I’m sad and frustrated to note that our UIC grad students are on the verge of striking. “The UIC Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), which represents Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants, remains far apart from the University administration on issues of salary, fees, and protections against workplace harassment, assault, and bullying. GEO intends to begin an […]
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I ran into a colleague in the elevator on campus, and we said hi, cheerfully, and I asked how she was doing, and she said, “Oh, dragging a little bit. After spring break.” I replied, “After the last two years.” We both laughed, but with that slightly exhausted, bitter edge that says, yup, it has
This post is going around, and I agree it makes no sense on the face of it. I’m guessing that what’s actually going on is that this is a grant-funded research position, and they have someone lined up for it already, someone who will be paid for research and possibly do no actual teaching at
“Another interesting reading from this Sartre fellow; I’m surprised I haven’t heard of him before. Well, I guess that’s what classes like this are for.” – from one of my students’ reading journals tonight We live to serve.
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We got 8 new members for the Speculative Literature Foundation! Woohoo! If we can keep up that pace, we might actually make it all the way to the 250 goal before the end of the month, although of course, it’s tricky, because FB algorithms mean that most people who’d be interested in this won’t actually
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Sometimes you get an e-mail from your university with an urgent subject line like “COMPLETE YOUR MANDATORY ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE TRAINING NOW!” and so you sigh and open the e-mail and see the deadline is actually April 1, which is not NOW, folks, and if they think I’m going to actually do this a month
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Oof, people. I am still sick. Colds are annoying. I’m not sick enough that I have to take to my bed (and I tested, it’s not COVID), but I’m going to teach from Zoom tomorrow, because I’m still coughing and sneezing and I don’t want to bring that into campus, even masked. Bah, humbug. But
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My head is not doing well with this stupid cold (coughing, sneezing, stuffy head, the works); I could take DayQuil and power through, or try to teach on Zoom to be less communicable, at least, but I have not actually cancelled a class yet this semester, and I’m going to set a good example of
I am tired today and kind of want to just go to bed, but it’s a teaching day, and I do love teaching once I’m actually in the classroom, so it’s fine, it’s fine. And at least I managed to match my hair, earrings, mask, AND clothes today, which is pleasing. I have to amuse
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We’ll be starting a membership drive at the SLF on Tuesday, March 1st, and one of my tasks is to figure out what panels we’ll be hosting. The plan is to do one panel / week in March (Saturdays at 2 p.m. CST), that will be free and open to the public (though we’ll ask
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