Re: Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-23 Thread jim clark
Hi On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Stephen Black wrote: > And while we're on the topic, a thought, although I expect (with > trepidation) I'm going to hear from Jim Clark about it. We're > rightly outraged by the attempt by the religious right to censor > Darwin. But we have no problem with censoring creat

teachers as therapists

2001-03-23 Thread sieghi
Dear Tipsters, I am working on research on “pedagogy as therapeutic alliance” (working title of the paper). The recent posting by Louis prompts me to ask all Tipsters for their ‘take’ on this. I’m pasting a few excerpts from what I’ve done to date to give a background perspective on why I

Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-23 Thread Stephen Black
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: > Good news. The Arkansas house voted down the anti-evilution bill this > morning. Ah, yes. Evolution is the evil work of the devil. Was that intentional? And while we're on the topic, a thought, although I

Re: Legislation on Darwin

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Scoles
Good news. The Arkansas house voted down the anti-evilution bill this morning. It was a close one-- 45 for, 36 against, and 12 without the guts to take a position, but who nonetheless prevented the majority necessary for the bill to pass. -- *

Re: Commencement speakers...

2001-03-23 Thread Linda Woolf
Hi Y'all, Just thought I'd toss in my thoughts about a commencement speaker. I would say that a lot depends on what your goal is in regards to a commencement speaker. If you are simply looking for entertainment, then selecting someone who is known and loved might be the key. We had Jack Buck (

Re: I was born and raised in New York State.

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Scoles
Louis is (gulp) correct - I was making unwarranted use of the stereotype. In fact, my hometown is located on the shores of Seneca Lake in upstate New York. Its maximum population was about 1200, with 1000 of those being psychiatric patients. As medication improved, the population became smalle

Re: need some collegial advice

2001-03-23 Thread Richard Pisacreta
>I have a somewhat uncomfortable situation that has developed over the past >3 class sessions. (or maybe I finally noticed it.) I have a bright male student who sits in the front (of course) and I've noticed that during my lecture he is winking at me He doesn't take notes so he is always

RE: Legislation on Darwin

2001-03-23 Thread Paul Smith
Stephen Black wrote: > The Arkansas legislation was approved by the House Committee on > State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. >It would bar the topic of evolution or related radiocarbon > dating of animal and plant fossils from state-funded textbooks > used in schools, museums, librar

graduation non-speakers

2001-03-23 Thread Michael Sylvester
Last year a univerity in my area had a famous black saxophonist (Noble Thin Man Watts) play his piece for the grauating class. He delivered no speech and students enjoyed this format.He grew up around the university area,but he played with some Jazz and Blues greats. He received an honorary degre

RE: Legislation on Darwin

2001-03-23 Thread Dennis Goff
For the best understanding of this issue you need to go to the original source, the proposed law is loaded with scientific evidence. The legislature has really done their homework. They have scientific evidence as recent as 1958 that evolution does not reflect the "truth" and is in fact fraudulent

Re: I was born and raised in New York State.

2001-03-23 Thread Paul Brandon
At 8:52 AM -0600 3/23/01, Mike Scoles wrote: >But the pace is too fast there. Here, it is much slower. In fact we >move backwards in time. > >http://www.msnbc.com/news/548017.asp?cp1=1#BODY I think that the term is 'devolution'. The good news is... On the same site, there was a vote on the evid

RE: I was born and raised in New York State.

2001-03-23 Thread Gary Klatsky
Although upstate NY is more conservative than NYC (although they did vote for Gore and Clinton this past year), you would never see much support for banning the teaching of evolution in those school districts. Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. Department of Psychology[EMAIL PROTECTED] Osw

Legislation on Darwin

2001-03-23 Thread Stephen Black
http://www.msnbc.com/news/548017.asp?cp1=1#BODY/ Reuters, March 21/01 The Arkansas legislation was approved by the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. It would bar the topic of evolution or related radiocarbon dating of animal and plant fossils from state-funded tex

RE: graduation speakers

2001-03-23 Thread Paul Smith
Jim Guinee wrote: > When my wife graduated from the University of Illinois, they > had Marian Wright Edelman speak. Whew...I was starting to think that the only graduation speakers anyone could think of were Click and Clack. I saw Joyce Carol Oates speak at a friend's graduat

Re: I was born and raised in New York State.

2001-03-23 Thread Louis_Schmier
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: > But the pace is too fast there. Here, it is much slower. In fact we > move backwards in time. Ah, a stereotype. New York City is not the whole state anymore than all of Georgia is Atlanta. While I was born and bred in THE CITY, I spent my winters and

Re: I was born and raised in New York State.

2001-03-23 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: > But the pace is too fast there. Here, it is much slower. In fact we > move backwards in time. As if we did not notice. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida

info:Psychocybernetics

2001-03-23 Thread Michael Sylvester
I remember a work by Maltz about the above topic re the impact of plastic surgery on personality.If I recall correctly,it portrayed a negative impact on body,mind and behavior. Is there someone on Tips who can reiterate the findings at that time and if there is any concurrent validity? Michael S

Text of Arkansas theory/fraud bill.

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Scoles
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2001/htm/HB2548.pdf -- * * Mike Scoles *[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Department of Psychology *voice: (501) 450-5418 * * University of Central Arkansas *

does it really matter?

2001-03-23 Thread Michael Sylvester
Since a majority of my students tend to wait the last minute to begin working on their papers and projects,I am beginning to wonder what's the point in giving them the assignments 8 weeks in advance? I gave an assignment 8 weeks ago,and most students are waiting this weekend to do the assignment

I was born and raised in New York State.

2001-03-23 Thread Mike Scoles
But the pace is too fast there. Here, it is much slower. In fact we move backwards in time. http://www.msnbc.com/news/548017.asp?cp1=1#BODY -- * * Mike Scoles *[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Department of Psycholo

Re: graduation speakers

2001-03-23 Thread Jim Guinee
> From: "Patrick Cabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Commencement speakers... > > I've been asked to help come up with a list of candidate speakers for our > commencement ceremonies. The aim is to generate a longish list from which > to choose for future ceremonies (this year's speaker, I unders

RE: Commencement speakers...

2001-03-23 Thread Sally Radmacher
They are wildly popular in the Midwest too. I would love to have them for a commencement address. Sally A. Radmacher, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Missouri Western State College 4525 Downs Drive St. Joseph, MO 64507 (816) 271-4353 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Beth Benoit