For those of you who have not yet grown webs between your fingers (a sign of living here too long), I thought you might like to now what the term means: A potlatch is a festival practiced by the peoples living on the shores of the Salish Sea (Puget Sound, the Gulf of Georgia, and […][...]
Archive for November, 2010
November 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm § in Politics
Letter From Regents to AAUP: Misses the Point?
Response to AAUP from Herb Simon, Chair of the Board of Regents. The AAUP had written a letter to the regents expressing concern about the Search and the need to undo damage done by President Emmert to the University’s systems of Governance. (search Aprikyan or search Emmert Coup on this blog)[...]
UW to LEND $210,000,000 to Huskies?
The UW is planning to rebuild Husky stadium at a cost of $250,ooo,000. Purportedly this cost was to be born by bond issues and paid back from private contributions and stadium revenues. NOT SO FAST. Now it appears that of the $255,ooo,ooo, only $14.5 million has come from private sources! In[...]
November 21st, 2010 - 11:30 am § in Misc.
Do Husky Athletes Attend Classes?
TA stumbled on this site. It purports to tell Husky athletes how they can fulfill the academic side of their careers, something the UW emphasizes both in Scott Woodward’s (athletic director) note to the incoming athletes and in the press releases we always read. Look through the site, look at [...]
Should Academics Pay Money For Their Freedoms?
I recently submitted an article to a Journal that had asked me to write a review. All went well and I was excited about what I had written. Then came the shock. The website of the publisher required me to fill in a form before publication. The form gave me three options. For 3000 euros […][...]
Sci Fi Museum Founder Funds Science.
Paul Allen, sometimes seen as the Tonto to Bill Gates, has a vision of his own but .. what a difference! Where Gates is building the Gates Foundation as an awesome, multi billion dollar heritage, Allan continues to spent much smaller amounts on eclectic, perhaps Quixotic monuments. The latest [...]
November 17th, 2010 - 8:49 pm § in Uncategorized
Could College Athletics Be REALLY Professionalized?
Over at HorsesAss there has been an interesting discussion, why not fully professionalize the Huskies? The idea posted at HA is pretty simple. The UW Huskies, along with other college branded farm teams, would be privatized. This new company, perhaps a non profit, would hire professionals, inc[...]
November 17th, 2010 - 11:45 am § in Uncategorized
Why Can’t the Nobels Be More Like the Olympics?
Prince Carl-Philip of Sweden Image: Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images, mashed by SMS Good news for those women aspiring to win a Nobel Prize. Prince Carl-Philip of Sweden is an available bachelor. The prince, second in line to the Swedish throne after his sister Viktoria married her personal [...]
Obama, the Failed Professor?
I would like to suggest that our national problems have a strong message about the failures of American education. President Obama’s policies, given the challenges we face, have been outstanding, but his ability to teach Americans why these things need to be done has been abysmal. I say “[...]
Science Cheerleaders!!!!!!
This is a must see![...]