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ROTC BBQ
Saw a flyer yesterday on a bulletin board in the English Building: CHECK US OUT THIS THURSDAY!!!FREE FOOD!BAGS!M16 SIMULATOR!AND MORE...
Drama Mama: Hurrah for the IT department!
Hurrah for the IT department! I never thought I would say that about any IT department anywhere. Don’t get me...
'Molto, Signora': Or, How I Read Winckelmann Under the Tuscan Sun
I hadn’t seen the movie and I hadn’t read the book, but I’d seen the preview and the poster: “The...
Actual First Sentence on a Note Left by Our Plumber
"1st, do not be alarmed by the burning smell in your kitchen." Oh, goody.
What's in a name?
For some time now, I've been uncomfortable with the term "global warming". Not that it's in any way inaccurate, just...
RateMyRankings: Ridiculous!
Forbes portrays its new college rankings as an outcomes-oriented alternative to U.S. News. But the outcomes it chooses -- including Ratemyprofessors.com -- make it seem like a parody, Patricia McGuire writes.
Rankings Are Useful -- But Go Beyond 'U.S. News'
Many in the academic community despise college rankings and the implicit associated “grading” of universities. This is terribly ironic since...
Substitute Teaching for the 21st Century
Crazy Larry, always hungry for acting roles, sent me an ad he found on Craig’s List: People meet me (an...