Comments on: Changes Afoot at the OMA http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/ Mon, 21 May 2012 02:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: '11 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61584 '11 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:21:37 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61584 Funding diversity training and multicultural politically-correct BS is a complete waste of money - how typical of our shitty administration. Funding diversity training and multicultural politically-correct BS is a complete waste of money – how typical of our shitty administration.

]]> By: the oma http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61440 the oma Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:51:44 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61440 is ze best. is ze best.

]]> By: queer alum again http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61415 queer alum again Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:41:44 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61415 i do agree that working conditions should be looked at in the OMA. i'm sure they still work like dogs nights and weekends. more resources for an office that actually cares! i do agree that working conditions should be looked at in the OMA. i’m sure they still work like dogs nights and weekends. more resources for an office that actually cares!

]]> By: queer alum http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61414 queer alum Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:33:27 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61414 this post actually sounds fishy. maybe from another administrator who wanted the position? drama! anyway if the website is correct, marta should still be there too. she and dean aquino were both there when i graduated a couple years ago. they were always there working late and helping students. if anything, columbia should be concerned how to keep penn from stealing them too. this post actually sounds fishy. maybe from another administrator who wanted the position? drama!

anyway if the website is correct, marta should still be there too. she and dean aquino were both there when i graduated a couple years ago. they were always there working late and helping students. if anything, columbia should be concerned how to keep penn from stealing them too.

]]> By: woah http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61403 woah Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:05:45 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61403 axe to grind eh? calm down. the world isn't out to get you. anyway genius, if you read the post, it looks like Nair got a nice promotion in his new job. i bet a few of the others did also. axe to grind eh? calm down. the world isn’t out to get you.

anyway genius, if you read the post, it looks like Nair got a nice promotion in his new job. i bet a few of the others did also.

]]> By: SUSPICIOUS http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61400 SUSPICIOUS Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:19:42 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61400 Kind of fishy that Dean Aquino is the only person left in the OMA. She is a ruthless woman who only cares about advancing her own career. Sure, she may smile at you when you see her, but she stabs the people she works with in the Back. Dean Nair isnt the first person to leave the OMA -he is the 5th in less than a year. If this was any other office/department there would be an uproar and cause to investiate the working conditions. Something tells me this may be the case in the fall as well... Kind of fishy that Dean Aquino is the only person left in the OMA. She is a ruthless woman who only cares about advancing her own career.

Sure, she may smile at you when you see her, but she stabs the people she works with in the Back.

Dean Nair isnt the first person to leave the OMA -he is the 5th in less than a year. If this was any other office/department there would be an uproar and cause to investiate the working conditions.

Something tells me this may be the case in the fall as well…

]]> By: understood http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61382 understood Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:57:56 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61382 no, i know what you mean. OMA is going to reach out more to the student body as a whole in the coming semesters... i personally didn't get any e-mails until the columbia administration somehow found out i was gay. very sketch. no, i know what you mean. OMA is going to reach out more to the student body as a whole in the coming semesters…

i personally didn’t get any e-mails until the columbia administration somehow found out i was gay. very sketch.

]]> By: another white male http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61380 another white male Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:09:24 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61380 I got the email, and I have a friend (who is Latino) who didn't get it. I'm part of one of their programs though. I think the email was sent to student closely involved with the office. Maybe those spam announcements are reserved for when the Quigleys of the world resign. I got the email, and I have a friend (who is Latino) who didn’t get it. I’m part of one of their programs though. I think the email was sent to student closely involved with the office. Maybe those spam announcements are reserved for when the Quigleys of the world resign.

]]> By: whoever you are, http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61379 whoever you are, Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:10:20 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61379 whoever you are, number 16, that was my first thought. I can't hear that phrase without thinking of her. Thank you for not letting me be alone in my love of Diane. whoever you are, number 16, that was my first thought. I can’t hear that phrase without thinking of her. Thank you for not letting me be alone in my love of Diane.

]]> By: White Male http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61378 White Male Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:03:10 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61378 I really liked Dean Nair and always had great interactions with him. But I think this email is just like many other OMA emails, sent only to the constituent groups nominally served by OMA. There are email lists for Asian-Americans@columbia.edu, Internationalstudents, Hispanics, Outoftheclosetgaypeople, etc. I think that's great and all, but there's no communication (officially) with everyone else. My friends of various affinities get OMA emails announcing events they might find interesting...I, on the other hand, do not. When there's a History Month, I actually go to the events, but OMA never emails me. One thing I hope the new heads will do is reach out more to the broader community; at a bare minimum, informing all of us when there's a major change in the staff. Dean Nair, I hardly knew ya. I really liked Dean Nair and always had great interactions with him. But I think this email is just like many other OMA emails, sent only to the constituent groups nominally served by OMA. There are email lists for Asian-Americans@columbia.edu, Internationalstudents, Hispanics, Outoftheclosetgaypeople, etc. I think that’s great and all, but there’s no communication (officially) with everyone else. My friends of various affinities get OMA emails announcing events they might find interesting…I, on the other hand, do not. When there’s a History Month, I actually go to the events, but OMA never emails me. One thing I hope the new heads will do is reach out more to the broader community; at a bare minimum, informing all of us when there’s a major change in the staff. Dean Nair, I hardly knew ya.

]]> By: terrorist http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61375 terrorist Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:02:30 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61375 ajay nair looks like mohammed atta, leader of the 9/11 attacks ajay nair looks like mohammed atta, leader of the 9/11 attacks

]]> By: wow http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61373 wow Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:25:32 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61373 sucks that dean nair's leaving, but how in the world did we let PENN get him back? whatever, acquino's gonna do a great job... sucks that dean nair’s leaving, but how in the world did we let PENN get him back?

whatever, acquino’s gonna do a great job…

]]> By: amazed http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61371 amazed Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:47:14 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61371 the timing of these two comments surely deserves some kind of bwog accolade. the timing of these two comments surely deserves some kind of bwog accolade.

]]> By: cosign http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61368 cosign Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:58:37 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61368 i'll totally ask her out for a coffee just to hear about that i’ll totally ask her out for a coffee just to hear about that

]]> By: Roaree http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma/#comment-61367 Roaree Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:36:31 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/06/30/changes-afoot-at-the-oma#comment-61367 Melinda's pretty approachable and very nice. She did a mediation thing for my frat. I thought it was going to end up in some bashfest against us, but it was a really thoughtful and productive discussion. There were some intense and angry people there, and she seemed to calm everyone. I was totally surprised and impressed. I didn't know about the sci fi tidbit... that's AWESOME! Melinda’s pretty approachable and very nice. She did a mediation thing for my frat. I thought it was going to end up in some bashfest against us, but it was a really thoughtful and productive discussion. There were some intense and angry people there, and she seemed to calm everyone. I was totally surprised and impressed.

I didn’t know about the sci fi tidbit… that’s AWESOME!

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