tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320163952024-03-08T00:05:12.095-08:00wherethecrowfliesblogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-74746291207884664062007-02-05T12:41:00.000-08:002007-02-05T16:35:18.259-08:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">KNOW THE DANGER!!!!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">President Crow and his henchman George Post have installed biohazard safety level BSL3 laboratories where government biochemists will be working with deadly organisms </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">(e.g.,</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">ebola, anthrax, just to name two)</span> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" >right in the middle of over 60,000 students</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">,</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" > and in the heart of a metropolitan area of c. 3.5 million people.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">They have also hired biochemists with</span> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" >little</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> or </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" >no</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">academic experience and blatantly discarded our top research scientist/ professors from the academic field. They started with the destruction of the Cancer Research Center and Dr. G. R. Pettit and have moved through the University grounds demoralizing faculty and staff as they go. <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">(Check New Times "A Cancer on ASU" article January 18, 2007 by Megan Irwin.</span><br /></span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1169659042905925792007-01-24T09:12:00.000-08:002007-02-02T15:17:51.237-08:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >A CANCER on ASU!!</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:arial;">Is anyone as outraged as this blogger or The New Times about the treatment of this professor and the other 80% of the professors that president Crow has harrassed or intimidated to leave ASU!</span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you haven't read the article go to</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >www.phoenixnewtimes.com</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> or pick up a paper!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Good reporting job Megan Irwin!</span><br /></span></span></span></span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1159236170048541022006-09-25T18:46:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:18:45.167-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Do you want this Covance lab in Arizona????</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Arizona residents, students, and faculty at ASU! </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Don't sit idly by and complacently let the company COVANCE build a lab in Chandler. Clamorous protests drove them out of Alameda, California. They have a notorious unethical reputation.</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Covance was sited recently by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 16 violations!!!</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span></span></span></span></span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1159126300651947412006-09-24T12:29:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:16:08.867-08:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;" ><br /></span><b style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:red;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:red;" >STUDENTS</span></b><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">where will you find mentors to nurture your talent and guide you through tough spots?</span> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >The poor caliber of replacement professors at ASU is such they do not have the credentials to become your mentors.</span></p>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1157643517410679352006-09-07T08:33:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:04:31.828-08:00Ebola and Anthrax<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >BOTH THESE GRANTS AWARDED TO ASU!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">NIH Grant Number 1U01AI061253-01</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Quote from Grant "The research builds upon an ongoing funding investment by DoD directed to the creation of a "cocktail" of monoclonal antibodies to use in post-exposure prophylaxis for Ebola virus infections.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">NIH Grant Number 7U01AI055010-04</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Quote from Grant "Since an anthrax vaccine will be a critical component of any effective defense plan, our objective is to find one.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1155393159358722742006-08-12T07:31:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:07:19.034-08:00Proposition 301 Where is the MONEY?<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">ATTENTION PUBLIC!</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> YOU</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> ought to be interested in what has been done with the massive tuition increases and</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">301 Proposition monies</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">as well as be asking for</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >accountability of funds appropriated to ASU.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Whatever happened to responsibility based budgeting?????</span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1155350735066974312006-08-11T19:44:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:09:29.874-08:00"MiCrow Management" - "MiCrow Vision"<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Many resonate with the</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">"MiCrow Vision"</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">at ASU, but the</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">"MiCrow Management" </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">technique is </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:180%;" >NOT</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> working. It has resulted in<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">faculty and staff being increasingly marginalized and demoralized</span>.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">ASU is on a terrible trajectory downward because people charged with running the institution are too afraid to speak to power.</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >A CEO/President who cannot hear negative comments or alternate visions from his associates/mgrs/faculty IS NOT A LEADER and will run the corpoation/institution into the ground.</span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1155319383154118622006-08-11T11:01:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:10:04.221-08:00"Rise of the Corporate University - ASU?<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The '</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">corporatised university</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">' is obliged to respond to demands for greater accountability in relation to their financial situation, their core functions of teaching, research and community service and to document and report on these and other government policy imperatives, such as equity, minority representation and ethical considerations.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> With this obvious make over and blatant touting from president Crow of ASU to 'The New American University', (which is obviously to "CORPORATISE' it....</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" >.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >WHY is the ABOR, media, politicians and public not asking for </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >strict ACCOUNTABILTY through its transition???????</span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1155313396935468812006-08-11T09:21:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:10:48.054-08:00The Politics of Arizona Higher Education<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:Times;font-size:10;" >A formula the Legislature has used to fund Arizona's public universities has created a disparity in the amounts of money spent per student at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. For every student attending the <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Arizona</st1:placename> in <st1:city st="on">Tucson</st1:city>, state taxpayers spend roughly $2,000 more than they do for those enrolled at <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Arizona</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">State</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">There will be no “successful vision” until ASU gets its own Regents. These feelings are not unique - they pertain, in a greater or lesser degree, to all who have given their devotion to academics, and those who have nourished their hopes and aspirations for ASU through extensive financial support</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">.</span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1154451485017846912006-08-01T09:57:00.001-07:002007-02-02T15:12:53.591-08:00Despite 100+ temp climate at ASU chilly<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">There is a distinctly 'chilly climate' on</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">campus.</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Privacy and free thought and speech at ASU is actively discouraged by President Crow!<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> "Computer nerds from ASU's Information Technology division have been bullied by both the U.S. Justice department and the Federal Communications Commission into a billion-dollar systems upgrade that permits wiretapping of computer networks at universities nationwide". New Times, R. Pela</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >STUDENTS!!!</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> THIS along with the outrageous dormitory searches. Doesn't this anger you to strike back for your rights????? </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >GET ACTIVE!!!!! </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span></span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1154451454163445362006-08-01T09:57:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:14:08.269-08:00$850 million in debt for construction yet teaching gains $0<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Teaching has been ignored throughout the entire construction boom at ASU.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">No new classrooms</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> and </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">no new classroom improvements</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">T</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">uition has increased 3 times yet no decrease in classroom size to benefit students. The new research space that has been built is virtually empty and producing minimum income. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">PARENTS, ARE YOU CONCERNED!? YOU SHOULD BE!!</span><br /></span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32016395.post-1154451415959591932006-08-01T09:56:00.000-07:002007-02-02T15:14:54.476-08:00Separation of Church and State???<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">"We would not be here if it were not for President Michael Crow," </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">words spoken by Elder W. Rolfe Kerr regarding the new LDS church student center at ASU.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> In addition there is be a large parking garage adjacent to it which is to be used</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">only by LDS students.</span></span>blogmasterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08046451776459205200noreply@blogger.com3