[tips] Quick sociobiological fathers' day check.

2012-06-12 Thread mjchael sylvester
Is it true that children tend to resemble their dads more than their moms as a guarantee that dads will be assured that the kids are his? Michael 'omnicentric' Sylvester,PhD Daytoa Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here:

[tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes

2012-06-12 Thread Gerald Peterson
I bet they learned something tho ;-) Check out this article that I saw in USA TODAY's iPad application. Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes http://usat.ly/LhvlpO To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser. To learn more about USA TODAY for iPad and download, visit:

Re: [tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes

2012-06-12 Thread William Scott
The course was titled. Blacks in North Carolina, without instruction, but with a 10-15 page paper required. According to the Census Bureau there are 2,076,126 blacks in NC. It would take more than 15 typed pages just to list their names. Bill Scott Gerald Peterson 06/12/12 10:24 AM I bet

Re: [tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes

2012-06-12 Thread Louis E. Schmier
When I was a TA/part-time instructor at UNC-CH in the mid-60's, three freshman basketballers came into class and asked me if they had to attend class to get their passing grade. I immediately called Dean Smith. The next day those three came into class virtually on hands-and-knees in

[tips] Fw: Hey Dude, Where's My Wireless Car?

2012-06-12 Thread mjchael sylvester
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[tips] Fw: THE POLITICAL THEOLOGY OF LIBERALISM: POWER, RESISTANCE, ESCHATOLOGY‏

2012-06-12 Thread mjchael sylvester
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Re: [tips] USA TODAY: Report: UNC athletes took suspect classes

2012-06-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
This was the part of the News Observer story that caught my eye: Nyang’oro received summer pay only for the AFAM 280 class last summer, and it was the standard amount: $12,000. $12K to teach one summer class?!?! Where can I get a gig like that? I'll actually teach the class, too! Paul Read

[tips] faculty sharing offices

2012-06-12 Thread Bourgeois, Dr. Martin
Hi, everyone. Faced with both a space crunch and a budget crunch, my university's administration is planning to have faculty begin doubling up and sharing offices. I have never heard of regular faculty being asked to share offices. I'm curious as to how common such a policy might be. Please

Re: [tips] faculty sharing offices

2012-06-12 Thread don allen
Hi Marty- We had to do it years ago before we had an enlarged campus. It actually worked out well for me as my office mate was a really great person we were quite compatible. As I remember, the Chair made the assignments but people had the ability to swap around if they chose. -Don. -

Re: [tips] faculty sharing offices

2012-06-12 Thread Ken Steele
Hi Marty: I have dealt with space crunches on several occasions and have not heard of regular faculty sharing offices as a common solution. In my experience, the typical solution is to find a vacant office -- somewhere, anywhere -- for the required time period. In the past, the ASU psych

Re: [tips] faculty sharing offices

2012-06-12 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I've been in a shared office situation as an adjunct and as a one year temporary faculty. It is awkward when you have student consultations and I feel that the modern climate and laws on confidentiality pretty much rules out this kind of arrangement. The school had two 'adjunct' pools, by the