More UIUC Scandals, Gollin Does Nothing

[Albert Hidel]

Foxes Guard Illinois Henhouse

Documents show negotiations, influence on UI admissions

123 pages of e-mail messages

We took a quick look at these email messages and didn't see any specific mention of either George Gollin (George D. Gollin, George Dana Gollin) or Melanie Loots.  However, we did see a familiar name--UIUC administrator Ruth Watkins.  Ruth Watkins was the poster at the old military forum who blew the whistle on the anti-Catholics slurs of Gollin spouse Melanie Loots:

UIUC Administrator Slurs Catholics

Ruth Watkins    View profile   Jul 19 2005, 10:05 am

A University of Illinois administrator has used the term "Papists" to publicly slur the Roman Catholic religion, and has belittled its religious customs as "dirty."

Melanie J. Loots, UIUC's Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, has been quoted in public internet documents belittling Catholicism and insulting its rites and customs. Loots is the wife of radical socialist UIUC professor George Gollin-Loots, best known for his vicious public criticisms of the Bush administration.

The offensive statements were included in documents posted on the internet by the Loots' daughter, Cordelia Rose Loots, who attends University Laboratory High School, a remedial institution located on the Urbana-Champagne campus. (http://themagnetwomanprophecies.blogspot.com/)

The revelations of public use of the religious slur "Papists" by a public university administrator have shocked Roman Catholics throughout the world. Why does UIUC allow administrators and faculty to attack Catholics and Catholicism with impunity?

Is there a double standard at UIUC? And if so, for whom? Shouldn't, e.g., Jews, socialists, and lesbians be held to the same standards of conduct as everyone else? Why is the university administration singling out Catholics for these vicious, hateful slurs?

Roman Catholics are demanding that University President B. Joseph White, UIUC Chancellor Richard H. Herman, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, and the Illinois Attorney General, investigate these hateful acts and words, and take appropriate action against the people responsible. Roman Catholics believe they should be free to attend this public, tax-supported institution without fear of cruel, bigoted attacks, and particularly not by university administrators or faculty, individually or acting in concert.

President
B. Joseph White
bjwh...@uic.edu

UIUC Chancellor
Richard H. Herman
r...@sab.uiuc.edu

Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Michele M. Thompson
mthom...@uic.edu

Vice President, Academic Affairs
Chester S. Gardner
cgard...@uic.edu

Lisa Madigan
Illinois Attorney General
lmadi...@atg.state.il.us

Ann Marie Lipinski
Editor, Chicago Tribune
ctc-edi...@tribune.com

Ruth Watkins
Nice hair!

Watkins was the associate provost with responsibilities for undergraduate education and academic affairs at Illinois in 2003 before becoming vice provost in 2006. As chief of staff in the provost’s office, she has been responsible for providing leadership to associate and assistant provosts; advice and support on matters of campus leadership and direction; and support, leadership and guidance for the Academic Council of Deans.

http://news.illinois.edu/NEWS/08/1106watkins.html

If somebody is going to take a fall for all the dirty dealing in the admissions office, you can bet it will a small fish or whistle-blower like Ruth Watkins, rather than one of the fat cats with actual culpability.