New License Plates for Illinois reflecting George Ryan (governor of IL from 1998-2002), now serving 6 years at a federal prison for his conviction on corruption and on the right current Governor Rod Blagojevich–currently under investigation for attempting to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat to the highest bidder. This will replace the license plate showing [...]
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More for Less
Sorry about last week… Not enough time in the day to get everything done that needs to be in a day. I have done some considerable thinking over the past 2 weeks. My thoughts started at graduation last week. We had about 40 or so graduates… all of which had been in at least one [...]
What's in a Name, Part II
I’m always amazed at how things have started and how we allow tradition to dictate what we do…even if it makes no sense. Now I’ll be the first to acknowledge that I have many, many shortcomings. I’m probably a sexist (when the behavior is not intended to be). But for the life of me I [...]
Governor of Ill-Repute
As most of you know, this past week the Governor of Chicago (er, excuse me, Illinois), Rod Blagojevich, was arrested and charged with a number of criminal violations—the most notable was his attempt to ‘auction’ off President-Elect Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder (as you know, the Governor of the state can appoint somebody [...]
Preparing neo-professionals
The job of university faculty is to prepare new young professionals. I get that. In fact, the reason I transitioned back into academics (like most of the professors who will read this) is because I wanted to influence students this way. However, I frequently find myself asking what “preparation” means. I’m not the smartest guy [...]
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