Chicago State University Lawyers Attack Faculty Bloggers

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 12, 2013 @05:01AM from the tenurous-grasp-on-reality dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A blog run by faculty members at Chicago State University (CSU) has been threatened by university lawyers with a cease and desist notice. Since 2009 the blog has posted information critical of CSU's policies and hiring practices. The notice threatened legal action if the site is not disabled by Friday due to violations of 'trade names and marks' without permission and violations of University policies. The blog admin changed the name of the blog in the meanwhile to Crony State University and replaced an image on the page pending legal counsel. Also the blog is currently still active."

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Re:Great for the bloggers! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-11-12 05:50 · Score: 5, Informative

CSU has a VP and General Counsel who doesn't know the difference between "tenet" and "tenant". Says a lot about the administration there.
Re:Terrible blog by sribe · 2013-11-12 06:02 · Score: 5, Informative

I poked around the blog a bit. It's more than a little creepy. They have people's resumes and pay scales available for all to see. That's just weird. What did the janitors at Olive-Harvey do to deserve having their names and wages published? That's wholly inappropriate, and not necessary to make the author's point.
When you work for the government, your pay is a matter of public record, whether you're a senator or a janitor.