The breaking of bodies and minds: Task force report confirms complicity of U.S. medical personnel in torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment Alexa Koenig, executive director, Human Rights Center, Berkeley Law | 11/4/13 | 3 comments A report released this morning — Ethics Abandoned: Me[...]
Posts Tagged ‘UW’
October 16th, 2014 - 12:45 am § in Schools & Colleges
BERKELEY BLOG: What Government Means When it Requires Med. Students to Take Ethics Classes
Message to Washington state’s best students is clear .. if you can get into an elite private schools you should do so .. TO SAVE MONEY!
UNLESS YOU ARE AN ATHLETE: DO NOT APPLY TO THE UW Over at the Berkeley Blog, Robert Reich has written a disturbing essay on the effects of endowment of private, elite schools, on the US governments subsidy for education of the wealthiest Americans: “(Given the) relatively small number of stu[...]
October 14th, 2014 - 8:21 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
UW: Maybe the Regents Need to Pay More Attention to WHOM they Appoint
If there is a take home lesson in the Wise case, it is for the UW Regents to carefully reexamine the head hunters recruitment suggestion and selection of high power academic bureaucrats. We ended with a half a billion dollar stadium during the midst of a deep economic crisis, resulting from a decisi[...]
October 13th, 2014 - 10:32 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Is UW Violating Open Meetings Law?
Maybe not, but they’re sure gaming it. Like other public entities, the University of Washington must comply with the Open Public Meetings Act, which says public officials aren’t allowed to conduct the public’s business in secret or closed sessions. Certain exceptions are allowed[...]
October 13th, 2014 - 10:46 am § in Misc.
The NFL’s Problems Begin in Academia: The view from FSU
A month ago, the UW Athletic Department gave its quarterback, Cyler Miles from Denver, a pass … punishing him with a one game suspension after he admitted participating in an assault on two fans of the Seahawks. How this man did not even get charged with a misdemeanor by the Seattle Police [...]
October 13th, 2014 - 9:29 am § in Misc.
UW Huskies: Phyllis Wise Gets Caught For Bad Scholarship
The former UW Provost and now Chancellor of the University of Illinois, after over deriding a UW faculty council as “incompetent” to review the work of a UW prof, is found guilty of scientific misconduct. October 10, 2014 by Andy Thomason Phyllis M. Wise, chancellor of the University o[...]
October 12th, 2014 - 11:36 am § in The Ave Scene
HUSKY MIRACLE: 31 to 7!
Did you enjoy the marvelous .. maybe miraculous victory .. of the UW Huskies over the UC Bears? 31 to 7!!!! At the same time you might think about the student athletes who played this game for you. According to NJ Senator Corey Booker, high level collegiate athletes work for their teams 70[...]
October 10th, 2014 - 9:44 am § in Misc.
The UW and Scholarship Priorities
University Of Chicago Draws Up Plan To End Use Of Student Loans |Another private university has trumped the “public” schools of the US by offering a full boat to academically elite students … just as the pubic colleges offer a full boat to athletes. From the AP: “The [...]
Big Ten is a step ahead
“The Big Ten conference announced Wednesday that all of its institutions will grant athletic scholarships for the entire term of an athlete’s enrollment, and allow some athletes who leave school to return and finish their degrees on scholarship.” Here is a link to Adam Rittenber[...]
Letter to the President of the University of Washington
Dear President Young, My name is Anthony Washington. I am a former student-athlete at the University of Washington. I played under Lorenzo Romar from 2002-2004, before leaving after my sophomore year with 96 credits. A few days ago a friend of mine sent me a link to a story on ESPN by Adam Ritte[...]