Wendler Retiring

[IUPNation]

Wendler was not a good president, but he also was certainly not a bigot. Stopping the perversion of drag queen shows on campus is not bigotry. I’m glad he had the courage to not allow it.

He most certainly is a bigot.

[MooseLodge]

My schtik is that I always wind up being right.

I see you had to edit that sentence a few times.

[IUPNation]

I see you had to edit that sentence a few times.

So? It’s not a problem improving my post that tells you that you are still wrong.

Ask Chippy why he won’t post in the OT. Better yet..track down Hoggie and ask him too.

They ran their mouths and now they look like smacked asses…and im
only posting here so they can read my I told ya so posts…

[WT_TKW]

Wendler is sued, along with 14 others, by a professor who agreed with him. Evidently word got out to the rest of the faculty, who had given Wendler a vote of no confidence.

Too bad we have to wait until September 1 for Wendler to be gone.

https://www.newschannel10.com/2026/0...drag-show-ban/

[WT_TKW]

Did any of you attend the recent WT Alumni gathering at the baseball park in Amarillo? I don't remember getting an invite. I saw a picture of Wendler wearing a Sod Poodles jersey.

I wonder if he will attend the Western Colorado game in Canyon on August 27th? He will still be under contract then. Imagine what the crowd reaction would be if the announcer mentions it's Wendler's last game as president?

Has anyone heard about potential replacements? Optimist Prime, did you throw your hat in the ring? You would be a giant improvement.

[MooseLodge]

Did any of you attend the recent WT Alumni gathering at the baseball park in Amarillo? I don't remember getting an invite. I saw a picture of Wendler wearing a Sod Poodles jersey.

I wonder if he will attend the Western Colorado game in Canyon on August 27th? He will still be under contract then. Imagine what the crowd reaction would be if the announcer mentions it's Wendler's last game as president?

Has anyone heard about potential replacements? Optimist Prime, did you throw your hat in the ring? You would be a giant improvement.

There will be no names being floated. College Station will pick the new president behind closed doors, and without outside opinion, as they always do. Mothership knows best. Whoever they put in Canyon, that's who you've got, until they move on or retire. An ambitious visionary who also happens to like athletics is probably a 10-20% shot.

[Turbonium]

I didn't follow the matter closely, but I do not recall Wendler invoking his "religious beliefs" with regard to the drag show. I believe he said something along the lines that it was degrading to women.

Can't say I disagree with him on that point. The mantra of the women's movement has been "we are more than sex objects," and in drag, we have men dressing up and acting as female sex objects. There's a lot of weird ironies in our society these days. A friend of mine's daughter was in some sort of "pro life" march in Denver for some endangered animal, and shortly thereafter she was in a "pro choice" march for abortion. Figure that one out.

Not really that difficult to "figure out" how one could support each of these. When humans become endangered rather than over populated let me know.

[WT_TKW]

We have a new interim president.

https://www.wtamu.edu/news/2026/07/n...niversity.html

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

We have a new interim president.

https://www.wtamu.edu/news/2026/07/n...niversity.html

Lets hope he is interim only. Anyone under Wendler's leadership or carries on his beliefs atheltics wise needs to be purged.

[WT_TKW]

Lets hope he is interim only. Anyone under Wendler's leadership or carries on his beliefs atheltics wise needs to be purged.

Dr Terry said he will not seek the position permanently.

It appears that finding a successor is not a high priority, but I prefer that to Notso Sharp deciding Wendler would be the only candidate for the job.

[MooseLodge]

Lets hope he is interim only. Anyone under Wendler's leadership or carries on his beliefs atheltics wise needs to be purged.

I don't know that Wendler cared about athletics whatsoever, so anything will likely be an improvement.