[ballcoach15]

Ballcoach, unlike Purple Hiaze, I used to do a lot of biking, but not on private property. I'd ride with you sometime on the paved Blackwater Creek Trail in Lynchburg.

I didn't know you have a bicycle. I have never rode on private property, always on public roads and streets. (and on campus)

[thepostman]

Liberty is private property

[Purple Haize]

Liberty is private property

As is Nasser’s driveway

[ballcoach15]

If someone visits Dr. Towns, do they have to call Nasser and request permission to drive on the driveway ?

[Purple Haize]

If someone visits Dr. Towns, do they have to call Nasser and request permission to drive on the driveway ?

Do they live together?

[ballcoach15]

Same road.

[Purple Haize]

Same road.

But not the same driveway. So why would they have to ask permission?

[ballcoach15]

PH, call Hancock Welcome Center Monday, and schedule a tour of campus. It's changed a lot.

[Purple Haize]

PH, call Hancock Welcome Center Monday, and schedule a tour of campus. It's changed a lot.

Since I was on it last week? I know construction was going fast but that’s incredible

[ballcoach15]

I was there yesterday.

[Purple Haize]

I was there yesterday.

Good for you. Do you want a sticker?

[Thirdbase]

For those who don’t know, in direct defiance of Jerry Sr.’s wishes, Convo is no longer 3 days a week. There is no more Convo on Mondays. On intermittent Thursday’s they have something called “Convo Select” during morning classes. Those who attend get an automatic excused absence from classes. These changes were put in place at the beginning of the Fall ‘19 semester and were a complete surprise to the faculty.

Additionally, faculty and staff are no longer required to attend convocation on Wednesdays. That tradition gradually disappeared under Nasser. Many faculty quietly enjoy this change as it frees up their schedules, while most staff miss the weekly breaks from work.

[thepostman]

Interesting. I wasn't a huge fan of convo as a student but looking back I really was able to hear from a lot of interesting people which I value. I know Sr. valued convo so is interesting to see it get limited but I think 1 day a week is fine.

[flameshaw]

We are quickly losing touch with a lot of things that made LU a great Christian university. I was hoping that I would be gone, by the time it becomes another Baylor, SMU, etc. Looks like that won't happen. Sr, has to be spinning below that eternal flame. I know it is a fine line to walk ie. too legalistic vs being too lax . Leadership appears to be a little off balance in this regard. IMHO

[chris leedlelee]

My biggest issue with Nasser is that he has pushed to make convo his own personal talk show. We've had world-class speakers come to LU only for Nasser to ask the same few questions and try to impart his expertise in areas in which he does not have. For example, when Jordan Peterson came, instead of giving a masterful lecture that has earned him worldwide renown, he just answered surface-level questions from Nasser. Almost as if Nasser is trying to morph his career into a talk show host. (We all know of the rumors of Nasser being full of himself, and this new style of convocation seems to affirm it.) Convo has been and was always meant to be an exposition of ideas in about 45 min to hour segments. It should go back to being that way, at least if Convo is actually meant to be for the students' benefit.

[thepostman]

The Nasser Q&A sessions are pretty brutal to sit through.

[chris leedlelee]

The Nasser Q&A sessions are pretty brutal to sit through.

Absolutely brutal. It would be one thing if Nasser had Barbara Walters level interview skills. Unfortunately, he does not. You can't blame him however, he is a pastor. What we can blame him for, is handicapping the world-class speakers LU invites by making them partake in his silly format instead of giving an intellectual exposition.

[flameshaw]

Nasser is just a butt kissing, empty suit, puppet. Not a bag gig if you can get it and sleep at night.

[Purple Haize]

My biggest issue with Nasser is that he has pushed to make convo his own personal talk show. We've had world-class speakers come to LU only for Nasser to ask the same few questions and try to impart his expertise in areas in which he does not have. For example, when Jordan Peterson came, instead of giving a masterful lecture that has earned him worldwide renown, he just answered surface-level questions from Nasser. Almost as if Nasser is trying to morph his career into a talk show host. (We all know of the rumors of Nasser being full of himself, and this new style of convocation seems to affirm it.) Convo has been and was always meant to be an exposition of ideas in about 45 min to hour segments. It should go back to being that way, at least if Convo is actually meant to be for the students' benefit.

Yeah. I caught that online because Peterson is, you know, BRILLIANT. I kept saying to myself “ok when is the warm up act going to be done so Peterson can do his thing?” LU certainly didn’t get their moneys worth booking him.

[ballcoach15]

The guest speaker should be main attraction

[thepostman]

interesting indeed. I hadn't heard much about Nasser in recent months.

[flamehunter]

interesting indeed. I hadn't heard much about Nasser in recent months.

??

[thepostman]

He juat has been very silent about everything going on is all I'm saying.

[Purple Haize]

He juat has been very silent about everything going on is all I'm saying.

What he doesn’t say can’t get him in trouble. He’s probably waiting to see which side is going to prevail

[Just John]

With a $400k salary and a free house atop the mountain he will fight to keep his plum job. Will his benefactor be able to help?