A bill was introduced in February in the Iowa House that would require the University of Iowa to sell Jackson Pollock’s Mural, in order to create funding for scholarships. So let me see, we take out a loan of $200.000,000 to BUY a new Husky stadium and the we could sell something to pay of [[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ideas’
April 30th, 2011 - 12:02 pm § in Uncategorized
Bill Proposed to Force Sale of University of Iowa’s Pollock Painting
BRING BACK CHILD LABOR!
Huff Post — Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is backing changes to the state’s child labor laws. The minimum wage in Maine is $7.50 an hour, and there is no training or subminimum wage for students. The new legislation, would permit for employers to pay anyone under the age of 20 as l[...]
April 27th, 2011 - 12:16 am § in Schools & Colleges
MLA President’s call to action on federal budget plans
from Found in Translation BlogOf course, the languages here at Udub are threatened. Who needs them? As a scientist, I sure don’t. Anywhere I go my colleagues damn well better speak English and write it well .. or no one will be able to talk with them. Funny to watch .. a Chinese and a [...]
Across the Board Cuts to NIH Grants
From Genomeweb News: Facing a budget cut of nearly one percent for its operations, programs, and research awards over the remainder of the fiscal year, the National Institutes of Health will trim back the size of its grants for all of its institutes and centers (ICs), NIH said Monday. The 2011 budge[...]
宗教自由 Religous Freedom in China
from New American Following an intense crackdown on Tibetan monks, human-rights activists, and others in recent weeks, dozens of Chinese Christians who belong to one of the nation’s largest “illegal” churches were arrested by the communist dictatorship to prevent an Easter celebration. The rep[...]
April 24th, 2011 - 5:57 pm § in America
TREME … back tonight on HBO …
Ed. BRS and I have not missed an episode. This is GREAT TV! Mr. Gray’s review understates what we feel …… from the PI, by Lester Gray excerpted. TREME: HUMANITY AMONG THE RUINS ….. Then Katrina turned the benighted into the ineffably tragic…… In a dystopian landsc[...]
Who is Morozov? Amazing ideas about education, freedom, and the internet!
This cartoon is awesome. I can not summarize what is in this cartoon … ritalin, the enlightenment, radical right classist efforts to restrict education, … get some coffee, tea or a glass of wine and WATCH! from a comment at YouTube: “It would be nice to see the President (us[...]
April 21st, 2011 - 6:29 am § in Uncategorized
HUMOR: $35,000,000 for a coke!
Ed, inflation hits a new high! from Laredo Sun NEW YORK, November 10, 2010 (AFP) – An Andy Warhol painting titled “Large Coca Cola” put the fizz into Sotheby’s New York contemporary art auction Tuesday when it beat expectations and sold for 35.3 million dollars. The black and[...]
April 21st, 2011 - 5:31 am § in China
Rushdie on Art and Politics
from NT Times (excerpted) Last October the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei covered the floor (of the immense Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Moderny) with his “Sunflower Seeds”: 100 million tiny porcelain objects, each handmade by a master craftsman, no two identical. The installation was a carpet of l[...]
April 19th, 2011 - 12:14 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Is Higher Education a “Bubble?”
from The Center for College Affordability and Productivity on April 6th, 2011, by Richard Vedder Higher education is in a bubble situation-its price has risen sharply, fueled by cheap federal loan and grant money (sound familiar?) while the return on the investment has fallen. More and more college [...]