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April 25, 2008 AAUP president discusses faculty leadership Campus Voice spoke with Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors, prior to his campus address in April. The interview has been edited for length. Campus Voice: What is the role of the president of the American Association of University Professors? Cary Nelson: First of all it is to be a spokesperson for the organization. I’d been writing about higher education policies for about 20 years before I

June 15, 2009 Perspective: Rethinking the global citizen The field of Subaltern Studies came into existence to address a perceived problem with the way that existing scholarly paradigms in anthropology, Latin American studies, and many other fields, had understood the “objects” of study: people in cultures other than those of the scholar. Subaltern Studies sought to engage the subaltern as an ally and participant in the academic process. The communities being studied in this way, at least

presidential election: American forces were there to help provide security for voters and to protect the election process from disruption by Taliban fighters. “We would always joke on a regular basis, ‘Oh, we are going to preserve democracy today,’ but on that day, I really felt like we had,” Shumaker said. “That was a really special day for me.” While he was deployed, Shumaker’s second daughter was born. “It was harder on my wife, but she got through it,” Shumaker said. “She was one of my heroes.” Second

Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability. We aren’t a values-neutral institution, but a place that is intentional about our commitment to these core concerns. And that sets us apart. And Interdisciplinary programs are all about these values–diversity, justice, and sustainability are at the core of what we do, in Global Studies; Chinese Studies; Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies; Environmental Studies; Innovation Studies; Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Native American and Indigenous Studies. These are

sexual assault as a 17-year-old first-year student at the University of Virginia—and again later in life. She will share her story in a talk titled “From Victim to Survivor to Leader: Preventing Sexual Assault in the Military and on Campus.” 6 p.m., Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts; public reception follows. Jehane Noujaim. Thursday, Feb. 19: Jehane Noujaim: The Square. The award-winning Egyptian-American filmmaker screens and discusses her film on the Egyptian revolution and the

Battle of Gettysburg: Eisenhower’s Fight with the 1918 Flu Pandemic By Jack M. Holl ’59 In 1918, Dwight D. Eisenhower, while in command of the Tank Corps at Camp Colt in Gettysburg, PA, played a key role in the US Army’s fight with the 1918 influenza pandemic that ravaged US troops near the end of World War I. Before the pandemic ran its course, the 1918 flu killed almost as many American soldiers as died in battle during Europe’s savage war.  While the deaths of young soldiers at Camp Colt were

future PLU generations. The large collection focuses on typography and calligraphy. The collection includes type and design journals from Boge’s era, like Emigre magazine, that still convey groundbreaking type and graphic design. He was particularly active when digital type design grew exponentially (alongside the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984). The collection also includes treasures such as the 1923 American Type Foundry Type Specimen and Catalog. Weighing in at seven pounds, the exquisitely

PLU Digs into the Merits of Meat Posted by: Todd / October 1, 2014 October 1, 2014 What goes into the production of a quarter pound burger? According to J.L. Capper in The Journal of Animal Science, 6.7 pounds of feed, 52.8 gallons of drinking water, 74.5 square feet of grazing, and the equivalent amount of energy it takes to run a microwave for 18 minutes. The average American eats approximately 271 pounds of meat a year—or three, quarter pounder burgers a day. Meat is a tasty part of culture

Monty, and Clapp said it will provide audiences with singing, dancing, acting and fun. “This is your traditional American musical,” Clapp said. “It’s really underpinned to what’s happening right now with the economy.” Although he didn’t want to give away too much of the surprise, Clapp said there will be portions of the play with “suggested nudity.”Clapp, who started teaching and directing at PLU in 1995, is no stranger to productions such as this one. He estimates that in the last 16 years he has

Program Symposium in July. Amgen Scholars will be housed in a Marriott Residence Inn in close proximity to our campus. Sincere thanks to the Amgen Foundation for the generous support of the UT Southwestern Amgen Scholars program. UT Southwestern values the benefits of having a diverse scientific population. We encourage applications from backgrounds historically underrepresented in the sciences (African-American, Hispanic, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders), as well as first generation and