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9th jdc judge mary lauve doggett "landmark decision" in winbery et al vs louisiana college et al lawsuit

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louisiana college latest publicity stunt: sues feds over a part of obamacare

gannett/the alexandria daily town talk
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developing: louisiana college denied reaffirmation of accreditation and placed on warning for 12 months by sacscoc

we cant help but wonder how that goof and liar over at the so called baptist message, kelly boggs, is gonna spin this...

this story is developing on cenlamar.com click here to learn more.

louisiana college president joe aguillard devours a worm onstage

via: save our l.c. "joe ate a worm in chapel"

click here to download/view the clip
or view the whole thing over on wildcat media here.

louisiana college joins the twitterverse

via twitter @markkleinsinger

earlier today, local local media personality and musician, mark klein, alerted his followers to louisiana college's new twitter account by tweeting a warm welcome at them.

follow: @la_college
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former louisiana college professor rondall reynoso releases follow-up to letter of concern for louisiana college

via: email

Dear Louisiana Baptists and Friends:

A few days ago, I read through 1 John and was impressed by John’s insistence that there is no disconnect between orthodox faith and orthodox practice. In fact, the strength of his insistence is humbling. He is clear that faith is always and inseparably followed by Christ-honoring behavior. In his gentlest terms John says, “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk as He walked. “ (1 John 2:6) It is my desire that the Louisiana College community walk as He walked. But in our zeal to wage war against the ills that we see, we must be sure that we have not, as Jesus said, “neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith.” (Mathew 23:23) I write this letter to illuminate what has followed my Letter of Concern for Louisiana College. My hope is not just to be informative but hopefully to encourage the Louisiana College and Louisiana Baptist communities to Christ-honoring action.

The mission that LC proclaims is of great importance. I want nothing more than for central Louisiana to be served by a conservative Christian college that serves the Kingdom with great honor. It should also be noted that my initial letter was neither hyperbolic nor exhaustive. I sought to mention only items that would get the point across and for which I had firm evidence. There are many other issues that could have been brought up including a faith healer teaching on campus and a professor who taught aura alignment (eastern mysticism) in the classroom. The letter was a scratch on the surface of the situation at LC. It was a call for Louisiana Baptists to lay aside their apathy and for some at LC to change their ways.

Following is a narrative of what has happened since my letter.

In the days after I sent out my Letter of Concern, I had two meetings with the Louisiana College administration. After the first meeting, it was clear that I was being dismissed and banned from campus. However, I was told in the second meeting that I was only banned, not technically dismissed. When I was finally allowed to clear my personal belongings from my office, I discovered that the locks had been changed and a 24-hour guard had been posted at the door. Two classes that normally met in my office had to find alternate meeting space; at least one of them held class on the floor in the foyer, without access to the presentation technology the class required. The fervor of the administration to penalize me undermined the college’s goal of academic excellence.

Prior to my second meeting, the administration confiscated a painting which one of my students had painted the previous school year. When the student artist and her parent met with the administration, the president refused to return the painting and held it for two more days. Meanwhile, the figure painting had been photographed and an image of it leaked, which is a copyright infringement, in an effort to discredit me. When the student’s property was finally returned a week after its confiscation, it was banned from campus for the first time, despite that the administration had known about its existence for a year.

The Louisiana College Faculty Handbook contains clear procedures for how both non-renewal of contracts and dismissals are to proceed. In short, the dismissal procedures include (section 2.7.4) a letter from the VPAA informing the faculty member of a proposed dismissal. This letter must include a reasonably clear articulation of the reasons for the proposed dismissal. The faculty member then has the opportunity to request a hearing before the Faculty Affairs Advisory Committee to defend himself against the charges. After the hearing the committee makes recommendations to the president who then decides if dismissal is appropriate. The faculty member has additional remedies with the Board of Trustees, but those are post termination.

