Star UConn Husky player Shabazz Napier may have given Husky fans here at the UW something to discuss besides a basketball victory. Following the Huskies’ NCAA win of BOTH the male and the females championships, these Huskies (from UConn) are airing the dirty underside of the life of the stu[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Huskies’
April 9th, 2014 - 9:26 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
UConn Moves Academic Programs from Provost to Athletic Director!
April 6th, 2014 - 9:13 am § in Misc.
HUSKIES GO TO NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Looks like a repeat for the Huskies! The Huskie’s Kemba Walker holds the net after his team won last year’s NCAA Final Four college basketball championship …Now the Wildcats and the Huskies will have the highest seed total to play for the title since they started putting numbe[...]
March 30th, 2014 - 6:49 pm § in Misc.
HUSKIES ADVANCE TO FINAL FOUR!
Amazing! The LOGO Wins How Come the Seattle Media Have Not Noticed? Of course my brother, a great fan of Husky logos, will be upset that I am using the U Conn’s logo to celebrate the Huskies’ victory! I am sure the U Conn will be upset too if he tells them!! Click the dawg! [&helli[...]
March 27th, 2014 - 11:41 pm § in Misc.
Why is the UW Going Private?
Over at the AAUP. Amy Hogopian has posted this thoughtfull letter. I am not sure how the letter relates to search for yet another administrator, but I do wonder about her comments about privatization. If PCE is supposed to be self supporting, why shouldn’t the UW treat it like the Athletic[...]
March 25th, 2014 - 8:13 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
A Defense of the Huskies
I feel sad that Ana Mari Cauce, a Provost who is “very much one of the faculty” has to be defensive over the UW’s athletic program. I wrote this last November after seeing several emails on the AAUP listserv reacting to a huge salary for our football coach. The original post[...]
March 3rd, 2014 - 10:33 am § in Misc.
Seattle Times Editorial: Turns out the UW athletic department is not ‘self-sustaining’
How well does the UW Athletics Program serve the needs of Washington State kids interested in athletic careers? “To the extent that he thought about public colleges at all, it was only to revel in memories of 1969, when he captained the University of South Carolina football team” [...]
February 8th, 2014 - 3:20 am § in Misc.
What happens when someone studies the adacemic success of student athletes?
Watch this fascinating interview:[...]
February 6th, 2014 - 8:02 pm § in Misc.
CSI: Huskies
According to news reports in several local media outlets: Incident #1: A man walking with his girlfriend near campus alleges he was beaten up by two men who got out of a car, asked him if he’s a Seahawks fan, and attacked him when he told them he is. Incident #2: A woman alleges she […][...]
January 30th, 2014 - 3:02 pm § in Misc.
How come Richard Sherman was NOT a Huskie?
Does the Udub work at recruiting smart athletes? I have listened to the UW’s athletic department extol the program for offering opportunities to “minority” kids (aka as Samoans and African Americans) who might otherwise not get to go to college. Great! The I read Antony̵[...]
The AAUP Should Take a Stand For Unionizing the Huskies!
Northwestern U. Football Players Can Unionize, Labor Board Rules The UW chapter of the AAUP has been very supportive of the working rights of non-tenured faculty. The argument has been that these faculty function as workers and therefore need the protection of a union. While I wish that need did n[...]