tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8899695174636339061..comments2024-03-28T16:03:02.583-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Doofus Of The Day #839Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90479870730659806852015-06-17T01:10:57.362-05:002015-06-17T01:10:57.362-05:00Old NFO - Dude, man. Okay, here we go again.
For ...Old NFO - Dude, man. Okay, here we go again.<br /><br />For the benefit of people who don't know anything about California, please note the following:<br /><br />1) The University of California universities are the top-tier of California's three tier higher-education system, with the California State University system the second tier and the community college system the third tier.<br /><br />2) All UC schools are governed by the same Regents, whose head is for some damn reason a damn Arizonan,that terrible Napolla-whatever woman.<br /><br />3) All UC schools are known as UC-(Location), EXCEPT for the first UC school, which is simply called California or Cal. Thus, UCLA is the University of California, Los Angeles; UCSD is the Univ of California, San Diego. Cal is not to be referred to as "UC Berkeley". Ever.<br /><br />4) USC is the University of Southern California. It is a PRIVATE university, it it NOT part of the UC system or in any way public. <br /><br />Okay, my duty as a Californian having been done, to the business at hand:<br /><br />I'm fairly certain the silence you're hearing is the sound of triumphant leftism. I could be wrong. I hope I am wrong. But I don't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58117748409575344932015-06-16T22:55:30.640-05:002015-06-16T22:55:30.640-05:00But, don't they say that the illegals are here...But, don't they say that the illegals are here for the "land of opportunity" and to live a better life. (Sarcasm)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517789242036483994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20747436771686755122015-06-16T22:25:53.149-05:002015-06-16T22:25:53.149-05:00Napolitano, that's her.Napolitano, that's her.richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75161546036538027832015-06-16T22:24:57.289-05:002015-06-16T22:24:57.289-05:00"I believe that Janet "Big Sis" Ren..."I believe that Janet "Big Sis" Reno is ramrodding that bunch. regards, Alemaster"<br /><br />Not Reno but the frightbat from DHS.richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-51773483937376903722015-06-16T21:33:08.906-05:002015-06-16T21:33:08.906-05:00"If You Were a California Dean, My Love...&qu..."If You Were a California Dean, My Love..."richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71871577595343944522015-06-16T17:32:03.036-05:002015-06-16T17:32:03.036-05:00I'm sitting here looking at Columbia Universit...I'm sitting here looking at Columbia University's <i>Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Search and Hiring</i> from their Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Planning. Page 7 is the checklist (essentially an executive summary by action item) which like Gaul, is into three parts divided: Before the Search, During the Search, After the Search.<br /><br /><b>Before</b> has six tickboxes:<br />#b1: "Create a diverse search committee, including where possible, women, underrepresented* racial and ethnic minorities, and other underrepresented groups." <br />#b2: "Appoint ... a diversity advocate ..." <br />#b3 tasks the dean and vice dean or other leadership to "reinforce importance of diversity ..." <br />#b4: break down hires of last five years by gender and race [because we are trying to build a color-blind society, and the best way to do that is to put race front and center every time /M_C]<br />#b5 is essentially "have a search plan"<br />#b6: "Add language to job ad a signaling special interest in candidates who contribute to the department's diversity priorities."<br /><br />Six action items, five of which are about "diversity" and only one is "have a fucking plan."<br /><br />The <b>During</b> list is also six items, of which four are about "diversity". In particular #d3 is "ensure each candidate is asked about their demonstrated commitment** to diversity." Only one point (#d5) has to do with the actual job, as in "Ensure each candidate is evaluated on all criteria listed in job ad and identified as <i>meaningful in the search</i>. Note the italicized part (my emphasis) those are the weasel words to allow the committee to hire a less qualified but <i>diverse and vibrant</i> candidate over some more qualified but insufficiently diverse candidate. <br /><br />Of course, as someone in academics, the bastion of free thought and independent inquiry, I [am mandated to] think all this is great, peachy keen, and does not go far enough. <br /><br />* underrepresented minority: about 6.8M Jews in the US, making up 2.1% of the population; Asians (of all sorts) make up about 5.3%; clearly both are way in the minority of the US population, but neither are "minorities."<br /><br />** demonstrated commitment to diversity: loyalty oath, anyone?Mike_Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32818046125808027662015-06-16T17:12:55.686-05:002015-06-16T17:12:55.686-05:00What I find most interesting is the inclusion of &...What I find most interesting is the inclusion of "I don't believe in race". Isn't it a commonly-held progressive position that race does not exist, or that it's just a social construct? Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29997586059151685232015-06-16T16:27:47.733-05:002015-06-16T16:27:47.733-05:00I know that neither Sapir nor Whorf is directly re...I know that neither Sapir nor Whorf is directly responsible for the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, but sometimes I'd like to go back in time and persuade either or both of those two to go into anything but linguistics.Stephen J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6835732348980567062015-06-16T15:57:22.858-05:002015-06-16T15:57:22.858-05:00I believe that Janet "Big Sis" Reno is r...I believe that Janet "Big Sis" Reno is ramrodding that bunch. regards, AlemasterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91752262759553389752015-06-16T14:18:53.688-05:002015-06-16T14:18:53.688-05:00The language of cowardice certainly has its own re...The language of cowardice certainly has its own reward.Snoggeramusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-2189136566576015882015-06-16T13:51:08.904-05:002015-06-16T13:51:08.904-05:00 It is truly a case of PCism run amock! This is th... It is truly a case of PCism run amock! This is the kind of crap that is destroying this country and USC And others are gleefully in the lead and driving the wagon!!!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com