ctd from yesterday (NOTE: I really am enjoying this essay and will post my own thoughts tomorrow). I want try and share some of my views on the issues of students of color in academe. First, race masks class. When you look at the demographics, students of color generally come from less eco[...]
Archive for September, 2011
September 20th, 2011 - 3:25 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
UW: 29 yo UW Professor wins 2011 MacArthur Award
Shwetak Patel: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering Professor Patel is among the latest 22 recipients of the no-strings-attached MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.” Shwetak Patel is a computer scientist who has invented a series of sensor technol[...]
ACADEME: Note to Rick Perry: The US National Academy is Full of Liberals!
Turkish Academy of Sciences to Lose Its Independence The decree, issued on 27th August, which was just after the start of a nine-day holiday in Turkey, says that one-third of the members of the academy will now be appointed by the government and a further one-third by the Council of Higher Education[...]
September 19th, 2011 - 7:25 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
A UW Graduate Writes About Howard, I. Self Segregation
Dear AAUP: Just a note as a lurking alumna. I got my Ph. D. from Slavic Languages in 2001. I worked as a Mellon Post-Doc at Emory University the two years after that. Since then, I have mostly been working as a lecturer at Howard University in Washington DC, a HBCU. HBCU stands for Historically Bla[...]
September 19th, 2011 - 6:07 am § in Misc.
Obama Clinton 2012 —> Clinton 2016?
Biden offers nothing to Obama as a running mate. Clinton not only adds to the ticket in 2012, she offers a clear choice for 2106. A poll, reported below in Bloomberg, gives a convincing argument. What the poll can not do is point out the very real accomplishments of Mrs. Clinton. She has great[...]
September 18th, 2011 - 11:57 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Work Study:Free Tuition in Kentucky College
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September 18th, 2011 - 5:18 pm § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Libya
BANI WALID/SIRTE, Libya, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Libyan interim government forces fled in chaos on Sunday from Bani Walid and pulled back from Sirte after yet more failed attempts to storm Muammar Gaddafi’s final bastions and take control of the entire country. Sunday’s failed attempt [...]
Glenn Beck is baaack .. sorta
Glenn Beck (KTTH m-f 6-9a) bid adieu and hello to New York with a gigantic, fuck-you NY billboard pitching his for-pay, Internet-based network where his new two-hour show will resurface Sept 12. Readmore at Blatherwatch. One good thing about “celebrating” Grim Day, aka 9/11, w[...]
Republican Government
THIS IS THE ONE THING YOU’LL SUPPORT? Program That Lets Jobless Work For Free Gets Key Backing From Paul Ryan …. Huff Post Meanwhile in Britain (from the Independent): Tens of thousands of benefits claimants will be referred to food banks by the Government, which is worried that many B[...]
September 18th, 2011 - 7:59 am § in Hypocrisy
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The French approach to public prayer
A ban on praying in the street has come into effect in France. …………….. “I can say that all prayers outside the mosques are over. We have undertaken a commitment to the authorities that prayers in the streets are over, and that this room is open to everyone without exc[...]