Chamber of Commerce Misrepresents its Membership's Stand on Eyman's Latest Initiative![...]
Archive for June, 2010
June 16th, 2010 - 6:28 am § in UW
UW vs. MIT .. we win! Click Here
A lot is said about the importance of the UW President's prestige in his or her ability to raise funds and influence the legislature. Seems like MIT can hire folks who do that at a considerably lower wage than paid at the UW! AND UW admins get the Rainier bonus as well![...]
June 15th, 2010 - 10:29 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges
Why I Believe in a Smaller UW
Shouldn't the UW and WSU be smaller and less competitive in football?[...]
June 15th, 2010 - 12:12 am § in Misc.
UW Economic Impact
Has anyone else seen the recent edition of “Columns” that includes the description of the recent study of the impact of the UW on the economy of the State of Washington? Some of the highlights (please see the website http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june10/president.html) include[...]
June 15th, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Misc.
Pres. Emmert’s Exit Interview on TVW
If you have not seen it yet, I would encourage you to check out Austin Jenkins’ recent interview of outgoing UW Pres. Mark Emmert. The hour-long interview is available from TVW as a special episode of Inside Olympia: http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2010060065&TYPE=V&CFID=[...]
June 14th, 2010 - 10:42 pm § in Misc.
AAUP ASC election
For those AAUP members who have discovered The Ave and are wondering who to vote for in the ASC (Assembly of State Conferences) election, let me suggest that you check out the campaign literature by Donna Potts. Her statement (and those of the other candidates) are available at: http://www.aaup.org[...]
June 14th, 2010 - 2:10 pm § in Uncategorized
Baylor … falls in ranks of Med. Schools while Texas Joins UW in Football?
The UT system is joining the PAC 16. This seems ot mean a drop in Baylor SofM prestige as a medical school?[...]
June 14th, 2010 - 11:30 am § in Misc.
From The Guardian on Academic Responses to Budget Cuts
Monty Python Comments on Responses of the UW to Budget Cuts[...]
The Other Football.
BECK: I don’t get the baseball thing, but the soccer thing, I hate it so much — probably because the rest of the world likes it so much, and they riot over it, and they continually try to jam it down our throat.”[...]
June 11th, 2010 - 9:11 am § in Misc.
Neuheisel, Disgraces Huskies, Returns to Triumph?
“It’s got all the virtues that anybody who enjoys higher education really admires,” Neuheisel said. “It’s a top-flight academic institution, and a great place to be a student athlete.” Neuheisel, of course, is the former Husky coach who had to leave the UW because of scandals associated [...]