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#1
General Discussion / Re: NYT Spelling Bee
Last post by Langue_doc - Today at 05:42:13 AMGood morning!
QB, with the pangram as my last word. QB yesterday.
jackpots/swirl--found crackpots first, but couldn't fit the remaining letters into a word.
Happy solving!
QB, with the pangram as my last word. QB yesterday.
jackpots/swirl--found crackpots first, but couldn't fit the remaining letters into a word.
Happy solving!
#2
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Colleges in Dire Financial...
Last post by marshwiggle - Today at 05:28:29 AMQuote from: Hibush on April 30, 2024, 05:51:13 AM"St. Katherine's was founded in 2010 and offered more than two dozen undergraduate and three graduate programs of study. It enrolled about 300 students." The article indciated that they mainly enrolled students who could not afford to pay tuition, which leads quickly to dire financial straits unless one has a major alternate source of revenue. They also had grandiose plans for a 5000 student institution on a brand new campus in Chula Vista.
Do places like this actually have any long-term financial *plan before they start? Barring a billionaire benefactor agreeing to foot the bill, it's not remotely obvious how this could work in the long term.
*other than winning the lottery
#3
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Protests and police on cam...
Last post by marshwiggle - Today at 05:23:56 AMQuote from: jimbogumbo on May 01, 2024, 01:21:32 PMQuote from: marshwiggle on April 29, 2024, 02:19:31 PMQuote from: jimbogumbo on April 29, 2024, 01:17:28 PMFrom the Ballon Juice blog:
"Are there some bad actors who have said inexcusable things and peddled anti-Semitic tropes? Of course. Are they the majority? No. Not even close."
That's because the majority are too clueless to find Gaza on a map, and are just parroting what the group tells them too, so they don't get left out.
I think you might not know what majority means.
Seriously, I think these students know a great deal about the situation. On the merits of calling for disinvestment, and the idea that is really even possible, not so much.
How many of these students had any knowledge or interest in any of the institution's investments before October 7? How many now could identify, from a list of corporation names, which ones have ties to Israel and are ones in which the institution invests?
I have no respect whatsoever for protesters, from any place on the political spectrum, who are just bandwagon-jumpers who are just there so they look good in front of their "friends".
If there are protesters who have actually lost friends or family members in Gaza, that's an entirely different story. They actually have some knowledge and legitimate grievance.
And outside "protesters" who aren't even from campus? They should be jailed and charged with trespass, break and enter, and anything else on the books. They're the worst of the worst.
#4
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Protests and police on cam...
Last post by Langue_doc - May 01, 2024, 09:06:01 PMOur local news has been reporting about the vandalism and damage to buildings. There have also been credible reports of non-students on campus directing/co-ordinating the vandalism.
Students who don't have the luxury of ignoring their studies seem to have been sidelined by the protesters.
From the article:"The students are saying we can't work, we can't think, we can't study under these conditions. We've got faculty whose papers they need to grade are locked in their offices right now," said Joseph Howley, a classics professor at Columbia. "It completely upended everything that we do."
Howley joined dozens of other faculty members on Wednesday to protest Columbia President Minouche Shafik's request for the NYPD to arrest students who had barricaded themselves inside the Hamilton Hall school building. The NYPD said police arrested 109 protesters at Columbia on Tuesday. Another 173 pro-Palestinian students at City College were arrested around the same time.
"Students and outside activists breaking Hamilton Hall doors, mistreating our public safety officers and maintenance staff, and damaging property are acts of destruction, not political speech," Shafik wrote in a message to Columbia students and employees on Wednesday.
"It is going to take time to heal, but I know we can do that together. I hope that we can use the weeks ahead to restore calm, allow students to complete their academic work, and honor their achievements at commencement."[/quote]
QuoteSmashed windows, stacked furniture left after occupation of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University
Students who don't have the luxury of ignoring their studies seem to have been sidelined by the protesters.
