whoops

I emailed my students a midterm this morning, unfortunately I somehow went from question 24 to 35…I was wondering how I ended up with 52 questions. In short: I’m ready for spring break. (Chanelle, if you’re reading this, thanks again for the great intro yesterday and thanks for spotting the midterm goof.) (I don’t want…

research come to life (unfortunately)

While my research concerning Greek life addresses the more subtle ways that race manifests itself in 21st century sororities and fraternities, once in awhile there’s an ugly, blatant incident related to Greek life that reminds us of how far our campus communities have to go in terms of being welcoming places for students of color.…

happy late valentine’s

I don’t know where Philo finds these clips, but they make me laugh: http://www.pumahardchorus.com/

dear sk

Calm down and just let Kim Yuna skate!

from bad to worse

In San Diego: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/20/new-ucsd-racial-incident-sparks-rage-confrontation/ BSU demands: http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/BSUdemands.pdf

reactions

lots of them: http://chronicle.com/article/Reactions-Is-Tenure-a-Matter/64321/

stem watch

With the awesome Lorelle Espinosa: http://diverseeducation.com/blogpost/218/breaking-new-ground-on-faculty-diversity-in-stem-fields.html

some people really love

kimchi

excellence

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/nyregion/16barber.html?hpw (he even cuts his own hair!)

another plug

For the Unlikely Disciple, which I finally finished. It’s a great snapshot of a chunk (one chunk! one chunk! there are many!) of the evangelical community and does a nice job of showing the diversity that exists even within that one chunk. Kevin Roose does a great job of capturing the dissonance, contradictions, and paradoxes…