Re: [ECOLOG-L] Research Assistantship in Primate Behavior and Spatial Ecology

2019-01-08 Thread Ian Medeiros
Advertising a program which costs $2700 as a "Research Assistantship" strikes me as disingenuous. As I've said on this list before, I'm not absolutely opposed to pay-to-participate programs being posted on ECOLOG, I just think there needs to be more truth in advertising. The definition of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] author retracts WaPo letter Re: extinction

2017-12-02 Thread Ian Medeiros
Erik, I don't see the word "retract" anywhere in Pyron's statement. (Nor "withdraw," "repudiate," etc.) Furthermore, I find it hard to square "the headlines inserted for the piece for publication said ... that 'we should only worry about preserving biodiversity when it helps us.' I did not write

[ECOLOG-L] Accurate Definitions in ECOLOG postings

2016-10-26 Thread Ian Medeiros
Hello all: What, exactly, makes this program posted on ECOLOG yesterday an internship? I could substitute "short course" for "internship" and "student" for "intern" throughout the document and it would still make sense. The substitutions might actually improve it, since this program sounds in