This Academic Life

"Academia als Beruf," or, an occasional record of the various aspects of my life as an academic. Written by "21stCWeber," an arrogant handle I know…but I must confess that I do want to be Weber when and if I grow up :-)

6.17.2005

"I'm not brave enough for politics"

There is a scene in Revenge of the Sith , immediately after Anakin manages to crash-land the burned-out husk of Grievious' flagship on a...

6.13.2005

Top four and bottom six

Because I like stalling and procrastinating a bit, here are a few things I really abhor about summer teaching and a few things that are not ...

6.09.2005

University for sale

Ah, summer -- when the bastion of learning that we call the university gives way to a group of buildings with a prime location and decent fa...

6.05.2005

On the absence of sufficient financial resources

Leave it to Bitch, PhD to say what a lot of us have undoubtedly been thinking: the financial incentives in academia are seriously fucked up...

5.24.2005

Not dead yet

No, I haven't completely vanished off of the face of the earth. Between lingering Spring grading, summer teaching, and the release of th...

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