tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post3874002144173374142..comments2023-11-05T06:06:29.162-06:00Comments on Grand Forks Life: The end of the Kupchella eraGrandForksGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315228631948799533noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-53661356746378659962008-07-05T22:36:00.000-05:002008-07-05T22:36:00.000-05:00My favorite memory,attending feast of nations and ...My favorite memory,<BR/>attending feast of nations and CKup giving his speech where he announces we are as far from an international border as one can get.... It was pretty interesting to see the looks on everyones faces.... Especially the entertainment which drove down from Canada....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-32412466149156412632008-07-04T18:19:00.000-05:002008-07-04T18:19:00.000-05:00"I do regret never seeing one of Kuppy's singer/so..."I do regret never seeing one of Kuppy's singer/songwriter guitar gigs at the coffeehauses"<BR/><BR/>You didn't miss anything. He sang nothing that wasn't limited to the chords C D G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-82932561477418073342008-07-03T14:36:00.000-05:002008-07-03T14:36:00.000-05:00I do regret never seeing one of Kuppy's singer/son...I do regret never seeing one of Kuppy's singer/songwriter guitar gigs at the coffeehausesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-50720686811761668412008-07-02T16:41:00.000-05:002008-07-02T16:41:00.000-05:00"He was a terrible president"Perhaps another way t..."He was a terrible president"<BR/><BR/>Perhaps another way to judge Kupchella is by seeing what he has left his successor:<BR/><BR/>A $17 million parking ramo only administrators can afford to buy permits for. Lord knows how that will be paid off, and Twamley isn't saying.<BR/><BR/>A D I athletic program which will need $18 million a year to operate. Now if Athletics admit to that figure, you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-69886175645696319202008-07-02T15:39:00.000-05:002008-07-02T15:39:00.000-05:00Here is what I will remember: how he decimated the...Here is what I will remember: how he decimated the humanities, how he had no interest in working with anyone who disagreed with him, how he thought putting up new road signs counted as improving the institution, and how his vision of community was encouraging students to take on-line classes even from their dorms. He was a terrible president with no backbone and no vision beyond catering to some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-42525598118473170152008-07-02T15:17:00.000-05:002008-07-02T15:17:00.000-05:00Boy, with the flood of praise for Kupchella here, ...Boy, with the flood of praise for Kupchella here, sounds like he is really going to be missed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-3597301971252047632008-07-01T17:11:00.000-05:002008-07-01T17:11:00.000-05:00Amen, e99! Here is a pertinent quote I happened u...Amen, e99! Here is a pertinent quote I happened upon today.<BR/><BR/>A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students--John Ciardi<BR/><BR/>I would change that from faculty to administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-90374193133418519762008-07-01T00:28:00.000-05:002008-07-01T00:28:00.000-05:00Obama is coming to Fargo to announce that talk sho...Obama is coming to Fargo to announce that talk show host(returning from vacation) Joel Heitcamp will be his VP. Two know nothing Dems for the price of one !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-12239060779226699952008-06-30T22:49:00.000-05:002008-06-30T22:49:00.000-05:00So, rumor has it that McCain is gonna announce Gov...So, rumor has it that McCain is gonna announce Gov. Hoeven as his VP running mate in late-August.<BR/><BR/>Makes sense to me, though... a boring governor with no ideas to match McCain--the candidate with no ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-24508513815406396792008-06-30T18:28:00.000-05:002008-06-30T18:28:00.000-05:00Personally he's always been more than friendly tha...Personally he's always been more than friendly than me. <BR/><BR/>However a measure of the institution ought to be how much tuition went up for the students. <BR/><BR/>Now it would be terribly difficult in the era of skyrocketing tuition in all institutions for him to hold it where it "ought to be."<BR/><BR/>But I think that he could have done a better job to keep college affordable.The Whistlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268235532819271631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-61489353662225298282008-06-30T14:25:00.000-05:002008-06-30T14:25:00.000-05:00The opinion one holds about Kupchella and his pres...The opinion one holds about Kupchella and his presidency at UND is dependent on what one sees as the puropose of the place. If one thinks it should be a business, for which students, faculty, and administrators are to generate revenue streams; the engine of economic development for ND; a source of entertainment through athletics, then he would get high marks.<BR/><BR/>If, however, one views UND Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17454417.post-75509431173076949972008-06-30T13:56:00.000-05:002008-06-30T13:56:00.000-05:00Of all the things President Kupchella did well, I ...Of all the things President Kupchella did well, I remember the things he did not do well. The biggest thing was what many of the staff at UND perceived as aloofness and not being overly friendly to the "peons", like his time was too valuable to take the time to say good morning, or how are you today.<BR/><BR/>I hope President Kelley will have some of the charisma that ex President Baker used to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com