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How is the Expansion a Scandal??[[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 22:00, 19 March 2007 (EDT) | How is the Expansion a Scandal??[[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 22:00, 19 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
| − | : That really depends on who you ask. I'm pretty sure an opponent of it would brand it a scandal. [[User: | + | : That really depends on who you ask. I'm pretty sure an opponent of it would brand it a scandal. [[User:Feinstein|Feinstein]] 23:46, 19 March 2007 (EDT) |
| + | ::The expansion plan itself isnt a scandal, however, it is controversial, and there's a difference. A 'scandal' (using the term broadly) would be the various embarrassing episodes chronicled by the Spectator along the way. [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 23:57, 19 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
| + | ::: I don't necessarily disagree with you, but in common currency, the word is used to characterize a wide variety of situations. If you asked me, I call most of the incidents surrounding this 'contretemps.' [[User:Feinstein|Feinstein]] 00:07, 20 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
| + | :::: If I may suggest, let's add a See Main Article link for '''Manhattanville Controversy''' to the [[Manhattanville campus]] article, and we can can elaborate on the issues on the Controversy page, and have '''Manhattanville expansion''' redirect to the [[Manhattanville campus]] article, which will focus on the design, the plan, and the neighborhood, since I presume that's the first thing to come to mind when considering the term? [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 00:19, 20 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
| + | ::::: Sounds like a plan [[User:Feinstein|Feinstein]] 01:03, 20 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
| + | ::::::High Five! [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 01:07, 20 March 2007 (EDT) | ||
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How is the Expansion a Scandal??Absentminded 22:00, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
- That really depends on who you ask. I'm pretty sure an opponent of it would brand it a scandal. Feinstein 23:46, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
- The expansion plan itself isnt a scandal, however, it is controversial, and there's a difference. A 'scandal' (using the term broadly) would be the various embarrassing episodes chronicled by the Spectator along the way. Absentminded 23:57, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
- I don't necessarily disagree with you, but in common currency, the word is used to characterize a wide variety of situations. If you asked me, I call most of the incidents surrounding this 'contretemps.' Feinstein 00:07, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- If I may suggest, let's add a See Main Article link for Manhattanville Controversy to the Manhattanville campus article, and we can can elaborate on the issues on the Controversy page, and have Manhattanville expansion redirect to the Manhattanville campus article, which will focus on the design, the plan, and the neighborhood, since I presume that's the first thing to come to mind when considering the term? Absentminded 00:19, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- Sounds like a plan Feinstein 01:03, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- High Five! Absentminded 01:07, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- Sounds like a plan Feinstein 01:03, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- If I may suggest, let's add a See Main Article link for Manhattanville Controversy to the Manhattanville campus article, and we can can elaborate on the issues on the Controversy page, and have Manhattanville expansion redirect to the Manhattanville campus article, which will focus on the design, the plan, and the neighborhood, since I presume that's the first thing to come to mind when considering the term? Absentminded 00:19, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- I don't necessarily disagree with you, but in common currency, the word is used to characterize a wide variety of situations. If you asked me, I call most of the incidents surrounding this 'contretemps.' Feinstein 00:07, 20 March 2007 (EDT)
- The expansion plan itself isnt a scandal, however, it is controversial, and there's a difference. A 'scandal' (using the term broadly) would be the various embarrassing episodes chronicled by the Spectator along the way. Absentminded 23:57, 19 March 2007 (EDT)
