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Originally Posted by fhionnlaigh
I've had the chance to talk to her on several occasions, and she's a perfect fit for the job. Extremely smart, rational, and will talk openly and honestly with students.
She makes a point of visiting the SMB at a rehearsal every season and gives the band a small speech, then opens the floor, as it were, for questions. A lot of the questions I've heard come out of my fellow band members were not critical of her, but genuine questions about university operations or BoT decisions, or requests of clarification on controversial issues. She's always answered honestly and to the best of her ability during those Q&As. I've also seen her around campus, and if she's not walking in front of the band on the way to the stadium on Saturdays, her husband is. Because of everything I've seen of her, I've developed a deep respect for her. Total class act and a true Spartan.
I support wholeheartedly what she's doing - this is just as personal for her as it is for us, and it takes guts to stand up to an entire conference administration. At the same time, I agree with some of the other posters who want to see her address the proposed program cuts and departmental closures. Not sure if she's done that publicly yet. I think I'm going to attempt to contact her and ask a few questions in the coming weeks.
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The last time I had a serious conversation with her was at basketball senior day 2008, when we were kicking Indiana's ass. I was in the front row of the Izzone, and she stopped and talked to me. I told her how proud I was that the arena was packed to the gills during spring break, and that I was really glad that our athletic program was doing so many good things. She talked to me for almost all of halftime, and it was apparent that
MSU's athletic success meant as much to her as it does to me. That made me smile.
