[Vision2020] Heads up

Wed Mar 1 16:47:34 PST 2006

You need to understand that outside of Mr. Atwood (who does not attend 
Christ Church anymore but attends Trinity Reform, an off-shoot church of 
Christ Church and is still financially supported by Christ Church) these are 
people who have not attended a univeristy or college and received ANY kind 
of teaching degree or administrative training/degree.  They are appointed by 
Doug through Roy and/or marry into the position.

J  :]

>From: <debismith at moscow.com>
>To: Terry Morin <terrencemorin at earthlink.net>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Heads up
>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:30:19 GMT
>
>Decidedly odd. Mr. Schlect is the Academic Dean of NSA? If I assume his
>letter is reprinted here accurately, the Academic Dean has the writing
>ability of a backward 12 year-old. Somehow, though, that is not
>particularly surprising. If one can wrap his head around some of the
>other craziness exhibted and espoused by the Christ Church mind-set, one
>can easily believe this man is the personification of "Academic Dean".
> >From Doug Wilson on down through the CC ranks, they believe their own BS
>enough to keep playing over their collective heads...
>
>Debi Robinson-Smith
>
>
> > Yesterday I received the following email from Chris Schlect, the
>Academic
> > Dean of New St. Andrews College, regarding a vision2020 post from
>several
> > months ago. Given that many of you have commented on the recent
> > controversies surrounding NSA I was wondering if anyone else has been
> > contacted by Mr. Schlect. For those of you who are following
>poohsthink.com
> > Mr. Schlect serves on the Christ Church Judicial Committee (Doug Jones,
> > Chair). A copy of my original post follows Mr. Schlect's email.
> >
> > Dear Terry,
> >
> > I have learned that a couple months ago you published a letter to
> > Vision2020 concerning New Saint Andrews College. Your letter followed
> > a public hearing in which the proprietor of Paradise Ridge testified
> > to feeling pressure from an NSA student to sign a petition. From his
> > testimony you formulated a characterization of the whole college and
> > those associated with us.
> >
> > Perhaps Nate did behave badly to this man. But Terry, this one man's
> > testimony falls well short of the Bible's basis for you to draw your
> > conclusion, much less to use your conclusion as a springboard for the
> > broadside you launched.
> >
> > What this man described about Nate was a practice that you taught to
> > me to do as a representative of Printer Pro. When I worked for you,
> > you made a point to list for me who your customers were, and you
> > explicitly instructed me to me identify nearby customers as a way to
> > influence prospective customers. Naturally, there's a way to do this
> > that is obnoxious, and another way that's appropriate. You certainly
> > would have disapproved if I presented myself obnoxiously. (When
> > selling for Printer Pro I was quite self-conscious about coming off
> > as obnoxious. My temptation ran the opposite direction: to not be as
> > confident or assertive as I should have been.)
> >
> > My concern is this: you publicly chastised one of our students for
> > this incident--and through him, our whole student body, faculty, and
> > administration--on the basis of one report. You did not seek out
> > another perspective. What's more, what Mr. Williams described in our
> > student's behavior (in a charitable reading of it) is consistent with
> > how you wanted me to act when I represented your business to your
> > perspective customers.
> >
> > I wish you would meet the young man who went to the area businesses
> > and obtained those signatures. His name is Nate Halverson. I have
> > known Nate for a few years now. To be sure, Nate possesses some of
> > the marks immaturity common to a fellow his age, though far less so
> > than I did at his age, and many of my peers who know Nate would say
> > the same thing. I know Nate well enough to have a sense of the
> > impression he leaves on others.
> >
> > Not only this, I know the impression that Nate left on numerous
> > business people with whom he spoke in regard to the petition. Nate
> > left a positive impression on them.
> >
> > I am grateful that Nate Halverson is an NSA student, and happily own
> > up to my own association with him. He is a blessing to this
> > community. I would happily introduce Nate to you, and I can also show
> > you a delightful body of students that, by their character and
> > conduct, rebukes the way you hastily represented them.
> >
> > For what it's worth, for years I have regarded Mr. Williams as my
> > favorite downtown merchant, and I send people to him. Though it's
> > been awhile now since I've been in his shop, I have on several
> > occasions taken the time to speak to him, especially about how
> > destructive to his business it is when young people pirate mp3 files.
> > But that's beside the point.
> >
> > Is this something you would be willing to correct, or at least address
>to
> > Nate?
> >
> > Best to you,
> >
> > Chris Schlect
> >
> > P.S. How are Linda and the kids? I am genuinely interested to know
> > what your kids are up to now.
> >
> >
> >
> > Christopher R. Schlect, Academic Dean
> > New Saint Andrews College
> > P. O. Box 9025 / 405 South Main Street
> > Moscow, ID 83843
> > tel 208.882.1566
> > fax 208.882.4293
> > www.nsa.edu
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: ³Terry Morin² <terrencemorin at earthlink.net>
> >
> > To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 2:28 PM
> >
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Monday Public Hearing
> >
> > The public testimony at last night¹s public hearing on the proposed
>change
> > to the zoning code for schools in non-residential areas ran the gamut,
>but
> > the most sobering words of the hearing came from David Williams,
>proprietor
> > of Paradise Ridge CDs and Tapes, as he described his own experiences on
>the
> > business end of the city code. From his description Monday night, Mr.
> > Williams and his family received the full force of the law, as a
>consequence
> > of some apparent violation of the code. No one mounted a large public
> > campaign to change the law to accommodate his situation, however
> > unintentional it may have been. And, to be fair, the city of Moscow was
> > under no legal obligation to give Mr. Williams relief from the
>requirements
> > of the law, indeed, the city was obligated, as Mr. Williams put it, to
> > enforce those requirements, to his own hurt.
> >
> > With the passage of the proposed zoning ordinance change (on first
>reading),
> > allowing NSA to remain in the central business district, the Christian
> > liberal arts college received, not the full force of law, but something
> > entirely different, and distinctly Christian. They received grace, not
> > grudgingly or sparingly, but freely given from an authority they have
> > otherwise despised. In other circumstances I would be hopeful that the
>grace
> > given them would beget a new birth of good citizenship in the
>administration
> > of NSA. But other testimony from Mr. Williams and from Mr. Bode about
> > deceitful and manipulative tactics by the NSA student responsible for
> > canvassing local businesses for support tell me not to hope. Maybe their
> > experiences with the student were anomalous. As a downtown business
>owner,
> > I¹ve received my share of public and private harassment from some of
>Pastor
> > Wilson¹s followers and ³ministries,² and am inclined to think the
>treatment
> > received by these other proprietors at their hands typical. But this I
>know,
> > wherever NSA eventually locates, there are no zoning districts in which
> > bullying and intimidation are welcome, tolerated, or even allowed with a
> > Conditional Use Permit.
> >
> > --
> > Terry and Linda Morin
> > 1232 Tamarack Drive
> > Moscow, ID  83843
> > 208.882.6251
> >
> >
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