Author: admin
My Favorite Albums of 2011 (and more)
In a desperate attempt to forget that the CSU took a $100 million mid-year cut yesterday on top of the $650 million cut we took at the beginning of the year, I have produced another “best ofR... Read More
Why Students and Faculty Rebel
The CSU Board of Trustees recently cancelled their December meeting. At the December meeting the Board was expected to consider recommendations regarding executive [read: campus presidents’] com... Read More
A Bottomless Pit of Idiocy
Oh it just could not last, could it? On Tuesday I posted a list of my top 10 favorite albums of all time. It was an attempt to divorce myself from the idiocy of the CSU leadership. I tried. But now co... Read More
Ten Records for a Desert Island
Looking over my posts from the last few months there is little that I find particularly entertaining. They seem to reflect my mood through most of the semester: irascible. But I’m not that guy. ... Read More
Charlie Reed’s Latest Offer to Faculty: A Graphical Summary
The CFA bargaining team reports on the Chancellors latest contract proposal: …we asked if management had any new proposals that were responsive to ours or that modified their take-backs, they pr... Read More
Sex, Sports, and Parking: The Chancellor Throws Down
I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty. —Clark Kerr Chancellor University of California 19... Read More
VIDEO: Cornell West Addresses CFA Strikers at CSU East Bay
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8T1B6vafe8]... Read More
Reflections on November 17th
I spent the better part of the day in Carson, CA. Faculty at CSU Dominguez Hills walked out in a one day strike. I was there to support their cause and their sacrifice; after all, those faculty will b... Read More
