The November 10, 2010 D:F/M Faculty Meeting Was Hot
In the thick of the inferno of that November 10 meeting, the Hunter College PSC Chapter Chair, rising to a moment during tepid discourse,* announces to her Colleagues, QMfE, “I can’t take this anymore”* and reaches into her ban and aims her teenie-weenie digital pipsqueak at the Colleague whose comments may have overpowered her ability to respond collegially.
Bedlam at the November 10 D:F/M Faculty Meeting
Above: The Hunter College Chapter Chair of the Professional Staff Congress
“Hi Aronsonians, I am forwarding a note from Gregg Morris, who teaches journalism at Hunter and who has raised concerns about the Aronson student undergraduate prize. Separating his concerns from how he states them would be a good thing. Most Film and Media dept. faculty know that Gregg can raise issues in ways that are contentious.” [— Blanca Vasquez, Adjunct Instructor]
So, what’s the skinny on this teapot?
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Must Reading for the 4 Barnacles of the Apocalypse and Other Colleagues
Friday, February 27th, 2009I am recommending the New York Times’ Stanley Fish February 16 column, Is the Academy Different? for the benefit of the 4 Barnacles of the Apocalypse*Â and other colleagues confused about tenets and canons of Academic Freedom.
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Tags: 4 Barnacles of the Apocalypse, AAUP, Academic Bullies, academic freedom, Department of Film and Media Studies, First Amendment Rights, Hunter College, National Writers Union, NYCLU, PEN, Professional Staff Congress, PSC, Racism in Higher Education, Stanley Fish
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