more on H8

Pepperdine suffered a shirtstorm when one of their law professors became the misleading spokesdouchebag for a Yes on 8, lending the credibility and implied support of Pepperdine University to his message. It became a HUGE deal at other California Universities, and the Pepperdine PR department was caught off guard. They demanded the Yes on 8 haters remove the reference to Pepperdine, which the Yes on 8 people said they would.

What the Yes on 8 haters actually did was continue to run the ad with the Pepperdine tag for another couple of weeks, then merely added a tiny asterisk to the add claiming that the title "Pepperdine Law Professor" is "for identification purposes only."-- which is the legal minimum required. (Someone where I work pulled a similar stunt and we were at "Girl, Hold my gold!" status over here.)



Legally, Pepperdine can't say they are for or against any political measure. They're pissed that this faculty member is trying to imply their support when they are legally prohibited from stating their position against.

So the asswipe is beholden only to the Dean of the law school. Which means he'll probably get a promotion. Pepperdine's law school Dean is Kenneth Star.

On the upside: someone has made an animated response to the ridiculousness of the ad.



Love it.