It is with great sadness that I pass along the news of the death of a colleague from PSU. The email I received says, With great sorrow I report that Bill Petersen passed away last evening, December 20, in Pittsburgh. His partner, Mark Biedrzycki, has announced that plans for a […]
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Excellent. 33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names – Words – Book of Lists – Canongate Home For example: 1 AGLET – The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace. 2 ARMSAYE – The armhole in clothing. 3 CHANKING – Spat-out food, such as rinds […]
Sort of. No, really, I couldn’t have said it better myself, so I won’t. Atheists vs. Liberals Heave an egg outside a Pullman window anywhere in the United States today, and you will probably hit an atheist. In fact, I hope you do. There is a new prominence of what […]
What do you all make of this post on the Chronicle of Higher Ed forum? I will give me 2¢ right up front. I would not (and do not think it is appropriate) include one’s religious convictions on a syllabus. It certainly isn’t relevant to Accounting (the faculty member’s discipline). […]
This looks very promising. Podcasting presentations ProfCast lets you record and publish your Keynote and PowerPoint presentations (Via Mac Gems Weblog.) From the ProfCast website: ProfCast is a versatile, powerful, yet very simple to use tool for recording lectures including PowerPoint and/or Keynote slides for creating enhanced podcasts. ProfCast provides […]
The call for papers for SBL and SBL International is now available. The Aramaic Studies session will have two open sessions, one focusing upon Aramaic from the Dead Sea Scrolls 2007 SBL Annual Meeting Call for Papers The 2007 Annual Meeting Call for Papers is available on the SBL website, […]
I am not sure how I missed This article at Inside Higher Ed from Nov. 2, but it is great! Not only do I (more or less) agree with what he says, it is very witty and has some of the best one liners. He begins: Inside Higher Ed’s recent […]
From the CHE:Patron Saint of Internet Shines in New Data Center at Boston College The Vatican has declared that St. Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of the Internet, and now his image — in the form of a stained-glass window — casts its colors in Boston College’s new […]
From the Student blog at the SHC. It takes a sentence or two to find its groove, but it is worth it. This is what sets these students apart. It started out as a typical weekend night: a stream of partiers heading downtown, a few cars passing lazily by, and […]
My earlier post has generated a long discussion and now my brother has taken on this topic. He has gathered actual sound clips from Dawkins himself. It is an excellent podcast and I encourage anyone interested in this topic to hear what he has to say. Dawkins, God, and the […]