In my case, when I next heard from the administration, Dr. Aguillard refused to send the requisite paperwork to me or my lawyer, insisting that I come to his office rather than follow my lawyer’s advice to have the paper work sent to me. The next morning an LC security guard delivered a letter which notified me that if I did not meet with the President my “salary and benefits would be terminated today.” This was a clear violation of the Faculty Handbook (section 2.7.4) which provides no mechanism for immediate dismissal and assures due process. Twice the administration (once Dr. Aguillard and once Acting President Tim Johnson) produced documents requiring that I admit to being found in breach of contract, dishonest, and insubordinate. Further, the documents prevented me from saying anything about LC while not restricting what the administration could say about me. I obviously was unable to sign such one-sided documents, especially with their claims of my dishonesty, insubordination and breach of contract. When my lawyer sent a mutual release and settlement agreement to the College which provided greater protections for both parties and released both parties from further legal action and fault, the administration refused even to discuss such an arrangement.

Dr. Tim Searcy then sent me a letter on April 5th stating that my employment had been severed as of that day. However, the letter violated the Faculty Handbook on several fronts: the VPAA only has the authority to propose dismissal, there is no allowance within the Faculty Handbook for immediate dismissal, and the Faculty Handbook requires the reasons for dismissal be stated with “reasonable particularity.” None of these were done. My lawyer pointed out these errors to the administration, and on April 20th I received a letter from Dr. Searcy notifying me of my proposed dismissal, reinstating my insurances, and providing reasonable particularity of my alleged offenses.

In compliance with the Faculty Handbook, we requested an administrative hearing with the Faculty Affairs Advisory Committee which was scheduled for May 4th. The Faculty Handbook guarantees me the right to present witnesses in my defense. Despite my appeals, the administration continued to deny me access to campus and refused to lift the e-mail protocols which blocked my e-mail address from campus. These actions severely limited my ability to contact witnesses and to prepare my defense.

The administrative hearing on May 4th was highly unusual. Administrative hearings are typically fact finding events and can be informal. It is the responsibility of the committee to find the truth and make recommendations accordingly. There must be a clear separation of legal counsel between the committee and the administration; charges should be clearly levied, with the faculty member having the opportunity to respond to those charges. However in this hearing, the legal counsel for the administration also functioned as the counsel for the Committee, representing a clear conflict of interest and ethical violation. The procedures which the college’s lawyer instituted were extremely unusual including having me present my defense prior to the administration presenting their case and seeking to exclude hearsay, which is always permissible in administrative hearings due to the lack of subpoena power. Further, when my first witness was on the stand, I discovered that the Committee was totally unaware of the charges against me. How could they reasonably seek truth about the charges without any knowledge of the charges? When I spoke to my legal counsel after the first day of hearings, they were appalled by the lack of normal procedures. College employees are guaranteed due process, fairness, both through college policy and constitutionally. In the course of this hearing, my due process rights were so egregiously violated that a judge granted me a Temporary Restraining Order against the college to stop the proceedings.

When the restraining order was signed, the hearings were stopped. However, Dr. Aguillard had the audacity to ask me to rescind the restraining order and then asserted that even filing for such a restraining order was against college policy. Though Dr. Aguillard insisted on this being part of the official record of the hearing, I cannot provide the exact quote because, in violation of the Faculty Handbook, I have never been presented with the transcripts. In essence, Dr. Aguillard was arguing that the civil rights of school employees are superseded by college policy.

Through the work of my lawyer the College was unable to breach my contract, as it had several times tried to do while failing to follow the Faculty Handbook procedures. The restraining order issued by the court stopped the continued violation of my due process rights. While I had initially wished to keep these issues out of the courts and media, they were forced into those areas through the aggressive actions of the college. I was able to protect my rights, but it came at a still undetermined price in legal fees.

