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 ‘UW’
April 9th, 2014 - 9:26 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
UConn Moves Academic Programs from Provost to Athletic Director!
April 7th, 2014 - 9:50 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Do UW Students Need Busses?
Over at the AAUP listserv, Robert Wood notes: I saw this interesting article in the Seattle Times about how the possible KC Metro transit cuts may negatively affect students, especially those with long commutes: I note also that The Seattle Times appears to be taking a neutral stand on Prop 1, whi[...]
April 6th, 2014 - 12:55 pm § in The Ave Scene
UW: Who can afford to go to the UW if rents get higher?
Play video to learn about the rent challenges coming for UW students: [...]
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 26th, 2014 - 2:17 pm § in Misc.
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[...]
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 16th, 2014 - 11:40 am § in The Ave Scene
UW Professor Explains Why Crows Dislike Local Talk Show Host
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Chomsky on Unionizing Universities
Noam Chomsky Addresses the Adjunct Faculty Association of the United Steelworkers Edited transcript of remarks given by Chomsky via Skype on 4 February 2014 to a gathering of members and allies of the Adjunct Faculty Association of the United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh, PA. The tra[...]
Feminism Gone Crazy
14 women have tried Marines’ Infantry Officer Course. All of them have failed. The sad part of this is the bizarre, liberal, feminist idea idea that men and women are identical rather than equal. This is the equivalent of demanding that Hooters, the Bunny Ranch or the Bolshoi ballerinas accep[...]