Can a commercial monopoly restrict free speech on campus? Most software companies offer their wares at low prices to students and faculty. This is hardly a selfless act. The intent is to create and maintain a long term loyalty to tools that will later be used .. to the software provider’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘hypocrisy’
May 14th, 2013 - 9:48 am § in Misc.
Is the UW Exempt from Miranda Rights?
Even Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was read his Miranda rights … not so Andrew Aprikyan. Thsi UW faculty member was tried and convicted of criminal activities without even being told of his rights. The President of the University, a man selected for his job based on qualifications to manage the a[...]
May 13th, 2013 - 12:50 pm § in Misc.
People of Color: UC Berkeley
Indian wunderkid is youngest Berkley topper in a century Washington, May 11 : Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, a bioengineering and chemical biology double major at the University of California at Berkeley, has become the youngest student to receive the University Medal in more than a century. The medal i[...]
May 8th, 2013 - 9:48 am § in Misc.
What is a MOOC?
What’s the proper role of MOOCs in higher ed? Armando Fox, Academic Director, Berkeley Resource Center for Online Education | 4/24/13 Given the inordinate media attention and recent flurry of legislative activity around MOOCs (massive open online courses), I wanted to clarify the position of Berke[...]
April 30th, 2013 - 4:35 am § in Misc.
Is she a father?
. Rosemarie Smead, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman, was ordained a Roman Catholic priest at St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ in Louisville, Kentucky April 27, 2013. There has been no comment from Rome.[...]
April 22nd, 2013 - 11:07 pm § in Misc.
Is Steve Meyer One of Seattle’s Great Biologists?
The Discovery Institute’s mask just slipped a bit more Atheism, Creationism by PZ Myers That ghastly collection of homophobes and right-wing zombies, Focus on the Patriarchy, is starting a new initiative to take on the happily growing army of student atheists. They’re launching a series of ‘ed[...]
April 17th, 2013 - 9:30 am § in Academic Standards, Faculty, Intellectual Property, Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
ANDREW APRIKYAN CONVICTED BY THE NIH
I have written a lot on THE-Ave.US and n this listserv about Andrew Aprikyan. Andrew is a scientist who was accused of fraud by an anonymous UW faculty member. The case was muddied because of patent issues involving the UW and, I assume, his accuser. The UW conducted its investigation in a manne[...]
April 15th, 2013 - 12:26 pm § in Misc.
Patriotism
TAX DAY: Tina Turner ‘to become Swiss, give up US passport’ US singer Tina Turner arrives for the Emporio Armani fashion show in Milan, on February 26, 2011. Turner — who has been living in Switzerland since 1995 — will soon receive Swiss citizenship and will give up her US p[...]
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:22 pm § in hypocrisy
Slur of the Day: I like Ike, the Jew
Did you know Eisenhower was a Jew? Ikey / ike / iky a Jew [from Isaac][108] Ikey-mo / ikeymo a Jew [from Isaac and Moses][109] READMORE[...]
Reprican Paranoia
Obama’s most fiendish plot yet… When multiple scandals keep people from noticing how bad the immigration bill is, ask yourself, cui bono? DC Exclusives | Mickey Kaus Read more: http://dailycaller.com/#ixzz2TkyDTHE7[...]