Some Remarks on the UW-System Board of Regents Tenure Policy Task Force
By Elena Levy-Navarro The three chapters of the AAUP — UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, and UW-Whitewater — have sent to the Board of Regents Tenure Policy Task Force (TPTF) annotated copies of the two policy documents that were written by the chair’s staff. When I consider all of the actions of the Board’s TPTF, I remind myself…
In the Context of This Presidential Primary Cycle, Just How Weird Is This?
This item, written by Lucy Sweeney, is from ABC News in Australia (no connection to the ABC television network in the U.S.): “Vermin Supreme filed his paperwork for the New Hampshire presidential primary ballot on the last day before applications closed. . . . “The bearded eccentric, who regularly sports a boot on his head,…
More on Academic Programs Subsidizing Intercollegiate Athletics
In an article for the Buffalo News, Jay Tokasz has reported yet another example of how our institutions are spending exorbitant sums to subsidize intercollegiate athletics—at the expense of academic programs and students. Here are the opening paragraphs from Tokasz article, “Small Crowds, Big Subsidy for UB Sports”: “The price of pursuing athletic glory…
CITY UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS URGE GOVERNOR TO SIGN BI-PARTISAN BILL INVESTING IN CUNY, SUNY
From a press release from the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York: Bill Would Improve Quality of Public Higher Education New York—The State Assembly delivered to Governor Cuomo today legislation that overwhelmingly passed the Assembly and Senate to protect educational quality at New York’s two public university systems, the City University…
Dancing Cops and Free Speech
The famous “dancing cop” of Providence, Rhode Island, Tony Lepore, has been fired for organizing a “Blue Lives Matter” protest critical of the Black Lives Matter. Steven Paro, Providence Police Commissioner, declared: “Mr. Lepore was not authorized to speak on behalf of the Providence Police Dept. and his actions were, in my judgment, a disservice…
From the Far Right, a List of “Weird” Stuff Said and Done by Lefties on Campus
Writing for the Far-Right website RedState, John Hawkins provides the following list of “15 Excerpts That Show How Radical, Weird And Out of Touch College Campuses Have Become”: 1) “College Students Say Remembering 9/11 Is Offensive to Muslims”: The everything-is-offensive brand of campus activism has struck a new low: Students at the University of Minnesota killed…
“Black Friday” Is No Longer as Big as It Used to Be Simply Because It Is No Longer “Black Friday”
From Amazon.com on Thanksgiving—below a significantly smaller box containing the message “Happy Thanksgiving!”: From Barnes and Noble.com on “Small Business Saturday”: From Amazon.com on “Small Business Saturday”: I am waiting to see how the advertisers try to turn “Giving Tuesday” into an extension of “Black Friday” and/or “Cyber Monday.” And…
Black Friday in Colorado Springs: A Brief Response
Given the increasing frequency with which these mass shootings have been occurring, it is all too easy to become insensitive to the life-altering impact of such events on those most directly involved—the victims and survivors and their families, friends, and co-workers. But until someone discovers a way to transform these cumulative shocks to the national…
Black Friday in Colorado Springs
All week, we have been watching media reports on the ramped-up security at airports, train stations, shopping malls, and public events—all intended to discourage ISIS-led or ISIS-inspired attacks and to reassure the public that there will be a rapid and decisive response if any such attacks should be attempted. Very thankfully, no such attacks have…