UofM remove Provost Marcus Philbert from position.
Previously he was indefinitely suspended
March 11th, 2020 at 11:11 AM ^
Dammit, I meant Martin Philbert. Can’t edit title
March 11th, 2020 at 11:44 AM ^
If it makes you feel any better I was talking to Huel developers the other day and they claimed to be only months away from a technology breakthrough that would allow editing of posts in blogs once they've been posted. According to Huel this functionality doesnt exist anywhere in the world and if they're successful they believe their code will be widely replicated by other websites also anxious to give posters this currently impossible functionality.
Personally I'm kinda excited to be a small part of something this potentially huge. And now knowing it's one of the biggest IT challenges facing mankind certainly makes their inability to grant editing rights more understandable now doesnt it?
March 11th, 2020 at 12:13 PM ^
I am a patent attorney. In my professional opinion, the invention you describe would be the greatest technological innovation in history, with the possible exceptions of the wheel and the Snuggie.
March 11th, 2020 at 12:47 PM ^
Just above the shamwow
Squatty Potty!
March 11th, 2020 at 12:22 PM ^
After seeing another HUEL comment I decided to go and check out their website and see what other work they’ve done. A click on the link below will show you some of their clients and looking at their sites, I don’t think HUEL is the issue.
https://www.human-element.com/our-clients
The owners of this site are the ones choosing to use Drupal, not to create an app, not to have mods, not to have an off topic board where I can ask other Michigan sports fan what restaurants one should visit during a vacation in Rome.
I think it’s time to move on past the HUEL comments and realize Brian is a great writer, but doesn’t care too much about the other aspects of this site. It’s not HUEL’s fault.
March 11th, 2020 at 12:49 PM ^
Very well could be. Any minute now I'm sure Seth will chime in with a long defense post for why things are the way they are and why the people on the board are dumb and wrong.
If that's the case, then fine. In the meantime, a local company has been trashed on this site for years and it may not be justified. Small businesses have enough headwinds to deal with, false information being spread on a large, local platform like this isn't right.
Full disclosure, I am not a small business owner.
March 11th, 2020 at 12:58 PM ^
Strange, I didn't see Jimmy McGill on that client list
Is the core of the site still Drupal? Or was it custom-built from the ground up by HUEL?
Personally, I don't understand why they don't just go with a Wordpress backend.
I have zero to back this up with but as someone who clicks on all of the META posts, yes; the site is still on Drupal. If I recall correctly the whole underlying issue stems from the site originally being built on Drupal version X (X being something I've forgotten) and that since they had skipped subsequent in-line upgrades massive change was needed in order to upgrade to the newest version of Drupal. Said reasoning behind upgrading the version versus moving to a new platform was that they would lose all of the old content. And that is about all I have on that? May or may not be the most up-to-date accounting of the backend.
I read this as Hooli - making the world a better place.
I wonder if HUEL really deserves all the flak for this. It could be that Brian & Co. are paying them in Girl Scout cookies and good intentions. This would be the expected result. They may be making awesome websites for companies that pay in pieces of eight.
They should kick both out, just to make sure...and Huel too.
March 11th, 2020 at 11:27 AM ^
I wasn't sure from the title we whether he was removed or if OP was calling for his removal.
March 11th, 2020 at 11:28 AM ^
I'm glad he's gone.
March 11th, 2020 at 11:33 AM ^
My bad. It should have said “removes” instead of “remove”. One letter completely changes the meaning of the title
March 11th, 2020 at 11:50 AM ^
Debatable. UofM could be considered a collective body in which case the sentence might be correct. It's kinda fucking with me.
March 11th, 2020 at 11:31 AM ^
Yea, but what about Dr. Anderson? Has he been removed or is he still treating patients? I'M SO ANGRY!!
March 11th, 2020 at 12:06 PM ^
I never understood what a provost is. Is that basically like the VP?
March 11th, 2020 at 12:14 PM ^
It's basically an amateur vost that trains hard enough to go pro and start getting paid.
March 11th, 2020 at 12:16 PM ^
A Provost is a person who wants to be a president and so spends her time proposing all kinds of initiatives that fuck with the faculty.
March 11th, 2020 at 12:17 PM ^
Yes. Wing man to Schlissel
also he was a total fucking boob
March 11th, 2020 at 12:22 PM ^
...but he has such a lilting voice when he addresses the freshmen at the welcome week convocation.
According to Mi Radio he is still keeping his tenured teaching position.
Because it's harder to remove tenured faculty than to suspend, review & fire an administrator, I would think.
March 11th, 2020 at 12:24 PM ^
It's just the senior administrator. Provost sounds fancier.
It's essentially the chief academic officer at the University and is usually at the same rank as, say, the senior Vice President for Finance, who runs the budget side; the Vice President for Communication, who runs PR; the General Counsel; and the other such VPs and administrators. Often, the Athletic Director is also at that same rank.
Good.