Pres. Loftin's town hall

Our new Aggie President's first public town hall meeting was today in Rudder Theater. Overall Vision 1920 thought he did well, but wished he had pointed out the ways in which Vision 1920 (the vision, not the blogger) will btho Vision 2020.

President Loftin was especially good in his answers to two questions: The first claimed there was a crisis of legitimacy, and asked him to comment about the Faculty whiners proposal

Peter McIntyre, a senator from the College of Science, called on the Board of Regents to do two things to show it's committed to shared governance: rescind a policy enacted in March that states it can hire a president not vetted by a search committee, and postpone the timeframe of making recommendations on what services to share until a new president is selected.

President Loftin didn't lower himself to address the inappropriate question about "legitimacy" - we all know that whatever the Board says is legitimate by definition - and he answered by telling the audience how the task forces are moving ahead.

The second question was about why the faculty should trust the Regents and the Chancellor after recent events. The President's answer was even more masterful... he talked about his love for Texas A&M. It made Vision 1920 want to burst into song:

Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy.
There's nothing you can make that can't be made.
No one you can save that can't be saved.
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you
in time - It's easy.

All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.
It's easy.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.
All you need is love (all together now)
All you need is love (everybody)
All you need is love, love, love is all you need.