tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post5741822710988128195..comments2023-06-06T06:33:55.098-05:00Comments on Whallah!: Defining faculty downOther Sidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post-62894654436755408702007-12-21T09:51:00.000-06:002007-12-21T09:51:00.000-06:00Exactly. But maybe she was told its title also wa...Exactly. But maybe she was told its title also was up to her -- so it must be true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post-82340297352968078532007-12-21T06:10:00.000-06:002007-12-21T06:10:00.000-06:00That's an Academic Staff committee, which is appro...That's an Academic Staff committee, which is appropriate since she's Academic Staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post-54607302857731396122007-12-21T00:56:00.000-06:002007-12-21T00:56:00.000-06:00Anony 7:52, to be fair, she did serve on a campus ...Anony 7:52, to be fair, she did serve on a campus committee -- see its title:<BR/>http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/asgov/catb/minutes/05-06/12-13-05catBminutes.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post-13835165551225049232007-12-20T14:42:00.000-06:002007-12-20T14:42:00.000-06:00Oooh. A libel lawsuit? That one would make her hea...Oooh. A libel lawsuit? That one would make her head explode, trying to figure out whether she's a public figure or not. On the one hand, her ego requires it. On the other hand, acknowledging the reality, that very few people actually know or care who she is, would make her libel suit only slightly more plausible. At any rate, the fact that she's digging deep into semantic tar pits to justify the bad labeling goes to show what a crappy exemplar of journalism she really is. Does it pass the smell test? Hell no. When public officials claim, for instance, to hold degrees or honors or titles and then don't, the working press goes ape-crazy, as it should, over the misrepresentation. Hell, John Kerry actually RECEIVED his medals, and the right wing went crazy parsing the true meaning of what it meant for him to have shrapnel in his leg. Comes now this fraud, who is just so grasping and desperate for attention and legitimacy, whining about some dumbasses, myself included, who've spotlighted her elisions. Guess what, professor (cough, cough), this is what you get when you dish it out. But someone so wise and ethical as you must already know that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post-80757883455024279582007-12-20T07:52:00.000-06:002007-12-20T07:52:00.000-06:00Anon 1 is right. Although I wouldn't doubt -- in ...Anon 1 is right. Although I wouldn't doubt -- in an effort to be as inclusive and welcoming as possible -- McBride's department chair told her that instructional academic staff and faculty are treated equally within the department, hence the listing on the department's website, it doesn't seem at all likely that she's recognized by the university as having faculty status. In addition to the fact that she's not on <A HREF="http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/facstcom.html" REL="nofollow">a single faculty committee</A> on campus, I'm sure when defending herself she wouldn't have passed on the opportunity to point out that the faculty senate and chancellor approved her faculty status on the UWM campus, both of which are necessary for that status to be awarded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post-23726962002184378552007-12-20T00:57:00.000-06:002007-12-20T00:57:00.000-06:00How the hell is this defamation?How the hell is this defamation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post-10090164237293336852007-12-20T00:24:00.000-06:002007-12-20T00:24:00.000-06:00No, you can't be a faculty member unless you're a ...No, you can't be a faculty member unless you're a faculty member -- a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor (the last is someone hired for faculty but still finishing a Ph.D.). <BR/><BR/>You can be an academic staff member, such as a lecturer (but more often a senior lecturer), who was hired as academic staff but is given faculty status for specific purposes (for example, in a small department with too few faculty to serve on the required committees to run the place).<BR/><BR/>It used to be done at UWM in its building days. It's big enough now that it rarely occurs any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3561726959150987222.post-10770037025890574132007-12-19T23:32:00.000-06:002007-12-19T23:32:00.000-06:00I'd say, let them sue, then we can countersue, tak...I'd say, let them sue, then we can countersue, take their house, and you can be the Merton Mauler.<BR/><BR/>And we do know a good attorney, too. So there.capperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751967312821403092noreply@blogger.com