Re: Freud query

2004-03-11 Thread bbenoit
Interestingly, during a discussion of Freud in my Intro. class, one of the students said of Freud, in a dismissive tone: "Didn't he use cocaine? Maybe that's where he came up with his wild ideas about sex!" Well, that's not a perspective on Freud I'd entertained before. Thought you'd all enjoy t

RE: letters of recommendation and 'belief' in evolution

2003-02-07 Thread bbenoit
Much as I decry a student's rejection of evolutionary psychology's tenets, this situation calls to my mind the Pope's insistence, a few centuries ago, that Galileo renounce his own findings and subscribe to the time-honored belief that the world revolves around the earth. Of course there's a sligh

Re: Regarding Lazarus obit

2002-12-11 Thread bbenoit
The Boston Globe's obituary did give credit to the story as having come from the Los Angeles Times. (Don't know whether Berkeley did...) Beth Benoit University System of New Hampshire > Given that I am in the process of reading student > papers, I must be on "plagiarism-detection mode". > Check

Re: A question regarding guest lecturing

2002-10-09 Thread bbenoit
Gene, Are you looking for any guest lecturers? At a high of $200 per class I'm available. (Those of you who are tenured may begin to realize how stunned we adjuncts are...) Beth Benoit (adjunct!!!) University System of New Hampshire > A question regarding guest lecturingCheryl: I always pay > t