Archive for the ‘It Was One of Those Semesters’ Category

Some Hunter-L Nostalgia As We Head into the Perils of 2016 …

Monday, January 4th, 2016

Hunter-L is a primary listserv for inter-community information at Hunter College, City University of New York. The listserv use to be robust. Dynamic. Inclusive. Opened to students. But like a lot of things at Hunter, it has waned over the last five years, dumbed down by the Powers That Be who embrace the insipid.

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Petition Supporting NYS Healthy Workplace Bill to Make Workplace & Academic Bullying Illegal

Thursday, December 31st, 2015

Full Text of Bill

Season’s Greetings for These #D:F/M-ers (Present & Former)?

Friday, December 25th, 2015

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No Season’s Greetings for This #D:F/M Colleague

Friday, December 25th, 2015

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Attention Former Professional Staff Congress Chapter Chair @ Hunter College

Thursday, December 17th, 2015

Note: This was intended for you, Colleague Tami Gold, when you were the Hunter College PSC Chapter Chair. I admit it is late.

Department of Film and Media Studies Colleagues & Staff have been using and trying to use the University’s Violence in the Workplace Committee and Hunter College Security to stifle dissent, intimidate Colleagues & Staff who don’t share their values and opinions.

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Coming Soon: The 2015-2016 Lumpen Goombah Awards

Saturday, December 12th, 2015

lumpengoombahawards

The Lumpen Goombah Awards far more interesting than the Time Magazine Person of the Year Award for a number of reasons. Why?

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Response to a Colleague Larry Shore Email – Part 2

Monday, December 7th, 2015

Colleague Shore, tones of frantic desperation?

Dear Gregg
Please stop referring to me in your blog posts and putting up my picture with comments like “calls himself a professor.”

larryshore

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Interview with New York City Human Rights Commissioner – Part 2

Friday, December 4th, 2015

Word for Word

Interview was conducted after a panel discussion at the CUNY J-School several days ago.

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Interview with New York City Human Rights Commissioner – Part 1

Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

Originally Posted on:

To: HUNTER-L@HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Cc: FM-L@HUNTER.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU

NYC’s anti-discrimination employment laws regarding hostile workplaces are broader than state and federal laws and can provide redress for targets/victims of workplace-academic bullying even though there are no (at least for now) city, state and federal laws against this particular form of workplace bigotry, Commissioner Carmelyn Malalis said in an interview.

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Response to a Colleague Larry Shore Email – Part I

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Dear Gregg
Please stop referring to me in your blog posts and putting up my picture with comments like “calls himself a professor.”

larryshore

Say what?

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