Honoring Don Gregory
When I was a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, my English Major adviser was the great Don Gregory.
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Nebraska Cancels William Ayers
In a strange move that I unfortunately recognize, but will never condone, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln played a coward’s hand by going back on their word and canceling a speech by William Ayers.
Harvard is the Urban Semiotic of Universities
I read something online the other day from someone proclaiming Rice University: “The Harvard of the South.”
That’s funny, I said to myself, because I always thought Duke University was supposed to be the “Harvard of the South.”
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Arguing Against Arena Learning
In a recent article I wrote — Arguing Against Corridor Teaching — I made the case that students must be required to think universally and not in narrow niches of comfort. Today, I challenge universities to honor that teaching code by requiring intimate learning opportunities in all circumstances they control. You create that kind of careful environment using small class sizes and not
giant auditoriums.
Tommy Lee Does Lincoln
As a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln I am disgusted and disappointed UNL allowed felon/porn star Tommy Lee to “audit” classes for a fake reality television show that debuted on NBC last night in order to build a promotional bandwagon for the prairie school.
Five other universities turned down the Tommy Lee show before Nebraska bought into the idea. The phrase “whore for attention” immediately comes to mind as an entire university bends over. I am uncertain why UNL was eager to get in bed with convicted wife batterer Tommy Lee and let him pretend to be a “real” student at the university.
Did UNL want to example what school life is like? Is there no better choice to be found to demonstrate on a national scale the UNL experience than a 42-year-old washed-up rock star who kicked his wife and was sent to jail?
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