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marble falls

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5. I thought it was a joke my beautiful radio voice could slip in. AU is a state school and state law says institutions ...

Reply to orleans (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 11:19 PM

Friday

... taking state funding cannot make political statement for or against the state or any elected state official. "Windy" was considered a political slur on poor little Jimmie Rhodes.

Some RW alumni listening to the game on radio heard it and reported me to the university. I did it on Saturday afternoon and was out on Monday morning, like the decision was made on Sunday.

Rhodes did fuck up monumentally in May, 1970, he called the National Guard on campus at Kent State.

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was windy a bad word in akron? was it a nickname for the gov? were you just being funny (or a smart ass)? orleans Friday #4

I thought it was a joke my beautiful radio voice could slip in. AU is a state school and state law says institutions ... marble falls Friday #5