The UW plans to have 3,000 students at its new high tech Bellevue Campus. The investment in this new campus will be huge. It will start with a $40 million in funding from Microsoft. Nobody in Seattle seems to care. I care because 30 years ago my wife and I chose to live on Capital Hill [...]
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September 23rd, 2015 - 1:07 pm § in Misc.
Where are Banks and Sawant as the UW Announces It Is Building Its New Campus in Bellevue?
June 21st, 2015 - 9:13 am § in Misc.
Fixing Racism
How to resolve the issues about Rachel Dolezal The pain evoked by the exposure that Ms. Dolezal was born of White and Black racism. Genetically there is no such thing as “black” any more than there is such a thing as tall or smart or Jewish. Being tall or smart does have a genetic[...]
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[...]
October 26th, 2014 - 11:32 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Privacy and free speech at the UW.
This post is based on a letter I recently wrote as editor of THE-Ave.US to a UW Prof who was upset that a post on TA had referred to a conversation the Prof had posted on the AAUP listserv. My letter, written as gmail, raises two important points. First, unlike most other large universities[...]
May 23rd, 2014 - 10:33 am § in Schools & Colleges
Letter to UW Faculty
Dear Colleague Some of you may know about this gif. If not I hope your find it as funny as I do. I made it by surfing the web for all Husky branded stuff. I found over 200! Isn’t amazing to think that all of these are covered by someone’s claim of a copyright**? Here [&hellip[...]
April 4th, 2014 - 8:56 pm § in Misc.
To Hugh … In defence of the UW logo
My Brother Hugh Seems to REALLY Care About the Husky Logo So much love for the UW from a guy who went to a school that has no football team and a big eyed owl as its logo! This seemed extraordinary! Now my brother can get obsessive and Hugh’s concern was so great that he […][...]
February 26th, 2014 - 10:27 am § in Misc.
UW: “Academic Workers” vs. “Faculty”
An Article in the Chronicle of Higher Education Very Relevant to the UW’s Own AAUP. “Academic Workers” vs. “Faculty” Jane Buck: Candidate for President of national AAUP “It would be a tragic loss if we were to weaken our historic commitment to academic freedo[...]
August 7th, 2013 - 12:55 pm § in America
Racism
Confederate flag will fly along I-95 BY TED STRONG Richmond Times-Dispatch A Confederate heritage group confirmed Tuesday that it plans to fly a 10-by-15-foot Confederate flag along Interstate 95 just south of Richmond. The flag will fly on a 50-foot pole, and will be visible from the northbo[...]
June 14th, 2013 - 8:13 am § in The Ave Scene
Racism in College Athletics
The ways of white folks, I mean, some white folks . . . (Langston Hughes) Images are important. Picture this .. an arrogant White man yelling orders to Black workers. At a university where anyone could be fired for using the word “nigger” this image still exists … he image of t[...]
Of May Day and UW Logos
Today is May Day …. the day radicals on the left celebrate as their version of labor day. The day UW students will proudly fly banners with the UW logo, while faculty fear punishment if they even identify with the UW. May Day, I have read, memorializes the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, 1886, [...]