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U. of Texas Dean Says Gun Law Isn’t Only Reason for Move to Penn

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/u-of- ... enn/109027

When the University of Texas at Austin’s longtime architecture dean announced last week that he planned to take a job at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, and cited Texas’ controversial campus-carry gun law as a reason for the move, news coverage quickly resulted in an oversimplified story, Frederick R. (Fritz) Steiner said in an interview with The Chronicle.

“It was one of the factors among several factors to decide to go back to Penn,” Mr. Steiner said on Monday. “It’s been kind of curious to see the gun thing evolve from a factor to the factor.”
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sugar land dave wrote:It seems like a bit of a misrepresentation to me though that is just my opinion based on the following link which talks of him joining the University of Pennsylvania in July.:

http://www.thedp.com/article/2016/02/new-design-dean

Some can fool the young and willing journalists, but most of us seasoned folks see through statements of convenience.

You bring up a good point. Most high level university jobs take months to fill. This did not just happen.

Beiruty wrote:We wish the Kali residenrs transplanted in Austin would go. Back home too.

They can't. There are no jobs there. Liberals have put the job market there in the toilet.

I think that using campus carry as his reason is a ruse. He was from Pennsylvania. He was going back to his roots. He was probably going anyway.