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Another year, another extension. Yawn...

A classic:

"Dear Professor,

Hope this email finds you well.

On behalf of our Team, we take great pleasure in inviting you for the grand release of April edition, we all need is your support by submitting your eminent research work related to {ACRONYM} journal.

However, as we are inviting you to submit the manuscript for this issue, we are happy to provide the special waiver for your manuscript and we request you to make the minimum contribution of $999 instead of $2579/$1879.

We are well acquainted with your excellent work, so we would be honored to have your presence at this auspicious event and look forward to your favorable comeback.

Please acknowledge this email within 24hrs.

Anticipating with strong desire.

Regards,
{Some one}
American Journal of {this and That}
Email: {unrelated}[at]{something}[dot]com "

It is a journal issue or an "event"? Someone got mixed up...

Whenever a student does the "Hey there" thing I respond with the way I want them to send emails, something like "Good afternoon Stu...". Most students seem to get it within a response or two.
For those that don't I try to talk to them in-person. Most students, I have found, are coming from a place of ignorance rather than intentional rudeness. When I have explained the importance of appropriate communication, and how that reflects on how they are perceived, I have not had any issues.

Now when I get emails from staff that are addressed that way, well, that is a problem I don't have a solution for.

Stu was explaining the reason why a fairly esoteric mathematical statement couldn't be true.  (Actually it was true, but that's beside the point.)

"This world wouldn't exist, humans wouldn't exist, and food wouldn't exist for that matter."

"Hey there" is obviously completely unacceptable as a form of address to a professor.   Will you call stu on this?   Would anyone else here do so?

Quote from: lightning on April 14, 2024, 06:03:38 AMWhat is the enforcer of tenure at your place?

Board of Trustees, on President's command. Sounds like we're screwed.

Quote from: Hegemony on April 13, 2024, 09:46:12 PMI think you'd better consult a lawyer with a deep knowledge of this stuff, and have them look at all the wording.

Yeah, that's obviously next step. But none of us have the money for lawyers so...

Oh, I'm sorry to hear about Daniel Kahneman.

Quote from: Langue_doc on April 14, 2024, 12:39:27 PM

QuoteWith State Bans on D.E.I., Some Universities Find a Workaround: Rebranding
Welcome to the new "Office of Access and Engagement." Schools are renaming departments and job titles to try to preserve diversity programs.

This was to be expected, of course. It's called gaming the system. But legislatures can play, too. It will lead to further reduction in State financial support in some places.