Archive for February 2010

The noose reappears

This skipped past my radar screen.
A UC San Diego student admitted Friday to hanging a rope noose from a campus library bookcase in an act that triggered more protests at a school already roiled by other recent racially charged incidents.
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A resolution against violence

Across California there will be a protest against the budget cuts in education. SF State’s faculty union, the California Faculty Association has made this resolution in support of non-violent protests.
Here’s an excerpt:
The executive board of the SF State chapter of CFA adopted the following statement on February 25th:
California Faculty Association (CFA), San Francisco State University [...]

Would Thoreau be a suicide bomber?

That’s a rather startling title to a post. But I have to ponder the weird connection between today’s class and the deliberate plane crash this morning in Austin, TX.
The pilot of the plane was angry at the government and its historic inability or reluctance to treat its citizens fairly. You may read his letter, apparently [...]

What am I first?

We had a rollicking time in class today. Heather, on of our TA’s, gave a great follow-up presentation on argumentation. But the “star” of the day was “himself”! That one: Mr. Thoreau. I admit I got a tad bit carried away. But it was for a good cause: just to make Thoreau “come alive”.
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