Prior to the hearing being stopped, one student and one faculty member testified on my behalf. The student who testified broke down in tears at one point, out of fear, and asked the committee if she would be allowed to return to LC next year, to which Dr. Aguillard vigorously objected. The faculty member confessed under oath that she feared her honest testimony would cause her to lose her job, despite her stellar annual review. Prior to the hearings, she had received a letter promising her a contract for the 2011-2012 academic year, however, she was not offered one when contracts were issued ten days after her testimony. The head of her department was not even notified of her non-renewal. She was eventually told by Acting President Tim Johnson that she would not receive a contract. This behavior is exactly what faculty and students fear and clearly illustrates why such fear is justified. Further, this sort of blatant dishonesty and abuse of power discourages faculty and students from even testifying on behalf of members of the college community and has no place in a Christian institution.

At 6’5” and almost 250 pounds, I do not think much about abuse. But when my wife began sharing some of our ordeal with friends, comments were repeatedly made comparing our situation to spousal abuse. One friend sent my wife a section of a blog post on abuse:

An abusive system is a closed system, whether it is found in a family, a work place or a church. The abuser has absolute power and uses his power to dominate, exploit, control, manipulate and oppress those under him. The enabler tries frantically to keep the peace by doing whatever it takes to soothe both the rage and shame of the abuser. Enablers also work to control how others perceive the abuser and how they behave when he or she is around. There is no room for truth in an abusive system.

rondall reynoso versus louisiana college

former louisiana college art professor rondall reynoso has sued louisiana college over his sketchy termination.

his petition is courtesy of gannett/the alexandria daily town talk; read their report "lc professor cites letter as reason for contract not being renewed."

while we wish professor reynoso well in his suit, we couldnt help but notice the many typos it contains, such as referring to the professor as "her" in more than one place and referring to him as "they" and "their" in another, that isnt exactly inspiring of a lot of confidence in the legal acumen of his alexandria, la. attorney, victor h. sooter.

"anonymous" commenters on computers registered to the louisiana baptst convention and kelly boggs

a glimpse into how modern "baptists" really operate.

louisiana college president joe aguillard has heart attack

wst... has learned that louisiana college president dr. joe aguillard had a heart attack this morning.

sources tell wst... that he may have to undergo surgery later but that doctors did put a stent in.

UPDATE 12:27 pm cdt [wst... note l.c.'s news release is dated 27 march 2011]

Dr. Aguillard taken to hospital
March 27th, 2011

This is to let our LC Community know that early this morning Dr. Aguillard was taken to the hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack.

Doctors are running tests to determine the best course of treatment for him. As of yet, there is no official word from his cardiologist.

We will keep you updated as more information becomes available. Please keep the Aguillard family in your prayers. ~ source louisiana college website

save our louisiana college website relaunches

www.saveourlouisianacollege.wordpress.com

baptist message: louisiana college responds to gannett/the town talk's 20 february 2011 aramark facilities study report

UPDATED 7:58 am cdt friday 18 march 2011
UPDATE: 8:50 am cdt friday 18 march 2011
UPDATE: 9:06 am cdt friday 18 march 2011
UPDATE: 9:31 am cdt friday 18 march 2011
UPDATE 11:11 am cdt friday 18 march 2011
UPDATE 8:47 am cdt wednesday 23 march 2011ars technica: "copyright troll righthaven achieves spectacular 'fair use' loss"

KELLY BOGGS AND LOUISIANA BAPTIST MESSAGE DEMANDS WST... TAKE DOWN ARTICLE SCANS

now here is an interesting and apparently ongoing email exchange we have been having with kelly boggs, editor of the [louisiana] baptist message:

from Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
to wesawthat@gmail.com
date Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:47 PM
subject Baptist Message article

I was alerted to the fact that you had posted a scan of a recent Baptist Message article on your website. I visited your site and found the information was accurate. Since you have posted the article without permission from the Baptist Message you are in violation of copyright law. Please remove the scan immediately.

Thank you for you cooperation.

