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The State of Higher Ed / Re: Protests and police on cam...
Last post by dismalist - Today at 03:25:48 PMQuote from: Parasaurolophus on Today at 10:32:06 AMContext from the Guardian:QuoteAn analysis of 553 US campus demonstrations nationwide between 18 April and 3 May found that fewer than 20 resulted in any serious interpersonal violence or property damage, according to statistics from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (Acled).
Over the same period, Acled documented at least 70 instances of forceful police intervention against US campus protests, which includes the arrest of demonstrators and the use of physical dispersal tactics, including the deployment of chemical agents, batons and other kinds of physical force.
The whole point of a demo is to get arrested! Preferably in front of TV cameras. Better yet, provoke the police to use their sticks on people, cuff them, and throw them on the pavement. Gas is OK on account the filming doesn't move too many, so don't protest it too much.
In that sense, I guess the demos have been successful.
In another sense, I have no clue where these numbers come from, the number arrested aside. You can get a demo in New York City at any time, for any cause, but all these events seem populated by protesting tourists.
#2
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Colleges in Dire Financial...
Last post by deepsouth - Today at 12:00:02 PMDelta State University in Cleveland, MS releases a fiscal sustainability plan.
https://www.deltastate.edu/news-and-events/2024/05/delta-state-university-announces-plan-to-ensure-fiscal-sustainability/
https://www.deltastate.edu/news-and-events/2024/05/delta-state-university-announces-plan-to-ensure-fiscal-sustainability/
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General Discussion / Re: RIP: To remember those los...
Last post by Langue_doc - Today at 11:43:03 AMQuoteAlice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92
Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
#4
General Discussion / Re: NYT Spelling Bee
Last post by cathwen - Today at 10:51:56 AMGood afternoon!
QB yesterday with cryonic as my last word. QB today, albeit with a little nudge for the last two words.
LB: I had bigamists-sophistry. Lots of solutions with bigamist! No luck yet today.
Happy puzzling!
QB yesterday with cryonic as my last word. QB today, albeit with a little nudge for the last two words.
LB: I had bigamists-sophistry. Lots of solutions with bigamist! No luck yet today.
Happy puzzling!
#5
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Protests and police on cam...
Last post by Parasaurolophus - Today at 10:32:06 AMContext from the Guardian:
QuoteAn analysis of 553 US campus demonstrations nationwide between 18 April and 3 May found that fewer than 20 resulted in any serious interpersonal violence or property damage, according to statistics from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (Acled).
Over the same period, Acled documented at least 70 instances of forceful police intervention against US campus protests, which includes the arrest of demonstrators and the use of physical dispersal tactics, including the deployment of chemical agents, batons and other kinds of physical force.
#6
General Discussion / Re: The Venting Thread
Last post by apl68 - Today at 10:07:51 AMThat foot has been a trial to you, all right. Sorry you've had to deal with it.
#7
General Discussion / Re: The Venting Thread
Last post by Parasaurolophus - Today at 09:28:50 AMSeems to me you're well within your rights to gripe, AmLitHist! You don't seem to catch many breaks. Especially with that &!*/%(!ing foot.
#8
The State of Higher Ed / Re: What's your price for a bu...
Last post by EdnaMode - Today at 07:51:19 AMIf I were closer to retirement and they offered a buyout, I'd take no less than one year's salary, would prefer two, but the most important thing would be to keep my insurance at employee rates until I'm eligible for Medicare. My insurance isn't amazing, but it's okay and the cost is reasonable. I've lived below the poverty line before, and don't wish to do so again. I could continue to do the consulting I already do to bring in additional income or would look for an industry job, or if all else fails, go work at a bookstore because I always thought that would be fun, though I'd probably make excessive use of my employee discount and spend most of my income on books.
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The State of Higher Ed / Re: What's your price for a bu...
Last post by bio-nonymous - Today at 07:32:08 AMIf I was at retirement age already (quite a ways to go yet--but visible out there on the horizon!), and thinking about it already, at least 1 year salary severance pay (better yet 2) would possibly help make my decision to pull the trigger easier. My place recently did that, but the caveat was that the department where someone takes that option would lose that faculty line! So, it kind of screwed your colleagues over. I am not sure how many folks took the bait (and to heck with their co-workers that can now do more with less!).
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The State of Higher Ed / Re: What's your price for a bu...
Last post by apl68 - Today at 07:18:45 AMI'm an at-will employee, so I guess the best I could expect would be two weeks' notice. But where would they get somebody else who could/would do the job for what I do it? I feel pretty secure, so long as the library remains open.