Last week, this video sneaked its way onto YouTube and quickly garnered attention. It shows Fort Hays State University debate professor and Dartmouth Debate Institute's 2008 debate instructor William Shanahan getting into a yelling match with University of Pittsburgh professor Shanara Reid-Brinkley over

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Reading this article kind of makes me wonder if there's a future presidental candiate in our midst here at Williams. But then I read things like this and lose all hope.

 

 

Post Script: I don't care who you're voting for but PLEASE register to vote.

Question: Should Professor John Yoo be released from his position at Berkeley Law School, under the accusations that a.) his "torture memos" violate international human rights laws or that b.) his "torture memos" grant the executive branch legal powers that many others of the law profession find to be contestable or simply illegal?

Yes, John Yoo should be fired. His work should be considered illegal, and should not be associated to UC Berkeley in any way. 

No, John Yoo should be allowed his position. His work is not guilty of the above accusations.

No, John Yoo should be allowed his position. Regardless of the accusations, it is a university's responsibility to maintain the tenure system.

It's summer, I DON'T care.

UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo, a proponent of legalized torture, is back in the spotlight after a student protest calling for his removal barred him from entering the school's commencement ceremony.

I saw these two professors coming out of Sudikoff. They were dressed almost identically, and even had the same balding patterns...

This is a bad, bad idea.   Haven't you heard, Ms. Venkatesan? The Wildcats are way meaner than those Dartmouth darlings you've been dealing with.

Being a conservative at UC Berkeley is like being a witch in Salem. And writing about conservatives at Cal is fun, just like how those crazy Puritans got a kick out of throwing people in lakes to see if they floated.

Saying things like "school vouchers help upper c... MORE »

Sad news: everyone's favorite Econ professor, Jay Shimshack, announced yesterday that he will be leaving Tufts for Tulane this fall. Shimshack has a well-deserved rep as a fantastic teacher who manages to actually make statistics ... well, if not enjoyable, at least bearable, and environmental econ down... MORE »

                                          He's an expert. Apparently the only one too.

In this month's issue of Cosmopolitan, Professor Eli Finkel is quoted not once, but twice within about three pages of himself. Sure, the man is a legend both on and off campus, but is there seriously no ... MORE »

Everyone's favorite super-simple QR, COS 109: Computers In Our World, is taught by adorable professor Brian Kernighan, who had this to say about his profession:

(During a topic about cell phone surveillance)
Prof: I'm willing to bet that most of your cell phones are on. (Nods from students.) I have one but it's ne... MORE »