Quote'We can't work, we can't think': Columbia University students study for finals following protest, campus lockdown
From the article:"The students are saying we can't work, we can't think, we can't study under these conditions. We've got faculty whose papers they need to grade are locked in their offices right now," said Joseph Howley, a classics professor at Columbia. "It completely upended everything that we do."
Howley joined dozens of other faculty members on Wednesday to protest Columbia President Minouche Shafik's request for the NYPD to arrest students who had barricaded themselves inside the Hamilton Hall school building. The NYPD said police arrested 109 protesters at Columbia on Tuesday. Another 173 pro-Palestinian students at City College were arrested around the same time.
"Students and outside activists breaking Hamilton Hall doors, mistreating our public safety officers and maintenance staff, and damaging property are acts of destruction, not political speech," Shafik wrote in a message to Columbia students and employees on Wednesday.
"It is going to take time to heal, but I know we can do that together. I hope that we can use the weeks ahead to restore calm, allow students to complete their academic work, and honor their achievements at commencement."[/quote]
#5
Research & Scholarship / Re: May Research Thread
Last post by Parasaurolophus - May 01, 2024, 05:43:09 PMQuote from: Parasaurolophus on May 01, 2024, 10:04:57 AMToday: Just T1.
Did some, but... I fell asleep while doing it.
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The State of Higher Ed / Re: Colleges in Dire Financial...
Last post by permanent imposter - May 01, 2024, 05:41:54 PMAnother quote from the St. Katherine's article, from their Arts & Humanities department chair: "I need to find a new job. I have four children."
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#7
Research & Scholarship / Re: May Research Thread
Last post by Ancient Fellow - May 01, 2024, 03:47:45 PMHere as May begins:
Sent off another communique to Wary Representative of Eminent Publisher regarding my proposal for Controversial Third Monograph. Expect this to be ongoing.
Finished the numbering of Critical Edition. This is really a critical edition of a text with edited collection of chapters providing context and analysis. Hopefully will wrap up in summer.
Sent off another communique to Wary Representative of Eminent Publisher regarding my proposal for Controversial Third Monograph. Expect this to be ongoing.
Finished the numbering of Critical Edition. This is really a critical edition of a text with edited collection of chapters providing context and analysis. Hopefully will wrap up in summer.
#8
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Protests and police on cam...
Last post by Parasaurolophus - May 01, 2024, 02:50:24 PMMeanwhile, at UCLA, counter-protesters attacked encamped students with clubs, tear gas, and fireworks, while shouting racial slurs. The cops came but then stood around.
#9
Teaching / Re: Favorite student emails
Last post by the_geneticist - May 01, 2024, 02:18:47 PMI got a really, really long email from a student who is a[plying to medical school. They said heheh learned so much, kept all of their notes, etc etc.
One giant glaring problem.
I was not their instructor. I designed the labs, but labs are taught by TAs. I don't teach the lectures either.
And even if I was their instructor, this was freshman [Baskets for Basketweavers 102] three years ago. Have I seen or heard from Stu in those three years? Nope.
I hope they have better choices for their other letter writers because I declined to write a DWIC letter.
One giant glaring problem.
I was not their instructor. I designed the labs, but labs are taught by TAs. I don't teach the lectures either.
And even if I was their instructor, this was freshman [Baskets for Basketweavers 102] three years ago. Have I seen or heard from Stu in those three years? Nope.
I hope they have better choices for their other letter writers because I declined to write a DWIC letter.
#10
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Protests and police on cam...
Last post by Langue_doc - May 01, 2024, 02:04:40 PMQuoteThe 63-Year-Old Career Activist Among the Protesters at Columbia
Videos show Lisa Fithian, whom the police called a "professional agitator," working alongside protesters who stormed Hamilton Hall.
QuoteWhat the First Amendment Means for Campus Protests
QuoteWhat the First Amendment Means for Campus Protests
Encampments? Occupying buildings? Demonstrators cite their right to free expression, but the issues are thorny.
QuoteEric Adams Seizes Role as Face of the Crackdown on Student Protests
Mayor Eric Adams of New York defended the arrests of nearly 300 protesters and said he would not allow the protests to disrupt the city.