Posts from — August 2004

bea arthur, 81, of golden girls fame has a run in with tsa…..

Virtual Cubicles. Being on instant messenger all day is like being in a virtual cubicle. [Anyway]

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eep……. i don't like being even metaphorically in a cubicle.

A Real College Football Scandal (Elsewhere!). I hope exposure of this practice causes its elimination. I am happy to report that I queried a UM sports administrator if UM ever gave academic college credit for sports and received a pithy emailed reply: “No way, no how!”… [Discourse.net]

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i'm not surprised at this, and i actually think that for the time and effort the students deserve something, but i don't think it should be a-f grades, credit is fine, but maybe pass/fail.

The Technological Juggernaut: “[L]aw and technology are substitute methods of protecting an interest. You can sue a trespasser; but it may be cheaper just to put up a strong fence. We used to think that if the technological substitute was adequate, it would be superior to the legal [...] The dizzying advances of modern technology have destroyed these assumptions.” [Lessig Blog] [Universal Rule]

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law, and the modern legal system with everything that implies is a technology, a socio-economic mechanism, as much as the factory is, or as much as schools are. they all are technical and technological institutions, and we have to be careful when we talk about them otherwise or contrast them with things which are categorically similar.

Gender Relations in Educational Applications of Technology. A not quite new, but interesting collection of material on gender, education and technology from a group of students: GREAT: Gender Relations in Educational Applications of Technology Welcome to our special issue of GREAT, a publication on Gender Relations in… [GENDER & COMPUTING]

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some people might find these resources useful….

How Bush Got Into the National Guard. Former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, in a speech, says that as Speaker of the House, he got George Bush in the National Guard as a favor to a privileged kid He expresses remorse. Watch the video here. [link via... [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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well now we know don't we. wealth and priviledge. sons die in war, as do daughters, but not the ones that can buy their way out.

Depraved Delinquents Launch Discussion Board [Interactivist Info Exchange]

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if you give up the streets, the police won't let you have them back.

my advice…. even if the school doesn't require the gre, the department does. we get so many calls from students saying, but the school doesn't require it, to which we respond, but the department does.

past that…. letters, get your letters underway now or asap, ask your writers to write them soon, send them a reminder after thanksgiving and a thank you note after the new year.

past that, most appllications are online, if you can do it online, do it online. it allows less bias into the system.

finally, don't get organized, just get it done, do one a week, get it done.

nice article with some succinct quotes about power and language. i made this argument in a women's rights forum recently….. they ignored it. but you can't let someone else frame or define the terms of debate.

Max Cleland Turned Away from Crawford Ranch. Former Senator and Vietnam War Veteran Max Cleland went to Crawford today to deliver a letter from 9 Senators to President Bush asking him to condemn the Swift Boat Vets ad. He was turned away and left, still holding the… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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just what is the president scared of? apparently disabled veterans….