All but one replaced a Republican: Edited from article in Business Insider When the 116th Congress heads to Washington in January, there will be more scientists in the Congress, one senator and eight members of the House. The members of the 115th Congress include one physicist, one microbiologist,[...]
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November 7th, 2018 - 4:53 pm § in Science
Science Matters: 9 New Congress Reps Have Science Credentials.
June 20th, 2017 - 10:42 am § in Donald Trump, Politics, Schools & Colleges, Science, The Ave Scene, UW
Major Threat To UW and Hutch By Trump
The Trump administration wants to make massive cuts in research while claiming to spend MORE money on science. The TRUMP Government, led by The Secretary of HHS and the Director of the OMB, have previously proposed draconian cuts to the NIH budget. Now we know the vehicle for the cuts .. an att[...]
April 11th, 2017 - 8:23 am § in America
UPDATE: United drags doctor off plane to give his seat to employee
We all know commercial air travel sucks, but United has sunk to a new low in despicable treatment of passengers by violently dragging a paying passenger off a Chicago-to-Louisville flight to make way for a United employee traveling standby. The airline first asked for volunteers, and when it got non[...]
April 10th, 2016 - 9:36 am § in Misc.
Buchenwald 108: William Quick attacks my father again.
From Facebook: Bill Quick to Ken Waltzer Ken Waltzer — it’s a shame that Stephen Schwartz is constantly posting half-truths and misstatements about his father and about his father’s putative role at Buchenwald both on his own blog and on Facebook. For starters, ther[...]
March 27th, 2015 - 8:03 am § in Misc.
UW Prof Shocked, Shocked the UW PR Guy Claims UW Can Not Pay $15 Minimum Wage
Rod Palmquist, AAUP Listserv: Speaking as a former union rep that has participated in years of higher ed bargaining at UW, WSU, Western, Central and Evergreen, I’m very surprised that an administrator as knowledgeable as Norm would make such a misleading statement: “You can’t go and change[...]
March 5th, 2015 - 5:40 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
So, Do The Cougars Want $14,000,000 a Year to Seed Fund Raising?
The key to this OP-ED in the Seattle Times is Mr. Gardner’s assertion that public money can stimulate private donations. Is this realistic for a Cougar School of Medicine? Special To Seattle Times As a vice president at Washington State University with a background in business and academia, [...]
And so it goes … another UW President rides off
The Seattle Times Reports that Michael Young Has Been Offered The Presidency of Texas A&M The reason’s for Young’s leaving are not known. However, he had stated that A REASON FOR COMING HERE WAS THE HUGE LEVEL OF PRESTRIGE THE UW AS A RESERACH INSTITUTION. As the current legislatu[...]
December 14th, 2014 - 11:06 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Reuven Carlyle on accountability
Over on FACEBOOK Reuven Carlyle says: “The lack of meaningful accountability and progress in higher education to raise on-time, 4-year graduation rates is a national scandal. If a student has done their part and still can’t access core courses, colleges should pay for the extra time[...]
The Ebola Hysteria Demonstrates How Gullible Americans Are
There have been less than a dozen Ebola cases in the U.S., all of them imported from Africa, and except for one guy who was misdiagnosed and sent home, the survival rate is 100% for patients treated by the U.S. health care system. I’m not a doctor, but from what I’ve read, Ebola gets tra[...]
May 8th, 2014 - 1:31 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
WAZZU ,,, being investigated for sex abuse!
WSU joins Harvard Law as Subject of Investigation for Sex Abuse The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released today a list of the higher education institutions under investigation for possible violations of federal law over the handling of sexual violence and harass[...]