If you are an #educator, you may have spent recent weeks grappling with your position with respect to #student#NonviolentResistance. You’re not alone, and in this moment, perhaps it is helpful to identify ways #teachers & staff at #schools, #colleges & #universities have supported students engaged in nonviolent #CivilResistance. Below, I will share a range of options, progressing from familiar #faculty roles to those with greater proximity to student #NonviolentAction.
Both #faculty and #encampment members took issue with how the president directed blame for those incidents, with the former saying it could hinder meaningful dialogue and the latter saying they’re being #scapegoated.
The faculty group on Friday said they’re around the encampment almost 24/7 and they’re concerned the information coming the #university “does not align with what most of us have seen first hand at the encampment.”
“In the dark of night, dozens of men wearing black or blue sweatshirts with full-face white plastic masks, some with Israeli flags draped on their shoulders, converged on the #UCLA encampment that #students had assembled in peaceful solidarity with the beleaguered Palestinians of #Gaza.
Armed … [and] chanting anti-Arab, anti-Black, and anti-Palestinian slogans, the mob set about attacking students and #faculty in the camp.”
"The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case, however, we must arrest and slander them.
“We will not look back and regret this decision. Although we were wrong about not admitting women, abolitioning racial quotas, US involvement in Vietnam, and divesting from apartheid South Africa, we are confident that this time is different."
Some of you are aware of the ongoing TA #strike at #McGill, and it pains me to see the administration is succeeding in actively dividing undergraduates, graduate #students, and #professors alike, by pushing all three to the absolute mental limit. We - and by that I mean all three above - must NOT let the administration tear the social fabric in our #university to put money before people. When the #union says "united we bargain, divided we beg," it means not just them, but everyone. 1/
The #university has demanded the #faculty to #scab - that is, to perform tasks usually delegated to the TAs, such as grading - despite being in a jurisdiction that explicitly prohibits scabbing. This puts every #professor between a rock and a hard place: by scabbing, they break the law and betray the #students; by not scabbing, they lose their job (most are not unionized here, and although it is wrongful dismissal, one simply cannot afford the lawsuit) and also betray the students. 2/
@elduvelle at a college (non-medical school) it is common for faculty to have a 9-month salary stretched to 12 months. They can cover their summer salary through grants, by teaching, or running a program #academia#faculty
"Sometimes the most important thing a teacher can do is model what it means to be a professional in their discipline. For example, #faculty demonstrate through their own principled actions what being a #professor is all about—being a responsible learner, being reflexive and critical about information, being creative and precise. Another thing that faculty should model is self-respect and how to assert their right to #worker#SelfManagement."
Okay I feel I've told this story before, but new account and all, so I'll try to catch you up to date.
I started my first year at #University. And per #school policy first years have to live in the #dorms. I'm in one of the #GirlsOnly dorms. Before classes started my proposed #roommate made some very unkind comments about me being a #lesbian, in front of myself, the #RA and a couple of #faculty members. And she was unceremoniously told she was not welcome at the university. The student they found to replace her is male, so I ended up without a roomie, which since I suffer from #chronic#migraines is a nice thing.
Last week was #Frosh week, where all the first years have to do stuff for #charity. So the girls in my dorm did a car wash. Since it was super hot last week, most of us work ,#bikini tops and short #shorts. I made some good friends among them, Suse and Rose who share the room next to mine and Lisa for the 2nd floor. I like all the girls, but we four became really close already.
Suse and I even slept together after a mixer in the dorm's common room, we woke up #naked together on the couch. Since then she's woken me up or vice versa several times by licking each other's #pussies.
This week we had our first classes. And after buying/downloading our text books the four of us went shopping . We took turns in pairs having #cunnilingus in the changing rooms.
I also tried out and got a spot on the #swimming ,#team and the #gymnastics team. And Suse and I both posed nude together for a art class. And are going to continue to do so.
Hope that brings you up to date with my year so far. 💋
The work day after a teach-in opposing arming campus #police, the GW provost tells professors to speak only through official channels. A year ago, he defended employing Justice Thomas as an adjunct because "we steadfastly support the robust exchange of ideas.” But he would like #faculty opponents of putting more guns on campus to kindly keep quiet unless we’re asked to speak. #teaching
I had a blast presenting our sea #urchin#disease#research today at the #USFCMS#faculty symposium! I even wore a costume, brought a live urchin for show & tell, and made themed snacks! #science
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