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Friday, July 14, 2006
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Petee's Playhouse Here's Professor Thomas Petee's winning formation for the Auburn football team, credited with giving Auburn this year's highest academic ranking among Divison I-A public universities.  It all depends on the head guy up there, the academic quarterback (ignore the QB in there; it stands for "QUIZ [Automatic] B"), if you will, in this case Professor Petee, chair of the sociology department. The inexhaustible, unbelievably dedicated Petee took on "more than 250 students [most of them athletes] individually during the 2004-05 academic year," explains the New York Times in a long front-page story this morning. He took them on in "directed reading" courses, a version of independent study in which... well... hell... you know... I mean, I'm sure these guys are working their tails off, but you can't keep some Spirit Week no-shows from describing the department as "a dumping ground for athletes." Professor Petee is a real winner: He remains chair of the sociology department. The Auburn professor who pointed out what Petee was up to has resigned in embarrassment at having to be associated with Auburn. **************************** Update: As always, it's up to the provost to issue the Official Orwellian Statement: "I can assure you as provost that academic misconduct will not be tolerated at Auburn University." Thanks to superdestroyer for the link to the Huntsville Times. |