THE FAILURE OF THE UW ADMISTRATION The University of Washington faculty, like the faculty at other major American research universities is governed by a Faculty Code, a set of laws written by the Faculty Senate, voted on by the faculty, and enacted by the Regents. Sadly, this is a story about [...]
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Michael Katze, UW Professor, charged with sex abuse
Norm Arkans, the UW public relations spokesman, has announced that UW virus researcher Michael Katze is being charged with sexual harassment. “His conduct was inappropriate and not in any way reflective of the university’s values,” UW spokesman Norm Arkans said today in a statement posted[...]
November 8th, 2015 - 12:26 pm § in Misc.
Jewish Cowardice In Seattle
Stand With Us is a Jewish organization intended to combat conflation of antisemitism and hatred of Israel. Their main target is the boycott movement, BDS. Here in the Northwest the current focus is opposing the Portland Human Rights Commission’s endorsement of a BDS proposal that Portland boyc[...]
October 19th, 2015 - 1:54 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
With a Faculty Senate, Why Should the UW Faculty Need a Union?
The anonymity of the email at the left aside , I think the content is accurate and raises the issue of SEIU and how it uses the dues as well as the weakness of the UW’s concept of shared governance. 1. I oppose the SEIU because it is much more than a union of workers, it is a [&hellip[...]
AAUP censors Phyllis Wise
University of Illinois censured for pulling Steven Salaita job over anti-Israel tweets While I find Salaita’s pro Hamas rhetoric offensive, Wise’s actions appear to be based only on her responses to wealthy contributors. Neither she nor the University has offered any other explanation fo[...]
April 17th, 2015 - 9:28 am § in America
A Dialogue About Bibi
Mirel Goldenberg In this world where the people have the time only to see images and memes, to read only titles and captions of photos, the fact that you are posting this on Facebook is an act of trolling no matter what are you saying in other sites. And if you think that those […][...]
April 11th, 2015 - 8:45 am § in Misc.
Farrakhan on Israel
CIVILITY IS NOT THE ANTONYM OF DEMAGOGUERY Two weeks ago the UW hosted Steve Salaita. Salaita gave an address proudly hailed as civil. However, if you listen to this talk and then to Salaita, the content is the same.[...]
April 3rd, 2015 - 9:00 am § in Misc.
Of Passover, Anti Zionism, and Free Speech
Paul Burstein Exactly 47 years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his last speech, at the Mason Temple in Memphis Tennessee. He described a vision–a vision of struggles for freedom throughout history, beginning with the Exodus from Egypt and the trek “through the wilderness on tow[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 11:57 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
A Response to a UW Prof: In Support of Free Speech
Michael Goldberg Commenting on a furor avout Steve Salaita speaking next Monday on UW campus The overarching lesson for me about the Salaita case was how little interested those on either side seemed to be about attempting to move towards a vision of two democratic states peacefully co-existing, a v[...]
Chinazaor: An Igbo Provost is Fired From The University of Illinois
Chinazor Onianwah I was full of pride back in 2012 when Prof. Adesida was appointed provost of University of Illinois, it wasn’t just because of his academic achievement, but because I attended high school in the town he hails from, Effon Alaaye Ekiti in Ondo state, Nigeria. Back in late eig[...]