post-orientation miscellany (not SPEL related)

Orientation was yesterday. I should have posted about that, but instead, here are some academic problems in other disciplines:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/science/many-social-science-findings-not-as-strong-as-claimed-study-says.html


http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/08/today-in-campus-political-correctness-and-the-progressive-war-on-free-speech