Respectfully,

Kelly Boggs, Editor
Baptist Message
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From: wesawthat@gmail.com
To: "Kelly Boggs" Kelly@baptistmessage.com
Subject: Re: Baptist Message article
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:21:57 -0500

thank you for your email. the scans in question are posted under including but not limited to 17 usc section 107 of the copyright law limitations on exclusive rights: fair use. the scans in question are offered "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright."

thanks again for your email.
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from Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
to wesawthat@gmail.com
date Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:41 PM
subject Re: Baptist Message article

Sorry, your interpretation is incorrect. I've dealt with this very issue before.

I really don't want to get our lawyer involved in this issue, but if the scan is not removed, you will leave me no recourse.

Please remove the unauthorized, copyrighted scans of the Baptist Message article from your website.

Respectfully,

Kelly Boggs, Editor
Baptist Message

Sent from Kelly's iPhone
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from Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
to wesawthat@gmail.com
date Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:44 PM
subject Re: Baptist Message article

By the way, using "portions" or "excerpts" falls under fair use, not entire works - for any reason or in any setting.

kb

Sent from Kelly's iPhone
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from wesawthat@gmail.com
reply-to wesawthat@gmail.com
to Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
date Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:58 PM
subject Re: Baptist Message article

hi there. that might be true under los angeles times vs free republic however in that case free republic was reproducing thousands of the times news articles.

even if you file suit you will have to use those scans in the suit and/or i can use the scans as an exhibit as well and guess what - court filings are protected under fair use:see shell vs devries and also religious technology center vs wollersheim and jaartech vs clancy for a few examples.
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from Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
to wesawthat@gmail.com
date Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 5:33 AM
subject Re: Baptist Message article

I never said anything about filing suit against you. I'm quite sure Google has a much better understanding of copyright law than you do.

I have been more than patient. I'll ask one more time. Please remove the copyrighted images of the Baptist Message from your blog.

Kelly Boggs, Editor
Baptist Message

Sent from Kelly's iPhone
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from wesawthat@gmail.com
to Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
date Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 7:30 AM
subject Re: Baptist Message article

hi agaiin. please explain with specificity where in the copyright law those scans are in violation of;

also ive looked all through the baptist message publication -- page 2 down at the bottom for example and nowhere do i see a statement saying that anything in the baptist message is copyrighted. i dont see a copyright notice on any other page either nor do i see a copyright symbol anywhere within the baptist message whatsoever. i have bad eyesight so its entirely possible that ive missed it please direct me to that copyright statement etc;

if you contact google and have those scans or my blog or account harmed in any way without cause then you are opening yourself up to being sued by me.

thanks again for your email
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from Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
to wesawthat@gmail.com
date Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:36 AM
subject RE: Baptist Message article

Your response reveals that you have no understanding of the finer points of copyright law.

If Google takes any action, you will need to take that up with Google. Google owns the site and will determine whether or not terms of their contract have been violated. All anyone can do is alert Google to possible violations. Google’s legal team will be the final arbiter.

Kelly Boggs, Editor

Baptist Message

Alexandria, Louisiana

(318) 442-7728
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from wesawthat@gmail.com
to Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
date Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:06 AM
subject Re: Baptist Message article

hi again. so it seems that you're saying that you really dont believe that there is a copyright violation -- you just dont like that the scans were posted online so you're going to complain to google about it and let them figure it all out?
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from Kelly Boggs Kelly@baptistmessage.com
to wesawthat@gmail.com
date Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:30 AM
subject RE: Baptist Message article

I have deadlines looming, so this is my last response.

I believe there is a clear-cut violation of copyright law. If I owned the site on which you operate, I would ask you to remove the scans. If you did not, I would terminate the blog. However, I do not own the site, Google does. As such, anyone can alert Google any time concerning an alleged copyright violation. It is then up to Google to act. Google’s action or inaction, then becomes a new set of circumstances.

