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“Cop died doing what he loved, dad says,” was an EMU alum

sitedad — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:28:46 +0000

More sad news this morning, I’m afraid: Donna Selman, a regular EMUTalk.org reader, sent me an email and a link to this article at Freep.com, “Cop died doing what he loved, dad says,” which is an article about Jackson City Police Officer James Bonneau, who was killed while on duty. Dr. Selman asked [...]

Vernon Polite, dean of Eastern Michigan University’s College of Education, dies at 61

sitedad — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:43 +0000

I’m sure we’ll see other obituaries and memorials from other sources, but this is the first one I’ve come across: from Crain’s Business Detroit comes “Vernon Polite, dean of Eastern Michigan University’s College of Education, dies at 61.”

Oh, and then there is also this article from annarbor.com: “Eastern Michigan University College of Education Dean Vernon [...]

Thanks for the spontaneous fund-raiser, Aging Hippie!

sitedad — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:58:56 +0000

Just wanted to give a shout-out to long time friend of the site, “Aging Hippie,” who I ran into today for the first time in what seems like months. He reached into his pocket and handed me $20 toward the EMUTalk.org effort and I had it in my hand before I could even really say [...]

Announcing the 2nd Annual EMUTalk.org NCAA Basketball Tourney

sitedad — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:04:41 +0000

Once again, the so-called “March Madness” is upon us and it’s time for basketball fans and non-fans alike to put together their picks for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (aka, “the final four.”) Last year, we had a small but enthusiastic group participate in the picks here at EMUTalk.org, and the victory went to Honolulu [...]

Hopefully, the EMU-AAUP will be able to negotiate better than the median

sitedad — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:34:21 +0000

According to an article on the Inside Higher Ed site, “Salaries Fell for 32.6% of Faculty.” Here are the opening paragraphs:

The median salary change for faculty members in 2009-10 was 0 percent — and for many professors, no change would have been better than the decreases they experienced.

The figures on faculty salaries come from the [...]

Emu dies in suspicious circumstances

sitedad — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:01:47 +0000

In flightless bird news: this item, sent to me from a colleague and loyal EMUTalk.org reader, and from something called The Awl: “Emu Dies in Suspicious Circumstances.” Allow me to quote the brief piece in its entirety:

A “mad emu” was on the loose in El Paso yesterday, “snarling rush-hour traffic near Interstate 10 and attacking [...]

“Layoffs Without ‘Financial Exigency’”

sitedad — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:20:36 +0000

Not that I want to give the Board of Regents any ideas, but remember that whole bit about how tenured faculty can’t get fired unless the institution is about to go broke? Well, Inside Higher Ed’s “Layoffs Without ‘Financial Exigency’” suggests not so much. Here’s a long opening quote from the article:

One of the ultimate [...]

In the “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” department

sitedad — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:23:11 +0000

An alert EMUTalk.org reader emailed me today about an article in the New York Times, “Digital Billboards, Diversions Drivers Can’t Escape,” which, as the headline suggests, is about these new digital billboards and if they are (or aren’t) dangerous. But by coincidence (I presume), this article features prominently an EMU “Explore Eastern” ad on an [...]

“Shrinking Newsrooms Put Colleges in the Content Business”

sitedad — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:38:30 +0000

I was not planning on posting much or at all over the break here, but when I came across this article via Geoff Larcom’s Facebook profile, well, how could I not pass it along here? “Shrinking Newsrooms Put Colleges in the Content Business” from this week’s CHE is about what’s happening with fading media coverage [...]

“Goals, Values, and Wisdom: Unsolicited Advice to Young College Students”

sitedad — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:32:50 +0000

I’m about to dim the lights around the EMUTalk.org control complex in honor of winter break– not shutting down entirely, since I will not be traveling to an undisclosed location this season but will instead be hunkering down right here, apparently under a never-ending snowfall. If there are any loyal EMUTalk.org readers going to warmer [...]