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Retreat! (Or, In Which I Bash Other Administrators)

Careful readers will notice that, from time to time, I take the occasional potshot at some of the tenured types...

HALLOWEEN...

...and, as an arty type, I've got my bag of treats for the night: The Day of the Dead passages...

Gen Ed

IHE's story yesterday about a kerfuffle over Gen Ed reforms at the University of Kentucky convinced me that the issues...

Happy Halloween From Oronte Churm, Age 9

I think I was supposed to be Count Vronsky from Anna Karenina. I don’t remember who the cat went as...

Baby Got (Hatch)Back: An Automotive Snark

Last week, car shopping went abruptly from "I should think about that" to "I need to do this right now,"...

Print 'Em and Ship 'Em

A new correspondent writes: >Why do community colleges mail catalogs to everyone? It seems like a lot>of expense for something...

Imagine the Chancellor

Doesn’t have to be the Chancellor. Could be. Drives a Beemer. Big smile, pants are too tight at the waist...

The Tempest, Act 3

Two weeks ago we went to see The Tempest at the University of Illinois’ Krannert Center f or the Performing...