tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post5939072662264492584..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: Faculty surveyDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-52117275705439131072012-04-20T08:06:30.468-05:002012-04-20T08:06:30.468-05:00I hope the results of the survey will be shared wi...I hope the results of the survey will be shared with more than just the administration. As I answered the questions, I became curiouser and curiouser (thanks Alice) about the likely feedback from the rest of the campus. <br /><br />That said, I have to wonder about the distribution of the survey. Using a system that is not yet used by most on the campus (including, apparently, access glitches Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-67366386735557743702012-04-15T15:14:45.338-05:002012-04-15T15:14:45.338-05:00I made an analogy the other night, comparing the F...I made an analogy the other night, comparing the Faculty Senate to the Imperial Senate in Star Wars. The more I thought about it, the more the pieces/players seemed to fit....Patrick Dilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907686980479319760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-33923776790260475072012-04-15T12:57:59.495-05:002012-04-15T12:57:59.495-05:00Well, Hunger Games isn't exactly original, gre...Well, Hunger Games isn't exactly original, great art (among numerous other things, the Roman references are thoroughly scrambled, though at least in the film they did a nice job with Seneca's involuntary suicide). Nor is this faculty survey the equivalent of the [pick your favorite successful color] Revolution. But if we say we want shared governance, then my thinking is that we need to Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-2995129004062979192012-04-15T11:11:25.687-05:002012-04-15T11:11:25.687-05:00Not really, Dave. It is all "bread and circus...Not really, Dave. It is all "bread and circus." HUNGER GAMES is a rip-off from BATTLE ROYALE and is really a Marine recruiting film promoting teen violence with a PG 13 certificate as opposed to that more serious film on cyber bullying which has been refused the same certificate. Be ready for the next episode when the Donald Sutherland character (a composite of his Straker from the Tony Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-59228903181963891782012-04-14T21:59:38.037-05:002012-04-14T21:59:38.037-05:00Shows can make a difference. And, no, that's n...Shows can make a difference. And, no, that's not only because I've just returned from The Hunger Games. The willingness of the supposedly supine faculty senate to do such a survey is praiseworthy, it seems to me (a member of said body--though I had nothing to do with this survey).Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-81693370144110884702012-04-13T08:29:15.295-05:002012-04-13T08:29:15.295-05:00Exactly. This is all just show and will not affect...Exactly. This is all just show and will not affect "business as usual."Tony Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-6761697269002599952012-04-12T22:40:46.862-05:002012-04-12T22:40:46.862-05:00I took the survey & also encourage others to d...I took the survey & also encourage others to do the s<br /><br />Obviously results of the survey won't be taken seriously by the Administration......if they cared about faculty welfare, last fall would have have been entirely different.....Clair Voyantnoreply@blogger.com