The Fora: A Higher Education Community

Whether the concept of protest works or not is not my main focus, rather the institutional response. The Big 10 campuses were all really benign protests, but the responses were dramatically different. For example, at Purdue the official response is that if they stay on the Memorial Union Lawn (they have) we'll do nothing. IU and Ohio State both for some ridiculous reason used force (and yes both featured rooftop snipers). Michigan left them alone, while Wisconsin tore down the tents (and yes, they came back anyway).


IU's faculty have called for the President to resign, but recall she canceled several previously scheduled Palestine speakers/artists for no apparent reason but currying favor with politicians. Here is a letter to the editor in the Indy Star:

https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/2024/05/03/jeffrey-c-isaac-jim-banks-iu-lies-threaten-academic-freedom/73548988007/

Afternoon!

Pangram (after much teeth gnashing) and above genius. Don't remember whether or not I completed the bee yesterday. My excuse--went birding both days, so had to get up early.

ab_grp, sending good wishes for husband's appointment. cathwen, that's scary to have one's car break down in the middle of a long road trip!

Happy solving!

Good afternoon!

I never finished QB yesterday—missed evidence/d/ing and veggie. Today I'm at genius with the pangram.

QB was interrupted yesterday by a daughter in distress. She and her wife were driving down from Maine and their car broke down in northern Connecticut, about 50 minutes away from us. Parents to the rescue! We drove up and waited with them for a tow truck to arrive (that's another whole story), which finally did show up. She's planning to rent a car to drive home tomorrow, then return, and we can drive her back to pick up her car (assuming it can be repaired—that's a big question). Drama to be continued!

LB: Before the drama began, I found overwhelmed-doubt. Talk about appropriate!

Wishing your husband all the best, ab_grp. Heart issues are scary.

Happy puzzling!

Rain part of the morning and it's now stopped.

Good day!

Finally got to genius with the pangram.  Seems like a tough one today for some reason.  Yesterday got to QBABM with last word vivid, also husband's last word.

No luck on LB.  I just haven't had as much time to look at it lately but will try again today.

Happy solving!

Keystone's most famous alum is Christy Mathewson, an inaugural member of the MLB HoF. That's not sayin' much.

T1 and the report for real today. And hopefully a nap, too.

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Quote from: Wahoo Redux on May 04, 2024, 02:34:20 PM[. . .]

enacting a paradigm that is rather self-serving.   

in the way described by the X tweet I posted upthread.

Yeah, she was brutal. 

Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 04, 2024, 08:47:49 AMMore T1ing today. I'd like to start writing up that referee report, too.

Did a chunk. The report will have to wait for tomorrow.

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on May 04, 2024, 02:34:20 PM[. . .]

enacting a paradigm that is rather self-serving.   

in the way described by the X tweet I posted upthread.