Amy Hagopian, PhD Dear Colleagues, Those of you on upper campus may not be fully aware of how faculty get paid on the south side of Pacific Street. In most departments down here, faculty are responsible for putting together their own paychecks. You get some percentage points of your FTE for teaching[...]
Archive for June 7th, 2015
June 7th, 2015 - 7:39 am § in Uncategorized
“The internet wasn’t designed for this”
We’ve recently been inundated with reports of data breaches, and the latest is a doozy: More than 4 million present and former federal employees had their personal information stolen by anonymous hackers possibly working for China’s military. As a CNN guest columnist puts it, not exactly[...]
June 7th, 2015 - 4:44 am § in America
Man Arrested For Using $$*# Word
Washington County man sues after arrest for swearing (Pennsylvania, June 5, 2014) A man from the Washington County was arrested and charged for repeatedly swearing in front of Canonsburg police . Officer James Spingola warned Mr. Pustovrh not to use the word, then handcuffed Mr. Pustovrh, took [...]
June 7th, 2015 - 1:17 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: of demagogues
I do not really believe that folks like Kshama Sawant or, for that matter Ted Cruz, are really hate filled . I just think they are amoral, preferring to watch cocks fight rather than seeing hungry people get a chicken in their pots.[...]