It’s hard to imagine the enormity of this challenge. Here are some numbers that put it into perspective: We could cut our entire public higher education system – all six of the four-year institutions and all 34 of the two-year community and technical colleges – and we’d solve just about 50% [...]
Archive for March, 2011
March 25th, 2011 - 4:14 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Cutting ALL of Higher Ed would save 50% of the budget deficit in WA.
March 25th, 2011 - 2:12 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
RIGHT OF FACULTY TO SPEAK OUT: Playing Zorro
GOP DEMANDS EMAILS OF UWisc. HISTORY PROFESSOR Ed. Remember Batman? How about Zorro? Batman and Zorro could fight crime only while their Bruce Wayne or Don Diego de la Vega identities were kept secret. Here on campus we are all “Zorro”: no matter how idealistic our goals might [...]
March 25th, 2011 - 9:29 am § in America
WA Politician: Protecting Citizens From Abuse by The State Patrol
from Rep. Matt Shea Republican More on on the Reprican Dear friends and neighbors, It appears that gun dealers across the state have received this notice (see it below) from the Washington State Patrol. If you or someone you know has received this letter, please note it my understanding this is only[...]
March 25th, 2011 - 9:00 am § in Uncategorized
Beck Was Right: Islamo-Muslim FASCISM!
Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement Cuba expresses its most forceful condemnation of the foreign military intervention into the internal conflict occurring within the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.[...]
March 25th, 2011 - 6:47 am § in Politics, Saudi Arabia
IRAN: “Al Saud is falling and the Islamic Republic of Iran recognizes and supports the rights of the Saudi protestors”
Senior MP: Saudi Regime Collapsing TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian legislator on Saturday deplored continued massacre of the Bahraini protesters by the Saudi troops, warning that the killing of the Muslim people in Bahrain will put an end to the rule of the Al Saud dynasty in Saudi Arabia. “Mas[...]
March 24th, 2011 - 4:15 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
University Senate Vote Boycotts Ties to Israel
What happens if you have two ideas a strange as Zionism and Faculty Governance? Some call it democracy. Ed. I am a Zionist & a firm believer in faculty governance. I believe that Israel has as much right to exist as France or Egypt and a lot more right to exist than such post colonial [&hellip[...]
March 24th, 2011 - 12:24 pm § in Hypocrisy
WA: HANFORD v. FUKUSHIMA: HANFORD A TIMEBOMB
Der Spiegel: “The nuclear catastrophe unfolding in faraway Fukushima has led many to raise questions about the safety of America’s nuclear reactors. But one of the gravest threats lurks deep in the ground at Hanford, The lambs were born without eyes or mouths. Some had legs that had grot[...]
March 24th, 2011 - 11:51 am § in Misc.
Law: online law schools?
As time goes on, there is a growing number of tech solutions that allow for more of the legal industry to go digital. For example, Remote Legal allows for a large number of court proceedings to be done online to help save time for lawyers. You can view their website here but the point is, […][...]
HUMOR: Banning Art … Stalinism Spreads to Amerika
Ed. One of the common features of Hitler and Stalin was their incredible good taste in art. As we all know, their era led to some of the greatest art works of all time. Since the fall of totalitarians, the art world has decayed into a morass of immoral “works” that discourage us al[...]
UW .. free online courses!
Last week The AVE reported on the online university called Western Governors University. A lot of our concern was that WGU courses are very expensive. This week we looked to see what free online course ware the Udub offers. This is just beginning, but very much worth a look and .. IT IS FREE! Enjoy![...]