‘from the Hindu Bigger plot to destroy political system’ Calling the anti—government protests “part of a bigger plot to shake the stability and destroy legitimacy” of Egypt’s political system, Mr. Mubarak said, “we aspire for more democracy, more effort to combat unemployment and pover[...]
Archive for January 28th, 2011
January 28th, 2011 - 7:20 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Whose responsibility is it to determine what is and is not academic free speech on any campus? … the administrators or the faculty?
Michigan State University: Student Threatened with Suspension for E-mailing Faculty about University Scheduling This is the story of a student, the Association Director of the student government at Michigan State University. The Provost revealed plans to shorten the school’s academic cal[...]
Campus Threats: Not Funny Anymore
Over at the AAUP listserv, Galya Diment has a funny post about a math professor at California State University, Northridge caught on video urinating on a colleague’s door. While I assume that the post was an effort to relieve tension, I am not at all relieved by the lack of focus on our REAL[...]