by Jim Gregory, Professor, History (from AAUP listserv) I want to take a moment to say goodbye to David Lovell. As all of us should know, David served as Chair of the Faculty Senate in 2008-2009 and served many other years in faculty leadership positions, including the most demanding job of all, as [...]
Archive for February, 2011
February 12th, 2011 - 7:11 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
UW Has a Better Idea than Texas’ $10,000 College Degree!
AUSTIN (KXAN Erin Cargile) – During his state of the state address Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry said it is time for colleges and universities to lay out a low-cost path to a degree. “It’s time for a bold, Texas-style solution to their challenge that I’m sure the brightest minds i[...]
February 12th, 2011 - 11:58 am § in Uncategorized
Artful Activism Organizing & LIVE MUSIC Celebration
Starting February 16, 6-10pm $5 cover for the music portion of the evening (8pm on). Backbone Campaign is locking arms with our musical allies Publish the Quest. Band leader Jacob Bain was part of the DC crew for the last adventure and we hatched this plan on the flight home. Luckily the folks at Ne[...]
February 12th, 2011 - 6:29 am § in Religion
Darwin’s Birthday
by Ian Murphy “THREE-O-NINE! THREE-O-NINE!” I crudely affected like an overgrown toddler, exuberantly waving the hotel room key card overhead, and cradling a small, foam-rubber Tyrannosaurus Rex. I adjusted the thick, foreign prescription bifocals strapped to my head, and steamrolled to the fron[...]
February 12th, 2011 - 1:45 am § in Schools & Colleges
Can academically ineligible kids transfer into the UW if they aren’t football prospects?
Tate Forcier, lists Washington among his transfer options. Good news? The 6-foot-1, 192-pound San Diego native was the Michigan Wolverines starter in 2009 as a freshman, but he lost the No. 1 spot. “I’m really just looking for the best situation and the best opportunity,” Forcier s[...]
February 12th, 2011 - 1:38 am § in Uncategorized
Balmer Sweats for Techs!
Maybe .. just maybe, this will lead the admins to understand that the MBA ain;t such a good way to grow a workforce! Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer plans to extend a management shake-up aimed at adding senior product executives with an engineering background, two people with k[...]
February 11th, 2011 - 2:57 pm § in Misc.
Bitter Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak had harsh words for the United States and what he described as its misguided quest for democracy in the Middle East in a telephone call with Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, an Israeli lawmaker a day before Egypt’s president fled. Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said, that Mubarak “it was th[...]
February 11th, 2011 - 11:14 am § in Uncategorized
Glen Beck: Go to Hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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February 11th, 2011 - 7:19 am § in Saudi Arabia
1300 years ago, the flag of Islam brought something eerily like democracy to a world ruled by currupt relics of a theocratic state. What if the fires of Islamic democracy spread back to Mecca?
Living in a Christian tradition, my view of history saw the 7th century explosion of Islam as a the first crusade, a holy war with the crescent and scimitar presaging than the cross and long sword . I missed the point. Today, I think our allies in Saudi Arabia may may be in for a […][...]