Quote from: apl68 on May 20, 2024, 10:31:19 AMI thought the default was usually somebody who had given the institution several million dollars.
QuoteLarry Chavis, who's taught in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's business school for 18 years, received a letter April 22 from an associate dean revealing he was under review after the university "received some reports concerning class content and conduct within your class over the past few months."
That was concerning by itself, Chavis said, but there was something else in the letter that's worrying other faculty members as well. The associate dean, Christian T. Lundblad, told Chavis that the review had begun prior to April 22—using a camera in Chavis's classroom.
Quote from: Ancient Fellow on May 20, 2024, 03:36:51 AMConsidering the sacrifices made by post grads and their families to earn a doctorate, especially in the midst of such a terrible economy and job market, I think the university's granting a doctorate to a friendly cat is remarkably tone-deaf.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 19, 2024, 03:43:36 PMSeems like a better recipient than most, really. And not likely to disgrace himself.
Quote from: ciao_yall on May 20, 2024, 07:06:22 AMQuote from: ab_grp on May 19, 2024, 02:29:45 PMQuote from: secundem_artem on May 15, 2024, 02:39:21 PMSaw American Fiction last night. Deserved the Oscar buzz and awards. I'd be curious if Black forumites have a different take on it. Certainly, white people in the movie were portrayed mostly as none-too-bright virtue signaling fools.
We saw this last night. I don't have that frame of reference that you are asking about, but I agree it was worth the awards and other recognition. It kind of reminded me of The Holdovers in a general sense of feel. Not that the feeling was the same. Maybe it's a movie type? A movie about life. I knew what the main plot point was and completely forgot about it after getting wrapped up in a different part of the story (about his family). Wright and the other actors brought a lot to this one for me. My husband and I were both surprised afterward that so much of what we had heard was that the movie was good overall but that the ending wasn't? We both thought it fit pretty perfectly. I think there was a lot that was really smart about this movie. Some points were made a little more subtly, and some more overtly, but thumbs up from us.
I saw American Fiction on the flight back from Europe. Really liked it! And frankly, some white people can be clueless and virtue-signaling. I loved the scene where they were voting for the literary awards.
Also watched A Star is Born with Lady Gaga on the same flight. Now I want to go back and watch the original versions to see how they updated and adapted the plots.