Just read this article about the pope’s fashion choices. As funny as the pictures are, aren’t there more serious news stories that I should be reading?
Entries from June 2008
June 27, 2008
I’m embarrassed for you.
I finished making the graduation-party rounds this weekend and, boy, am I glad! After sitting through my fair share of boring school graduations ceremonies, I wish that I would have had some of the “excitement” that some kids in Cleveland enjoyed when they found out that their high school misspelled the word “education” on their high school diplomas.
June 26, 2008
Water Works
I recently read an article about consumer backlash against plastic water bottles and a trend toward using TAP WATER!
Just five years ago, carrying around a bottle of Evian was not only refreshing, it was a status symbol. Now with a slower economy, combined with increased awareness about environmental impact, people are finally starting to see that plastic bottles of water aren’t as cool as they once thought they were.
June 19, 2008
I can see clearly now…
Give the Gift of Sight is an organization that donates eyeglasses to people in developing countries as well as the underprivileged in North America.
Visit http://www.givethegiftofsight.org/youcanhelp/ to learn more about how you can recycle your old frames or make a donation.
June 17, 2008
For the first time I am beginning to see a PERSON!
I received a rather timely response from Provost Weixlmann today and I am happy to report that he responded to my questions much more thoroughly than I anticipated and with a more human face than I have seen in his communication with other alumni members on this matter. That being said, humans lie. And I wonder where, on the delicate balance of truth, his response lies. Please see Weixlmann’s response in bold. I hope to provide my commentary on his response in a post later today.
June 16, 2008
Continued Communication with SLU Administration
I received a response from SLU Provost Joe Weixlmann yesterday and wanted to share its contents. While he did not give me the “whole hog” response he’s provided to several other alumni, I was taken aback by his response. Rather than respond to my questions, he inferred that because I am appreciative of Dr. Meyer’s work, that I think he can do no wrong, and am, therefore, illogical. Please read on for my response to the provost.
June 12, 2008
Letter to Dr. Joseph Weixlmann, Provost at Saint Louis University
Provost Weixlmann,
I am disheartened to hear of your cold and calloused remarks toward my fellow Saint Louis University alumni in the wake of the controversy over the university’s actions against Dr. Avis Meyer. Most specifically, I am referring to your e-mail responses to Eric Holthaus and Amy George Rush. After all, these are the sons and daughters of SLU, results of the fine education you and your colleagues purport to have bestowed upon them.
June 11, 2008
A Source of Both Pride & Shame
Today I am filled with two conflicting emotions. Both pride for my fellow alumni who have rallied behind our beloved professor, Dr. Avis Meyer, and shame for my alma mater that has relentlessly persecuted the tenured professor. As I mentioned in my post earlier today about the new Save Avis Blog, a years-long struggle between Meyer and Saint Louis University, most particularly Father Lawrence Biondi, S.J., continues with wasteful, emotionally and financially draining legal action.
June 11, 2008
Save Avis
As a proud alumna of Saint Louis University, Department of Communication, 2007, I am appalled by the attacks by the university on tenured faculty member, Dr. Avis Meyer… I urge you to visit http://saveavis.wordpress.com to learn more about the struggles of Dr. Meyer against the university.
