Patriot Act Roundup: American Local News and College During COVID-19

[zoaster_toaster]

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Hasan Minhaj has been on a roll covering the troubling decline of local newspapers in America and whether a college degree is worth pursuing amid a pandemic and how they treat the people who work there.

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OP Note: I'm extremely mad at my undergrad alma mater's treatment of grad students.

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[fernandocolunga]

my sis is doing a phd and GIRL.
GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL.
the other one is in med school and. the treatment these poor phd fucks get holy shit
truly bottom of the food chain

hasan pls grow out a full beard he is such a daddy when its all grown out big and strong

[g_lovesbb]

My Husband finished his Phd back in 2014 and it made me realize that I don’t ever want that type of degree

[blahhhnata17]

I am so grateful I am doing on online grad program so I won’t have to deal with going to in class lectures. I am also lucky the crisis hotline I volunteer at is letting me do my first year field practicum at the Crisis hotline. I was afraid I couldn’t find an agency due to covid.

[g_lovesbb]

His “Is College still worth it?” Solidified my decision on not going back to school but I gotta find a way to make money, I’m done doing entry level jobs

[beysactingcoach]

Gotta love my employer there was an email sent about how the top three positions- president, provost and some other dipshit would take a 5% pay cut until we opened campus back up - mind you this reopening wasn’t based when students returned it.

Just so brave - their sacrifice

Three weeks later: gorl we’re coming back to campus!

[aesha]

At mine the VPs/deans are taking 5%, exec officers 10% and the president is taking 15% pay cuts for FY21. They’re also reducing our retirement contribution by half for FY21 to 5% which sucks but it’s better than people losing jobs. Well, I guess they’re not actually reducing that until October 1, so less than the full fiscal year.

[beysactingcoach]

Also I’ll be applying for an MD/PhD soon and welp good to know who to cross off my list

[zoaster_toaster]

I'm especially mad at UC Santa Cruz because I had a really great education there (despite Hasan's constant clowning on it) but UC heads were already slashing entire programs in the 2008/2009 crash (when I graduated btw) as they gave execs raises and them punishing grad students is horrific.

[fernandocolunga]

Omg praying 4 u
Get ready for 8 years of pain

[beysactingcoach]

Oh it’s gonna be more than 8 years more like 11 lol