Donor pulls funding for University of Hawaii arts programs after Trump protest

[TexasTowelie]

MANOA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A donor has pulled funds supporting art students at the University of Hawaii after the art department's chairwoman organized a sign-painting party on Facebook to protest President-elect Donald Trump.

Donor Mark Blackburn, a Trump supporter, said he was outraged after he discovered department chairwoman Gaye Chan put together the gathering on campus two days after the general election.

"How would it make you feel if you wrote all these checks and you went out of your way to champion these students and champion this department and this is the way you're respected?" Blackburn said, adding that he believes Chan abused her power as chair and violated the university's ethics policy.

"It was basically a call to arms asking students to come to the art department to makes signs for this protest."

Read more: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/33767395/uh-arts-donor-pulls-funding-due-to-politics

[msongs]

1. oh dear he didnt like the art they were making. well thats what art is all about. nt

[lapfog_1]

2. He has only donated 40K

anyone want to create a gofundme page to replace his donation?

[TexasTowelie]

3. His self-importance is matched only by his bank account.

I'm certain that the university will gladly refund his donation rather than be constricted by the donor's political views.

[SunSeeker]

4. That asswipe has some really fucked up expectations about what it means to donate to a college.

Earth to Mr. Blackburn: colleges promote free thought. That is what you to donated to, not silencing political discussion among college students.

P.S. Go fuck yourself, Blackburn.

[TexasTowelie]

5. "... colleges promote free thought..."

Dag nab it, I didn't get that message while I was in school. I thought it was for drinking beer and doing psychedelic substances. I'll mark it down if I return to college.

[SunSeeker]

6. Drinking beer and doing shrooms will definitely get you some free thought!

[TexasTowelie]

7. My last two years of college were about free thought.

It would probably be easier to list the things that I didn't take rather than the things that I did. I still don't know how I managed to fiinish with more than a 3.0 GPA considering that I only had a 3.4 taking my core classes and I was taking advanced math and chemistry as well as having atrocious study habits.

[PoiBoy]

8. Proud of my alma mater...

"This faculty member did nothing wrong," said Dan Meisenzahl, UH spokesman. "They used common area for this sign making event and UH absolutely supports everyone's freedom of speech. UH is really grateful for the support Blackburn gave over the years."