State Representative Denny Hoskins (r – noun, verb, CPA) posted via Twitter on Denny Hoskins (r): And how did that meeting go?:

Great visit with UCM Faculty Senate on Friday.2 Senators stayed afterwards and thanked me for my vote on HB 668…about 7 hours ago from web

Two out of how many? We already know that Denny Hoskins doesn’t like to count. In his book those two individuals are apparently a landslide. Maybe he can add them to the two students.

Profs are scared to openly support HB668 as 1 overbearing prof. will try to publicly humiliate them. Say other faculty quietly support also. about 7 hours ago from web

Where to start. This is about as dense as it gets.

1. Really? “1 overbearing professor” on a campus with hundreds of faculty has amassed such power? Please give us his name. We could turn him loose on the Missouri General Assembly instead of having the University President, the Board of Governors, and the Student Government Association weigh in on anything.

2. In the face of overwhelming public opposition on campus, citing someone anonymously who says others “quietly support” the issue is lame in the extreme. It bespeaks a woeful ignorance of the academic community. It’s called “academic freedom” – faculty have a right and an obligation to speak out on the issues facing the institution. Like, for instance, say, the issue of carrying concealed weapons on campus. Usually the only thing holding a faculty member back from publicly expressing an opinion is if it’s a really stupid idea. Oh, wait…

3. Hey Denny, you want a vote of the full faculty? You may just get it. But then again, you don’t like counting.

I’ve come to expect this sort of thing from really bad politicians who somehow think they have a mandate.

The Student Government Association (SGA) at the University of Central Missouri voted this week to approve a motion to oppose conceal carry on university campuses. I called the SGA office this afternoon and was informed that the vote was 12 in favor (opposed to conceal carry), 2 opposed (in favor of conceal carry), and 2 abstentions.

The Warrensburg Daily Star Journal has continued to cover this story: Student leaders vote to oppose guns on campus

Our previous posts on the subject of conceal carry on university campuses in Missouri: Denny Hoskins (r): where missing a really important vote gets you

The Faculty Senate at the University of Central Missouri will be addressing the issue next week:

Faculty Senate

Agenda Item

Motion Form

Maker: Robert Yates Second:  James Swanson

Date: April 22, 2009

A Resolution of the Faculty Senate of the University of Central Missouri

Because the purpose of a university is to acquire and disseminate knowledge,

Because the presence of guns on campus is not conducive to the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge,

Because the Missouri Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (MACLEA) opposes conceal and carry permit holders’ bringing guns to campus,

Because the presence of guns on campus directly affects the working environment of all instructors,

The Faculty Senate of the University of Central Missouri opposes any effort to allow guns on our campus and urges the Missouri legislature to maintain the rights of individual universities and community colleges to adopt their own policies concerning the present ban on guns on college campuses…

…Motion #2008-2009-19

And Denny Hoskins (r – noun, verb, CPA) previously said:

“…I’ve talked to Public Safety at UCM, I’ve talked to university officials and I’ve talked to a member of the Faculty Senate, but most importantly I’ve talked with many of my constituents and I support the amendment…”

Evidently he didn’t talk to enough people. Or maybe it was just to the ones he owes.