Dear Diary, Finals week is upon us. Without any pesky exams to study for, I’ve had a little time on my hands. For the first time, I decided to read some of the comments on my Chronicle of Higher Education blog. As it turns out, I’m not as well liked as I thought I was. […]
As Penn Staters PC users at Penn State have free access to Ruckus, a “completely legal and advertising supported music service geared exclusively to the college community.” Tracks downloaded from Ruckus use Microsoft’s DRM technology, so they aren’t compatible with iPods. In short, the Ruckus program doesn’t fill the music needs of many students. [ed. […]
Left of Centre, a.k.a. Veblen, noticed something pretty interesting on Graham Spanier’s Chronicle of Higher Education’s Brainstorm blog. For the full story, check out Left of Centre. The Chronicle’s policy regarding comments changed significantly. Here’s the before and after comparison:
Graham Spanier recently blogged at the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Brainstorm about how prepared Penn State is for whatever comes our way. If you can imagine it, we probably have a committee for it. At Penn State we have a Foodborne Illness Committee and an Avian Flu Committee. There is a committee that plans for […]
A number of stories ran today that in aggregate paint a dismal picture for the economic state of Penn State. The Centre Daily Times reported that Graham Spanier told the Faculty Senate on Tuesday there will probably not be any pay raises this year. “The only way to close a gap of this magnitude with […]
President Spanier wrote in the Chronicle of HIgher Education that student activism has greatly diminished since when he was in school (the late 1960s). That thesis seems incorrect to us. Apparently, others felt the same way because his column got quite a reaction at the time it was published. In November, six student groups came […]