U of Calgary to disallow payments via credit

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile many schools are trying to advance into the 21st century, others are, … well, … I really don’t know how to describe this. Words fail me. I’m not surprized though. Clearly, a university that claims to cherish the undergraduate … Continue reading

Resisting the Corporatization and Militarization of University Education

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just love this: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8342  This is from the University of British Columbia   To effectively resist the commercialization of public space and the corporatization and militarization of education, students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) created a political group … Continue reading

Video Game Violence….

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutedoes NOT necessarily cause violence, according to a new study: Grand Theft Childhood, by Lawrence Kutner & Cheryl B. Olson (more here: http://www.gamecouch.com/2008/02/interview-dr-cheryl-olson-co-author-of-grand-theft-childhood/) In 2007, results from a breakthrough Harvard video game study found that children used video games to … Continue reading

Student gets slammed for creating an online study group…

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute So much for the importance of team work in this modern world….. From TheStar.com: ” Study groups may be a virtual trademark of the Ivory Tower – but a virtual study group has been slammed as cheating by Ryerson University. … Continue reading

Laborious Drudges

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesOne learns more from a good scholar in a rage than from a score of lucid and laborious drudges. – Rudyard Kipling The University of Calgary says it cares about its students. Let’s see, “The U of C is pursuing … Continue reading

The Day After (my defense)

Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesI was elated when I successfully defended my thesis. I was thrilled to hear that the defense went extremely well, and everyone signed off on the dissertation on the spot. As luck would have it, the person in charge of … Continue reading

Rant About Conference Websites

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI seem to be on a bit of a Rant-kick today. Perhaps it is partly because I am now finished my dissertation and have successfully defended it. I don’t feel the same need to placate. Many of the conferences I … Continue reading

Rant about faculty webpages.

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesKEEP THEM CURRENT!!!! Sheesh. How can someone claim to be “with it” technologically when their webpages were last updated a YEAR ago? These are modern times. And your webpage is your public face. Do it right. First, if you are … Continue reading