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  1. The Givhan of HuffPo is pretty sure her Women's Studies professor vomits whenever she sees Sarah Palin.

    Althouse - 19 hours ago

    Karin Tanabe, who seems to be the Givhan of HuffPo -- which is nothing like the Mull of Kintyre -- takes a 2-week old Robin Givhan column -- which she quotes but doesn't link to -- and trashes of Sarah Palin's style …

    Also tagged: fashion, madonna, grooming, dance, vomit, punctuation, robin givhan, class politics, women s studies, karin tanabe

  2. Exposed to criticism, the University of Illinois backs away from its limits on political speech.

    Althouse - Oct 7, 2008

    Inside Higher Ed reports: The controversy over political expression on campus stunned professors. Many colleges, especially public institutions, distribute reminders in election years about permitted and barred …

    Also tagged: law, free speech, academic freedom

  3. Students and faculty protest political speech repression at the University of Illinois.

    Althouse - Oct 3, 2008

    The Chicago Tribune reports: The university's administration has sparked outrage by telling faculty, staff and graduate students that a 5-year-old state law designed to prevent state workers from campaigning for …

    Also tagged: law, free speech, lameness, academic freedom

  4. In France, Muslims prefer Catholic school.

    Althouse - Sep 30, 2008

    The NYT reports: “There is respect for our religion here,” said Nadia Oualane, 14, a student of Algerian descent who wears her hair hidden under a black head scarf. “In the public school,” she added, gesturing at …

    Also tagged: islam, france, law, religion, christianity, feminism

  5. Flea at USC.

    Althouse - Sep 24, 2008

    He's a freshman, studying music: The Chili Peppers [created tension] in our song structures but all based on emotion and intuition as opposed to knowing the math and academics of it. Knowing the structure is really …

    Also tagged: music, books, movies, naked, elizabeth taylor, flea, patti smith, elizabeth wurtzel

  6. The University of Illinois tells all its employees they can't wear political buttons or attend political rallies on campus.

    Althouse - Sep 24, 2008

    And if their cars have political bumper stickers, they can't park them in campus lots! blog advertising blog advertising

    Also tagged: free speech, illinois, academic freedom

  7. "Sasha undid the object and put it solemnly on the table."

    Althouse - Sep 21, 2008

    "It was a not very tall candelabra of old bronze and artistic workmanship. It consisted of a group: on the pedestal stood two female figures in the costume of Eve and in attitudes for the description of which I have …

    Also tagged: art, writing, podcast, off blog althouse, chekhov, theodore roethke

  8. America's "literary flowering" was "a rebellion against what was thought of as academic, effete and indoors-y in English writing."

    Althouse - Sep 21, 2008

    So how can a real, American literary artist take a job as a creative writing professor? Asks David Gessner. [I]t’s hard to imagine [Thoreau] taking a break from one of his marathon strolls to waste three hours …

    Also tagged: writing, economics, thoreau, melville, emily dickinson

  9. It's the University of Wisconsin beer class with beer tastings!

    Althouse - Sep 18, 2008

    But this is quite serious. It's a fermentation and zymurgy class in the bacteriology department, with prerequisites in microbiology, biochemistry, and organic chemistry. [The teacher Jon] Roll said students will plot …

    Also tagged: science, drinking, commerce, university of wisconsin

  10. What should Jim Lehrer ask McCain and Obama at the first presidential debate next Friday?

    Althouse - Sep 16, 2008

    The debate is September 26 and the topic is domestic and economic policy. There will be 9 segments, each 9 minutes long. (I hope the candidates will be dressed to the nines.) I'd like to see one the 9 segments delve …

    Also tagged: children, fashion, debate, homosexuality, jim lehrer, federalism

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