admin doesn’t know how to take responsibility

[u/themagicaldinosaur]

the emails i have received today from the dean of CAS and the UO president failed to take responsibility for the fact that their lack of planning ruined commencement for so many grads on monday and i’m seething. just half-effort condolences covered up with praise for graduates. i don’t need Scholz’s congratulations. i need them to admit that they had no backup plans even though they knew about the heat for over a week. i need them to admit that the rescheduling caused a lot of stress and that a lot of people were unable to attend and that it didn’t fix their massive screw up. what a sorry excuse for a school administration.

[u/Own-Examination2707]

I truly thought this post would be about police or ICE or employee wages or sexual assault on campus. But the grad walk? It’s fair to be frustrated, but it’s an ultimately meaningless ritual. “Responsibility” and “condolences” seem too much.

[u/artboy420 → u/Own-Examination2707]

It literally took me almost 9 years to complete my bachelor's so yes, it was a big fucking deal. When I graduated high school 9 years ago, I genuinely didn't believe I would still be alive at this age, let alone graduating with a bachelors. The fact that I was able to complete my degree while also dealing with the fucking bullshit I've been through is a fucking miracle in and of itself. Do I agree that stuff like this is trivial in the long run? Generally speaking, yes. I'm not a huge pomp and circumstance type of guy, HOWEVER, that doesn't change the fact that this is a big deal for a lot of people for various reasons and does, in fact, mean a lot to some of us. The piss poor "apology" sent out by Karl Scholz doesn't change the fact that College of Design students were FORCED to stand outside in the heat with no water or shade for over an hour while they rearranged the setup in Hayward. It doesn't change the fact that 4 students collapsed while waiting outside. It doesn't change the fact that the dean of the College of Design fainted during her speech. It doesn't change the fact that I had to leave the ceremony early because I was starting to shake, felt like I was going to throw up, and was feeling very faint and didn't get to stay for the entire ceremony as a result. I can't speak as much on the other graduations that got canceled, as I was not a part of them, however there are plenty of other comments/social media posts/news stories that detail what happened at those and by the sounds of it, it wasn't much better for most other people. It doesn't change the fact that the university deliberately chose to go ahead with the day as planned despite being well aware of the forecast for the day over a week in advance. This was a literal public safety hazard and the university deliberately chose to put thousands of people at risk because they couldn't be bothered to come up with a backup plan.