Photograph by: Claudia Kwan, Special to the Vancouver Sun The man responsible for the “execution-style” cull of 100 sled dogs that were no longer of use to the Whistler-based Outdoor Adventures “due to a slow winter” season had known a lot of the dogs and was traumatized so m[...]
Archive for February, 2011
February 9th, 2011 - 6:46 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
WA Legislators Think Online=Free
Unfortunately, opposition to real educational technology now comes from all sides. Union advocates are worried about losing faculty jobs. The politicians want to save bucks now, no matter what that costs later. :Luddites, lack Glen Beck, don’s care because they think learning is worthless [...]
February 9th, 2011 - 6:25 am § in Misc.
Teaching Teaching Biologists to Teach Learning Does Not Work
Teaching workshops fail to spur learner-centered teaching Professional development workshops for college teachers, designed to encourage the use of active, “learner-centered” teaching methods, may be less effective than the participants believe, according to research reported in the Jul[...]
February 9th, 2011 - 2:10 am § in Uncategorized
Yemen: They are the Egyptian days.
excerpt from a post by Ghassan Charbel, in Dar al Hayat, commenting on Yemen (translated) Two years ago, I asked the president about the difficulty of ruling in Yemen, and he replied that “it resembles dancing on serpent heads”. A year ago, I asked the same question, and he answered: “The serp[...]
When in Doubt, Tax the Students
by Daron Anderson of UW Daily The state needs money, and the state Legislature is considering cutting the State Need Grant, the UW’s largest financial-aid program, then using student tuition dollars to make up the difference. The Washington Senate Ways and Means committee proposed a $25 million cu[...]
February 8th, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Schools & Colleges
States Facing The Biggest Higher Ed Cutbacks In 2011
This may surprise you. WA State is NOT amongst the leaders in cut backs in higher ed. The worst? Look here. Old Mizzou comes out first! WA did not even make the worst 13! Where we rank in the cuts to state higher ed.[...]
February 8th, 2011 - 12:33 pm § in America
Huff News v Fox News, The New Orwell Media?
Rob Enderle, a San Jose, California- based technology consultant. says Huffington may build AOL into a media organization with a similar clout to Murdoch’s Fox News Corp. “look how political views have worked for Fox ….. There’s certainly the opportunity to create a muc[...]
February 8th, 2011 - 1:47 am § in America
Fox Edits Declaration of Independence
This Sunday, during the SuperBowl, Fox took fair and balanced to a new level. In a rare display of patriotism, Fox had NFL players read the Declaration of Interdependence. What a patriotic act! Glen Beck should be proud! Of course, the Declaration was edited to remove content that might offend G[...]
People of Color: Two Harvard POC Speak Out
from The Crimson: To the editor: As two women of color who frequently reflect on race at Harvard, we were excited to see the recent Fifteen Minutes magazine scrutiny “Raceless Like Me,” by Zoe A.Y. Weinberg ’13. However, while we appreciate Weinberg’s opening up of a dialogue on race, we a[...]
February 7th, 2011 - 7:30 am § in Uncategorized
WASTATE Attorney General Race
from Publicola No winner or loser today, just a bonafide jolt: King County Council member Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, will officially put his name in the running for attorney general next week, PubliCola hears. Ferguson would be the first person to declare for the seat now held by Republican Rob McKen[...]