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Emus lose opener in an “electrical” event

sitedad — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:22:32 +0000

I wasn’t able to attend last night’s EMU vs. Army football game, which is a shame since it is the only home night game on the schedule, and the night games can be kind of fun. But a loyal EMUTalk.org reader did go and I was happy to receive the following report:

“Eastern Michigan [...]

“Texas A&M System Will Rate Professors Based on Their Bottom-Line Value”

sitedad — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:33:34 +0000

Here’s an idea that makes the proposal the administration floated in contract negotiations about tying faculty raises to enrollments and state funding seem positively quaint: From The Chronicle, “Texas A&M System Will Rate Professors Based on Their Bottom-Line Value.” A quote:

Under the proposal, officials will add the money generated by each professor and [...]

“EMU won’t permit medical marijuana on campus”

sitedad — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:17:14 +0000

This in the EMU Echo (though I found it via annarbor.com): “Eastern prohibits medical marijuana.” Here’s a quote:

According to Greg O’Dell, the police chief at EMU, marijuana is prohibited on campus for any reason, including medicinal uses.

Associate Director of University Housing Brian Fitzgerald said though there were meetings in place discussing the [...]

“It’s hard for me to say I’m sorry…”

sitedad — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:12:21 +0000

Here’s the latest quote about Ron English’s foot-in-mouth about single mothers, from “clickondetroit” channel 4, “EMU Coach Defends His Words About Single Moms.” Here’s a quote:

Eastern Michigan University’s head football coach Ron English said he wasn’t attacking single moms.Earlier this summer, English said he wants recruits that have fathers in their background [...]

EMU Football MAC Media Day Stuff

sitedad — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:46:56 +0000

Also in non-strike EMU news (well, sort of) is the above video and this link to EMU’s Ron English (and a couple players) talking Media Day stuff with the MAC folks.

I say “non-strike” news, but it is hard for me not to flinch/remember the stuff that the EMU-AAUP has been saying about [...]

Bunsis visits my homeland!

sitedad — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:19 +0000

Also in non-strike news (sort of) and news I find personally amusing: From the Waterloo Cedar Falls (Iowa) Courier comes this, “Expert on financial state of universities to speak at UNI.” That expert is none other than our own Howard Bunsis, and UNI is the University of Northern Iowa in my hometown of Cedar [...]

$8.26 for 826 on 8/26!

sitedad — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:04:24 +0000

We interrupt the strike negotiation news and other EMUTalk.org events to point you to a great fund raiser for a great cause: 826 (which includes local chapter 826 Michigan) is a non-profit and nation-wide organization that helps kids with creative and other writing skills. They do great work, believe me. So why not take [...]

“More Pressure on Faculty Members, From Every Direction”

sitedad — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:17:24 +0000

This article in the Chronicle of Higher Education could have been titled “Why Faculty Unions Do Matter,” too. “More Pressure on Faculty Members, From Every Direction” is a “by subscription only” piece, but you can get to it if you go to http://chronicle.com.ezproxy.emich.edu and use your EMU credentials to log in.

Put lecture hall classes online/iPads for everyone (well, faculty)

sitedad — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:43:45 +0000

A couple of Chronicle of Higher Ed blog pieces I thought were interesting and worth sharing here:

The first is “Killing the Lecture With Technology, Part 1:”

Earlier this month, The Chronicle wrote about New York University’s attempt to reprogram the roles of some professors in large undergraduate classes, using technology to free them up [...]

This seems like a very bad idea….

sitedad — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:20:27 +0000

From AnnArbor.com from a few days ago, “University of Michigan students can now gamble on their grades online.” Basically, it’s a program from a web site called Ultrinsic that enables bets on grades. Here’s a paragraph from the annabor.com piece:

Ultrinsic CEO Steven Wolf, 27, said for students to earn cash, they have to [...]