For those not in the know, the UW is looking for new president and Robert Gates has been rumored to be on the list. So .. it is exciting to see that MTV’s college network, mtvU, has crowned Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as its “Man of the Year.” See more at Huff Post.[...]
Archive for December, 2010
December 22nd, 2010 - 1:47 pm § in UW
Oh too Cautious Statement on Academic Freedom
(disclaimer: I have taken the academic freedom of retouching a picture of Cary Nelson to look like Santa and me!) Cary Nelson, current President of the national AAUP, has a year ending post on the most important tenet of the AAUP, Academic Freedom. Sadly, what comes off is an overly legalistic[...]
New Congressional Seat in WA State!
Welcome WA-10 by Goldy, 12/21/2010, 9:13 AM from HA The U.S. Census Bureau released it’s latest numbers this morning, confirming that Washington state is in line to gain a tenth congressional district, starting in 2012. That’ll be fun. Not only will this create a brand new open seat, likely in[...]
December 20th, 2010 - 8:51 pm § in Misc.
Weyerhauser and The Seattle Times Invent new Portal to the Internet
Read Before You Need ( SJ News: Anacortes, WA; April 1, 2011) Merger afoot. In a major piece of news, Weyerhauser has purchased the Blethen publishing company. Linda Blethen, the current CEO of the Paper Disposables Division, will be the head of a new divisions to be called News-on-Paper Enterpris[...]
December 20th, 2010 - 9:11 am § in Misc.
Academic Equality, Swedish Style
Swedish med students perform prof’s autopsy Medical students at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute (KI) set to perform their first-ever clinical autopsy were floored to discover that the corpse was none other than one of their former instructors. more here[...]
December 20th, 2010 - 9:06 am § in Politics
How Do The Swedes Do It?
The net worth of Swedish households grew by 244 billion kronor ($35.58 billion) to 7.26 trillion kronor in the third quarter, the measure’s highest nominal level ever, according to a new SEB study. The lesson for the UW and Washington State is that Sweden, a country the size of WAstate, is com[...]
December 19th, 2010 - 11:04 am § in Uncategorized
Washington to play for NCAA Football Championship
Ben Leighton | Internet Content Editor, KXLY.com Link (December 17, 2010 ) Is this what happens when Washington State plays COLLEGIATE football? GO EAGLES! The Eagles, ranked No.1 to end the regular season in The Sports Network/Fathead.com Top 25 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision poll, will e[...]
December 18th, 2010 - 12:52 pm § in Misc.
Video Venue: Allegro non Tropo
Spoof of Fantasia. To the music of Bolero. added to Video Venue by Rhapsody History of life starting with a bottle of Coca Cola Allegro Non Troppo is a 1976 Italian animated film directed by Bruno Bozzetto. Featuring six pieces of classical music, the film is a parody of Disney‘s Fantasia, t[...]
December 18th, 2010 - 9:44 am § in Misc.
A letter to my students
Michael O’Hare, professor of public policy | 8/24/10 | from Berkeley Blog Welcome to Berkeley, probably still the best public university in the world. Meet your classmates, the best group of partners you can find anywhere. The percentages for grades on exams, papers, etc. in my courses always [...]
December 18th, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Schools & Colleges
From the UK to UC, Same Bad News
The University of California Regents are voting on a plan for more out-of-state students, fully online classes and three-year undergraduate degrees. A Berkeley Prof Comments: From Berkeley Blog Rosemary Joyce, anthropology prof | 12/9/10 I am writing this blog post from London, where today, studen[...]