Kelly Boggs, Editor

Baptist Message

Alexandria, Louisiana

(318) 442-7728
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an anonymous and kind person has sent us the scan all on one page -- click here to view/download from scribd

www.baptistmessage.com/node/7168
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click here to view from scribd or click here to download sixty-seven page .pdf [8.57 mb]

the gannett/the town talk 20 february 2011 louisiana college story click here to view from the town talk website or click here to download four page .pdf [560 kb]

concern for louisiana college

open letter to louisiana baptists:

click here to download five page .pdf [523 kb]

louisiana college trustee heath veuleman responds to louisiana college concerns

From: WILLIAM B STUBBS III
Subject: Dear Trustee of Louisiana College, Many are praying for you!
To: [multiple email addresses withheld]
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 10:14 PM

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus, Our Lord and Savior!

Prayerfully consider the information I am about to convey to you. As a Trustee of LC, I know you have a care for her and her future. Many of you are Alumni of the school, and some of your Parents attended there, and now your children. I quietly ask you to consider the attached documents that signal how her future is in jeopardy. You are not being told the entire truth.

This isn't about Politics or Religion, or even Social Issues. Regardless of the theological direction that you may take the school, her future is in danger and you need to take action to redirect before it is too late.

She has lost money 4 of the last 5 fiscal years. Her campus is in need of $35 million in repairs based on the study done by the nation's best campus maintenance and services company. A company that you approved to be hired. To question the credibility of the study, calls into question your own, or the credibility of the administration you have hired to represent you.

And we read of Law Schools, Medical Schools and failed diplomatic relations with Muslim countries, Divinty Schools, Film Schools, and other wonderful lofty dreams. Schools with endowments of a Billion dollars do not have all of these, and with our shrinking endowment of $20 million we think we can afford all these things? Dreams are necessary, even Scriptural, but they must be realistic. Our beloved LC is worth less today than it was last year, and the year before that, and the year before that. She has slipped in all measurements of the succcess of a college, including fine Christian, Bible based Colleges. And you are the key. Meaning you are the ones who can reverse this situation.

Many living alums have called on the souls of all departed LC alums and faculty to intercede on her behalf. As we are believers that our souls do not die and that our loved ones continue in glory in the presence of Christ Jesus, we also recognize that those souls, still living in eternity, can intercede on behalf of others, just as we believe in intercessory prayer from living human souls. Therefore, Drs Ware and Godbold, Cottinghman and Guinn, along with those thousands of Alums and Faculty who have faithfully served her for over a century, are praying for you right now. They are praying that a great revival will rise up among the Board to rescue our beloved Alma Mater from a slow and sad death. An Army of Souls, praying for YOU!

Dr Ware, in his speech to the convention when LC was being formed called for Louisiana Baptists to "see this project through to the finish." I pray that they "finish" of LC is not going to happen in our lifetimes. But only you have the power to influence the outcome.

Make the hard choice and remove the present Administration. Hiring mistakes happen all the time in the world of business and academia. But the worse thing is ignoring it, blindly accepting what you are told, and trying to cover up your mistake. Rise to this toughest of challenges, and do what God leads you to do. His Angels are praying for you. See this thing through to "the finish."

God Bless,

Bill Stubbs
Class of 83

UPDATED save our lc message board taken down

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http://saveourlc.proboards.com -- google cache

sometime between 11:00 pm cst thursday 10 march and 4:00 pm cst friday 11 march 2011 the save our lc proboard message board was taken offline.

this message board forum was of course doing a bang up job uncovering and reporting on all the fraud and corruption taking place at louisiana college.

obviously proboards.com is not a trustworthy or reputable website to establish a message board / forum with.

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UPDATE: 9:54 am cdt wednesday 16 march 2011 will the gannett/the town talk do a story about the save our lc message board?

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Louisiana College ARAMARK Facilities Report 2010

UPDATED: 4:51 pm cdt wednesday 16 march 2011 wst... has obtained a copy of the 2010 louisiana college aramark facilities report. click here to download sixty-seven page .pdf [8.57 mb]

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