MJ = great player, not a nice guy. Sadly, people just go along with it. “Jordan’s night to remember turns petty” – Yahoo! http://bit.ly/EhbbJ # Incredible show – more thoughts later. “U2 Reinvent the Stadium Show as 360 Tour Launches in Chicago” – Rolling Stone – http://bit.ly/qKlL7 # It’s the beginning of the third week [...]
Also tagged music that matters, racism, sports, Swine fluMatt Taibbi’s excellent (and bitterly funny) analysis of the health care reform process so far: Rolling Stone – http://bit.ly/10Ccwd # Chronicle of Higher Education: Higher Ed admin salaries up 5%, 5.4% in last two years, faculty salaries up 4.1%, 3.4%. http://bit.ly/je1VH # Massive report of college class of 1999: class, race, gender disparities still a [...]
Also tagged good beer, health care, higher educationInteresting blog entry. The Science of Sport: Caster Semenya: Male or female? http://bit.ly/12HTRh # US News & World Report school rankings are crap. Reputation Without Rigor – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/jcZre #academic # Friends laughed when I interviewed in Scranton. I thought it had potential. RT @Richard_Florida: Creative Scranton http://bit.ly/hKj2K # 7,000 attend “tea party” [...]
Also tagged gender, Scranton, sports, wingnuts[Here are thoughts that have been brewing and were finally pushed to the fore by a day-long department retreat.] As I have written before, I love my job. Comparing my time in the corporate sector with my career so far in academia is like comparing the San Antonio Spurs to Little Sisters of the Poor. [...]
Also tagged compensation, sociology, tenureFirst, a programming note. My recent post about my difficulties with making judgments about others in discussions on hiring and graduate admissions has possibly rankled some feathers in my department and has the potential to cause problems for me. I am not at all the type to dish about the inside baseball of my department [...]
Also tagged inequality, sociology