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January 12th, 2011 - 6:45 pm § in Misc., UW

Is the UW Senate Powerless to Act?

The following is part of an email from three UW Senators to their colleagues in the faculty. It sounds to me as if the Senate is taking no action on the abuse of Andrew Aprikyan other than saying the President was wrong. Does the Senate have no authority?  Can a UW admin. violate the Code […[...]

January 12th, 2011 - 6:27 pm § in Misc.

Dr. Peter Rhee, from UW to Afghanistan to Tucson

Peter Rhee, the burly and impressive physician who provided the care for Congresswoman Griffords, is one of our own! The UW Surgeon in Chief, Dr. Rhee’s mentor comments: … Peter came to Harborview Medical Center following completion of his residency in General Surgery at the University o[...]

January 12th, 2011 - 4:22 pm § in Uncategorized

Free Speech in China

It took two years to build, and one day to tear down. An order to raze the studio — designed by Ai Weiwei, a protean artist who is one of the most outspoken critics of the Chinese Communist Party — was issued last July. Mr. Ai took the move to be retribution for rankling the […][...]

January 12th, 2011 - 2:54 pm § in Uncategorized

Disarm the campus at University of Arizona

Fowarded by Dr. Neuron,  an Ave contributor: As a faculty member, I would be hesitant to walk into a classroom where I knew guns were likely to be present.  I am sure that many in other occupations who work in public feel the same way, especially now.  I think it is only common sense that [&helli[...]

January 12th, 2011 - 2:34 pm § in Politics

Hate Rhetoric: More from Sarah Palin

Shame on you!  Shame, shame, shame … Sarah Palin has finally spoken out about the massacre of others and attempted assassination of  of a Jewish Congres woman: She has chosen the WORST possible response: After this shocking tragedy, I listened at first puzzled, then with concern, and now wit[...]

January 12th, 2011 - 1:08 am § in Uncategorized

Humor: Free Speech and Political Correctness

I recommend this for relief from the current cause of stress. Daphne Patai – FIRE’s CFN 2010 from FIRE on Vimeo.[...]

January 12th, 2011 - 12:28 am § in Misc., UW

Where Does This Leave UW biz school??????????

According to a forthcoming paper written by Northwestern assistant professor Lauren Rivera, recruiters at top law firms, consulting agencies and investment banks are interested only in students who attended Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and the Wharton School Business at the University of Penns[...]

January 12th, 2011 - 12:01 am § in Politics

Free speech: it’s good business

Usually Michael Hood at Blatherwatch writes about radio  in Seattle, with an emphasis on talk radio.  Today,  Michael (clicking on Rush  will being you to Michael’s blog)  writes about the shameful way the talkers on hate radio are behaving. I have copied his text whole here because he do[...]