The student population of Seattle is a very large but largely voiceless population of potential voters. The same issue confronts students in any university town, read what is happening in the District of Columbia! From The Hoya, Newspaper of Gerogetown University DC. (excerpted) DC Students Speak is[...]
Archive for April, 2011
April 23rd, 2011 - 6:02 am § in Schools & Colleges
Foreigners Giving to American Universities
When Indian industrialist Ratan Tata last year announced a gift of US$50 million to Harvard Business School it was acknowledged as “the largest international donation in the Ivy League university’s 102 year history”. But it also sparked a debate on why US universities benefit from [...]
Republicans as Racists
The Weekly has obtained a copy of an email sent to fellow conservatives this week by Marilyn Davenport, a Southern California Tea Party activist and member of the central committee of the Orange County Republican Party. Under the words, “Now you know why no birth certificate,” there&#[...]
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:43 pm § in America
Poon Caught in Unfunny Prank
Ed. Why is this funny? It is funny to ME because the National Lampoon grew out of my college humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon. Only Harvards (what we call ourselves) could pull off creating a national commercial success out of a college prank pub. Still not funny? Well, the nationalization [...]
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:22 pm § in The Ave Scene
Dinner with Northwest’s leading Politicians …
On Thursday, April 28th, the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI)is holding its Spring Fundraising Gala at the Community Center at Mercer View, 82346 SE 24th Street on Mercer Island (map). The reception begins at 6:30 PM and the main program begins at 7:15 PM. This is your chance to hang out[...]
April 22nd, 2011 - 12:12 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Why the “Research Paper” Isn’t Working
from Blog U By Barbara Fister April 12, 2011 9:30 pm EDT On our panel I questioned the fetish of citation correctness, Doug Downs and ZuZu Feder examined the double standard that we impose on students (are we so careful of whether we need a colon or a comma in that part of a citation? […][...]
White Smoke Seen, UW to announce choice for president Monday
as predicted on TheAVE, white smoke can be seen rising from Husky Tower! Report from Seattle Times from Seattle Times by Katherine Long The University of Washington said today it expects to name its final choice for president on Monday. Listed on the agenda for a Monday morning meeting of the UWR[...]
URGENT Call to UW Students from MoveOn
The Briefcase Brigade Students and graduates are taking matters into their own hands to show that they’re ready for work—but the jobs just aren’t there. They want Congress to do its job by focusing on job creation. All around the country, they’re organizing themselves into “[...]
April 22nd, 2011 - 9:37 am § in Politics
Tea Party Comes to Finland
HELSINKI, Finland — There is hardly a country on the continent that has been a more steadfast supporter of the European Union than Finland. For more than 20 years, the voters here have returned the same three parties to power in various coalition governments, with few changes in policies. The True[...]
April 21st, 2011 - 11:13 pm § in Politics
Townhalls to come ….
Looks like this is going to be a politically hot summer [...]