“Even though I had a great time I don’t think I had as good a time as if I’d taken over the supreme court.” That comes from Maxwell Schnurer, who gave me a political education about the university when I first arrived in Pittsburgh. He is also a lot of fun. In a rare inversion …
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“Afterword: On the Future of Music.” In Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture, ed. Michael D. Ayers, 255-263. New York: Peter Lang, 2006. Among other things, today is tax day.
and now for some campus politics
Though there are many happy effects of McGill’s prime downtown location, one of the perennial problems is a space crunch. As a result, the administration has been moving people around from office to office in an effort to free up space for other uses. So some of the biggest conflicts between students and administration have …
Wingnuts, North of the 49th Parallel
Education professors are now being asked to provide evidence for the theory of evolution in their grant applications to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, perhaps the main funding body for social scientific and humanistic work in Canada (pronounced “shirk” for you non-Canadians). Read up here and here. I love that the SSHRC rep …
Pittsburgh Confessions
As you approach the tram to take you to the baggage claim area of the Pittsburgh Internation Airport, you are greeted by two statues of approximate life size. On the right is George Washington. You know who he is. On the left is Franco Harris, a running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl teams …
Two for Two
I forgot to write that I’m off to Pittsburgh for a few days to make some doctors. Of philosophy, that it. So here I am, and for the second time in a row on a Montreal-Pgh trip, USAir has managed to lose my luggage. I would ask what the odds are but I’m starting to …
Job Security and Free Time in France
As you probably know, protests have erupted over changes to French labor law. My friend Jayson has an interestingly circumspect take on the matter here.