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But whose the real fox?

cohappy — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 10:47:27 -0800

Why Hindu's make better teachers than gays. Eric Rasmusen, professor of Economics and Public Policy at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, has been allowed by the University to continue to update his occasionally homophobic weblog in the interests of free speech. Should this be allowed? Allowing due consideration for free speech, how does this type of speech disrupt open participation in an academic setting?

Dead Grandmother Syndrome

Wet Spot — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:29:42 -0800

In England it is called the "Graveyard Grannies'' problem, in France the "Chere Grand'mere," while in Bulgaria it is inexplicably known as "The Toadstool Waxing Plan".

Next week, college students around the world will be taking final exams. Their grandmothers will be dropping like flies."

Sex: sacred anywhere?

Recockulous — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:43:17 -0800

Caley Meals, is a sex columnist. What seperates her from the crowd of them, is that she is published in a college school newspaper. Jokingly, in her first column she states that, "I will try to keep the students of Madison with their heads in the right place: the gutter." She then goes on to cover imortant topics such as, how to work the college sex life around a roomie, the drunken bootie call, fornication with food, female domination and many others. Is it real journalism or only riding on pure shock value? "Writing about sex is about as interesting as talking about sex, which is to say it's not interesting at all compared to the real thing. But at least it can be a little naughty."

Salaries of presidents at private US colleges and universities

shoos — Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:37:13 -0800

Salaries of presidents at private US colleges and universities. The Chronicle of Higher Education releases results of country-wide survey (complete database available only with subscription). The salaries and benefits of presidents at public universities from previous report.

Blake — Fri, 09 Aug 2002 11:16:28 -0800

ICKY!
Sometimes I think I made the right Career move. People complain about having to write papers, study, and do too much home work, but, how would you like to hold your hand in a cage full of mosquitoes to determine if they are ready to feed in order to get your degree (in entomology)?
Don't worry, the mosquitoes used in the tests are raised in captivity and do carry not any diseases suchas the West Nile Virus.
If you're like me, you asked yourself, What do entomologists do?

engelr — Wed, 08 May 2002 10:27:58 -0800

Small free speech zones on public college campuses seem incongruous. A more-carrot, less-stick solution might be a free speech zone that was indoors, with seating, like part of this was. Maybe then, fewer people would want to demonstrate elsewhere. This would probably ony work if people regularly came to listen and debate.

MikeB — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:23:29 -0800

Man, I need to go back to college! Berkeley students go to strip clubs and play "The Match Game" in a male sexuality class.

feelinglistless — Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:21:09 -0800

Things that change after University Any other ideas?

samishah — Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:01:10 -0800

Total War: Article in UVa Conservative Magazine Some choice quotes: "You have probably seen many of them around Grounds. They are the “doves:” The bleeding-heart liberal peacenik-types who have been whining and begging that the U.S. response be “measured” so that no more innocent people die, because enough have been killed already."
And the grossly innacurate:
"For the Koran quite emphatically states that whoever is not a Muslim—that is, whoever rejects the instruction of Allah (God) as revealed to Mohammed—is therefore a professed enemy of both God and the Muslim faithful. "

aj100 — Fri, 31 Aug 2001 06:19:49 -0800

Smart young kids and too much freedom do not mix well. A girl prodigy at the age of 14 goes to university. She becomes mixed up in drugs, alcohol and sex. The parents sue school for lack of supervision. Is it really the school's job to look after her? Don't the parents have some responsibility here?

Outlawyr — Mon, 19 Mar 2001 06:16:05 -0800

"Brown Students Steal Univ. Paper" File Under: When headlines get into this weird intentional?/unintentional? pun thing.

MattD — Sat, 17 Feb 2001 07:29:14 -0800

The University of California may eliminate SATs scores as a criterion for admission of undergraduates.

owillis — Tue, 03 Oct 2000 12:24:16 -0800

Weak leg? A female kicker is suing Duke University because she was cut from the team. She says it was because she's a woman, the coach says she wasn't as versatile as other kickers on his roster. With colleges passing illiterates through based on football skill, I'm skeptical that a coach would make a roster decision based on sex.

hobbes — Fri, 22 Sep 2000 18:10:42 -0800

Stanford, MIT, Duke, and UNC refuse to block Napster. Wahoo! Go Stanford!

internook — Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:37:10 -0800

"I'd rather take a hot stick in the eye then deal with your bureaucratic nonsense. " I'm interested in hearing from people in the MeFi community who think the University of California at Santa Barbara is correct in not publishing Chris Brown's profanity peppered 2 page disacknowledgement from his masters thesis.

TuxHeDoh — Sun, 27 Feb 2000 18:28:03 -0800

ABC reports on Napsters usage on University Campuses.