who knew?

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/06/suny-faculty-union-drops-aaup-affiliation

Comps

start today!

in bocca al lupo.

article about adjuncting

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/05/11/brown#.Tw710LFW4x4


h/t Sean

slippery slope arguments are awesome

for example, here:

Guest Viewpoint: Once deer are gone, where does cull stop?

also:

- I'll be on sabbatical Fall '12

- Whoever sent me the psychotherapy magic 8 ball, thanks. (I think)

Comps

Ethics Comp: Mon 30 Jan, 9am-noon, LT 1210

Soc-Pol Comp: Wed 1 Feb, 9am-noon, LT 1210

enjoy!

the missing 'a' is for boring

how to shift from morally reprehensible to boring (in nonsenseworld),
from the WSJ:

Despite new ownership, a new board and new management, security contractor Xe Services LLC could never shake a troublesome nickname: the company formerly known as Blackwater.

Now, it's the company formerly known as Xe.

On Monday, Virginia-based Xe plans to unveil a new name—Academi—and new logo. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Ted Wright, president and chief executive, said the name change aims to signal a strategy shift by one of the U.S. government's biggest providers of training and security services.

Mr. Wright said Academi will try to be more "boring."

Colloquium TODAY

Jennifer Uleman

Purchase College (SUNY)

"No King and No Torture: Making Sense of Kant on Suicide"

5:30pm

in UU somewhere