The Dirty South University (TDSU)

old stuff:

The Dirty South Education Initiative 2011

The General Assembly,

Believing in the importance of formal activities that promote the creation of a unique ‘regional culture’,

Acknowledging that a regional educational institution has myriad benefits, including personal enjoyment and intellectual development,

Noting the moderate success and enjoyment already received from ‘Daily Philosophy’ [Architektonikon], and wishing to expand upon this success,

Hereby legally establishes The Dirty South University [TDSU] as the official educational institution of The Dirty South,



Section 1 – University Administration

1. The administrative powers of the university shall be vested in the Office of Dean
2. The Dean of the University may appoint citizen nations of The Dirty South to serve as ‘cabinet members’ in his administration, but is not required to do so.
3. Cabinet members will only have legal administrative authority in the university if the Dean explicitly grants such authority.
4. In the event that the Office of the Dean becomes vacant, the Premier shall have all legal authority over TDSU until another Dean can be selected.


Section 2 – Powers of the Dean

1. The Dean may establish and disband any department in The Dirty South University.
a. When disbanding a department, the Dean must present a written explanation to the General Assembly.
b. This explanation requires majority consent from the General Assembly in order to legally disband a department of the university.
2. The Dean may appoint professors to teach courses and administer departments within the university.
3. The Dean shall lead and coordinate curriculum development; these duties will include but are not limited to:
a. selection and approval of departments that TDSU will offer.
b. selection of course material and individual class structure.
4. The Dean may remove TDSU cabinet members and professors at his discretion.
5. The Dean may make formal declarations, in the form of a written recommendation, to the General Assembly in order to influence regional educational legislation.
6. The Dean is encouraged to provide regular evaluations and assessments of the departments and professors of TDSU, and to make those evaluations and assessments public via the Forums.


Section 3 – Selection of the Dean

1. The Premier shall nominate three candidates to the General Assembly to participate in an election.
2. The Premier is encouraged to present his nominations within five (5) days of the passage of this act, or within five days of the Office of Dean becoming vacant.
3. If the Premier fails to present any candidates, or the Premier presents less than two (2) candidates within the five-day nomination period, the Admins of the Forums will open a self-nomination period that will last for a period of two (2) days.
4. If the Premier presents exactly two (2) candidates, the Admins may nominate an additional citizen-nation.


Section 4 – Election of the Dean

1. The election shall be administered by the Admins of the Forums.
2. The election shall last a period of five (5) days.
3. All citizen and civilian nations of The Dirty South shall be eligible to participate in the election.
4. At the end of the five-day voting period, the candidate who received a plurality of the votes cast shall ascend to the Office of the Dean of TDSU.


Section 5 – Removal of Dean, TDSU cabinet members, and Professors

1. Members of the General Assembly may present a case before the Supreme Court calling for the removal of any official of TDSU, including the Dean, his cabinet members, or professors of the university.
2. Supreme Court decisions on these cases will have a fully-binding effect, and their decisions must be adhered to without exception.


Section 6 – Dean Term Length

1. Upon ascending to the Office of Dean of TDSU, a Dean shall hold his position for life, or until he ceases to become a citizen as outlined in the Constitution, is removed from office by the process outlined in Section 5, Clause 1-2, or resigns from the university.

United Midwest wrote:I would like to ask a question in regards to one section of university and that is: will alternate languages other than English be offered and if so, what languages would be offered. I would propose French, Arabic, Japanese and/or ASL as possible choices. French because it is spoken in more countries than any other excluding English, Arabic and Japanese because they are the most majorly recognized languages of commerce along with English and ASL(or American Sign Language) because I think a good understanding with the deaf-mute community is somewhat essential for all.(I am a bit biased considering I work with the deaf and deaf-mute people at my place of work IRL)

Serenel wrote:So CES have you drafted anything up?

just checking in is all.

i think once we have a frame work to build off of, the debate will be able to move along much faster.

Architektonikon wrote:I would be more than willing to move my philosophy section to the university

Architektonikon wrote:It is an 'is' (that is, the way it stands is correct). The subject of the sentence is singular; hence, the corresponding verb should be singular.

Yours Truly,
~ the grammar nazi

Architektonikon wrote:It is an 'is' (that is, the way it stands is correct). The subject of the sentence is singular; hence, the corresponding verb should be singular.

Yours Truly,
~ the grammar nazi