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temps united at Point Park University
I'm thrilled to share the news that adjunct instructors at Point Park University, where I taught as an adjunct during my first few years in Pittsburgh, have voted overwhelmingly to form a union. For details, click Point Park University adjunct instructors vote to form union, 172-79.
Read more: labor unions, colleges and universities, teaching, pittsburgh"Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm"
If "trigger" issues should be warned about for literature classes, why not also for courses in sociology, psychology and history? http://nyti.ms/1oBtuCd
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Should students about to read “The Great Gatsby” be forewarned about “a variety of scenes that reference gory, abusive and misogynistic violence,” as one Rutgers student ( Read more... )controversial, heavy-handed college president in 1960s
Sometime the late 1960s, there was a university president or chancellor in California who made the news for climbing on top of a car with a bullhorn and angrily denouncing student demonstators. I believe he was Japanese-American, or perhaps Chinese-American. I'm blanking out on his name, exactly which university was involved, and a good bit of ( Read more... )calling on saturday morning
I slept well last night and, I think, had some good dreams. It came after staying up until 1 a.m. or so, reading Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, a long, contemplative, hands-on exploration of the origins of our everyday American food, and the decisions that are made for us in the process of getting that food to us from fields, seas, and ( Read more... )on berea and surrounding communities
We--my wife and I--had a good time in Berea, Kentucky, a community familiar to me only in name and reputation because of a small liberal arts college that's been there for nearly 150 years. Our hotel is right in the middle of campus, a three-story white structure built by students in 1911, and still a source of employment for many who currently ( Read more... )message on a bottle
A few years ago, I bought a dark green plastic water bottle at the now-defunct and demolished Smithfield Outlet bargain store in downtown Pittsburgh. It's a very nice shade of green, with indentations for your fingers and a textured surface to make it less slippery when wet. It cost only a dollar. Lettered in white on it is "Aquinas College," and ( Read more... )followup to protest against catholic hierachy at CMU
The administration of Carnegie-Mellon University is a gaggle of asses, bowing to Pittsburgh's sanctimonious, condescending, self-righteous Bishop Zubik. Bear in mind that Carnegie-Mellon does not have, and has never had any religious affiliation.
See http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/cmu-review-of-pope-girl-nude- ( Read more... )
