrote about evil, ” He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.“ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Arkansas university leaders and their breach of public trust

The links below provide a sample of university leaders in Arkansas and the way they ran public institutions as if they were running their own personal plantations. It is only the law that can stop these individuals.

1. Board of Regents Files Lawsuit Against Medical College Foundation …www.usg.edu › Newsroom › News ReleasesCached You +1′d this publicly. Undo Oct 20, 2009 – The president of the Medical College of Georgia (MCG), Dr. Daniel Rahn, and others also resigned from the Foundation’s board in subsequent…

Lu Hardin pleads guilty to 2 felony charges | Video | todaysthv.com http://www.todaysthv.com/…/Lu-Hardin-pleads-guilty-to-2-felony-chargesCached

Former University of Central Arkansas president Lu Hardin has pleaded … http:// http://www.todaysthv.com/video/817509547001/0/Lu-Hardin-pleads-guilty-to-2-….Former UCA president avoids prison time for fraud – Houston …www.chron.com/…/Former-UCA-president-avoids-prison-time-for-fr…Cached You +1′d this publicly.

Sep 26, 2011 – (AP) — Former University of Central Arkansas president Lu Hardin said … Hardin, 60, pleaded guilty earlier this year to falsifying a document …Hardin Sentenced to Probation, UCA Students Look Forward to …arkansasmatters.com/fulltext/? d=466987Cached Sep 26, 2011 – Former University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin will not … after being sentenced to five years probation in Federal Court on Monday.

UCA board calls meeting after ‘gift’ controversy | todaysthv.com Sep 2, 2011 – Live at 5: UCA President resigns … of Meadors’ resignation: – Dr. Meadors’ parents have 90 days to vacate the university home they reside in….