The Rick Perry Academic Building
Okay, so here’s the deal.
On December 12th the Regents at Texas A&M University decided to name the main academic building at A&M after Governor Rick Perry. On December 16th, they announced it to the public.
On December 17th, Rick Perry said it was “a great honor.”
Sometime during those 2 days, somebody realized that Perry barely graduated and had a 2.5 grade point average.
On December 18, students spoke up.
More than 7,000 signatures have been gathered on a petition circulated by the Texas A&M University student Senate asking the board of regents not to change the name of the historic Academic Building for Gov. Rick Perry.
At 12:12 pm on December 18th …
The Texas A&M University Board of Regents meeting has been cancelled. The only agenda item on the special meeting was honoring Gov. Rick Perry with a resolution and the proposed renaming of the Academic Building.
The cancellation follows days of push-back on social media by thousands of current and former students. Many have expressed anger that the proposal was not made public until the meeting agenda was posted on Tuesday and that the public and student body had no opportunity to comment.
Okay, now here’s the reason why Perry had a 2.5 GPA. At 12:44 pm, 32 minutes after the Board of Regents pulled back on naming the building after him …
Gov. Rick Perry is urging the board of regents now not to rename the Academic Building in his honor.
No, no, Honey. You can’t give it back if they decided not to give it to you.
I’m kinda sad. I think “Double Digit IQ Hall” would have been a great name for an academic building.
And, yes, Perry appointed the Board of Regents.
And, yes, they missed a chance to be the only university to have their academic building named after a probable convicted felon.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.
Inquiring minds want to know: how the bleep this idea ever saw the light of day in the first place? What went on behind the ivy tower? This had to be the fruition of poorly sparking dendrites.
1The worst Aggie joke…… ever.
2Yes Miemaw, Rick Perry IS the worst Aggie Joke ever, and not content with perpetrating it on the people of Texas, they have now set their sights on the nation! 😛 Phil Adams is the chair of the Board of (p)Sycophants; I’m sure he thought it was a great idea! Perry makes Ol’ Sarge look like genius level professorial material!
3Gig ’em, kiddos. Glad they rallied against this latest travesty by the cabal of creeps at the helm.
4Oh good grief.
5Laughing out loud. It sounds straight of ONION. Or something. I can see it all in my head. Pronouncements. Guy running down hall waving an OOOPS paper. More head scratching. Gee, what do we do now? I think Perry’s name on the building would be more forgettable than the Double Digit IQ Hall.
6This is serious??? Well, if I was going to name an academic building after this guy it would be one of those single-seat Portapotties.
7They could(and should) name a campus porta-potty after slick Rick. Step inside,drop a load and get relief.
8The CIA has a big highway sign for the George Bush Center for Intelligence.
It was named after Papa Bush, one-time head of the CIA, but prompted one observer to ask, “What’s next, the Stevie Wonder Driving School?”
9Is it too late for Gov pRick to exercise some common decency and defect to the former Soviet Union? Or even to Monaco. Just out of Texas and the US.
10Way to go Aggies!!
11A 2.5 GPA in animal husbandry, at that.
12I thought animal husbandry was an extracurricular activity at A&M.
13I have justone thing to say to JJ and you commenters:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
14Goes to show us that college trustees (regents if you will) can kiss asses with the best of ’em. After all, how did they become regents in the first place?
15NOT the Academic Building!
Renaming the Academic Building for Rick Perry would be about as appropriate as naming a library after George Bush.
16Honey, Perry is a good ol’ boy rancher from Wayust Tayuksis. Tell him to go home to the ranch and do an honest day of work. Or get a job truck driving. He’d have plenty of stories to tell over chicken fried steak at the truck stop.
17New cartoon strip possibility: PRICK AT THE TRUCK STOP and show Melba pouring coffee and making snide remarks over her shoulder.
18Perry only had a 2.0 and he had this because the college of Ag. had him take two “leadership” or grade point course his senior year. I think he earned two A’s. He did not take Texas government but substituted courses in military science, which was allowed at TAMU at that time.
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