The anti-intellectualism of the Tea Parties makes their obsession with immigration a poisoned latte for Seattle. “Immigrant” is not a pejorative in the PNW. Aside from the people who pick our crops and fill many of the classes at the UW, “immigrants” drive much of the success[...]
Archive for February, 2011
February 24th, 2011 - 8:43 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
UPDATE: AAUP Responds to Disbanding of Faculty Senate at Iowa State University
AAUP Threatens to Investigate Idaho State U. February 23, 2011, 11:15 am The American Association of University Professors is threatening to investigate Idaho State University over the recent suspension of the institution’s Fa Click Here for original article Full Text culty Senate. The warning com[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 8:14 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
UPDATE:What Happened to the Boycott of NATURE?
Last August, the University of California and Nature Publishing Group, announced “an agreement to work together to address the current licensing challenges as well as the larger issues of sustainability in the scholarly communication process.” I can find nothing on the web about[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Misc.
Humanities Should Not Be a Partisan Pawn.
Don’t cut humanities By David J. Skorton, President of Cornell from Washington Post Last month, the Republican Study Committee released its hard-hitting recommendations for reductions in the federal budget. Regardless of our individual politics, and whether we agree with any of the targets for[...]
The HEC Board Blues
by William Lyne www.ufwsblog.org Here at the blog, we are unabashed admirers of State Senator Scott White, not just because he is such a handsome and charming guy, but also because he is perhaps Olympia’s staunchest supporter of our state’s public universities. Senator White recently introduced [...]
February 23rd, 2011 - 11:36 am § in America
PIX: Is Walker the illegitimate child of Qaddafi?
The Atlantic: Governor Walker talking to a person he thinks is David Koch. I wonder what would happen if Qaddafi called Walker? Click image to listen to the actual discussion from the Buffalo Beast Or go to the PI for a superb essay by Joel Connelly. Wisconsin and elswhere: Union busting as ‘[...]
How am I going to fill out the race forms?
Last Xmas, the genome company, 23andMe had a sale! $100 for a genome. My wife and I ordered our done and the results are in! One reason for doing this was to figure out how to fill in those damned forms that ask me to classify myself by race. Well, now I can and I […][...]
February 23rd, 2011 - 6:30 am § in Uncategorized
GOP Chair Kirby Wilbur, a Tea Party putsch?
Democrats Should Not Underestimate New GOP Chair Kirby Wilbur from publicola By Michael Hood, Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 1:33 PM PubliCola asked talk radio watchdog Michael Hood, who blogs at Blatherwatch, to interview the new GOP state chair—and former KVI talk jock—Kirby Wilbur. Wilbur said [...]
February 22nd, 2011 - 6:36 pm § in Misc.
Europe’s Biggest-Ever Space Payload Goes into Orbit
‘Johannes Kepler’ Blasts Off The freighter Johannes Kepler is on its way to the International Space Station. The unmanned ship, the heaviest load ever carried into orbit by a European rocket, will dock automatically with the ISS using laser-guided technology. By Christoph Seidler in Kour[...]
February 22nd, 2011 - 6:22 pm § in Uncategorized
Explorers find uncontacted civilization on the far side of Duwamish
Hidden White Center civilization discovered. Origins remain a mystery. New photos of “uncontacted” members of the South Park community have intensified recent debate over how such residents are labeled and what strategies can be employed to protect them from gentrification. Among the key questio[...]