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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Washington State
In Exstreamas

Erin O'Connor does some more digging on John Streamas (see the post below), the sort of professor who can really do damage to a school, especially when he's part of a larger department - ethnic studies, in this case - packed with people who get their names in the papers for the wrong reasons (see the link below for details on a Streamas colleague, Professor Leonard).

Given adequate time and hiring opportunities, ethnic studies programs like WSU's will, UD predicts, become the academic-side equivalent of rogue university football teams. Their faculty will routinely hurl words and things at campus hegemonists and get reprimanded and arrested, etc.

Unlike football players, though, these guys are on teams that can vote them lifetime tenure.
Posted at: 12/13/2006 11:03:00 AM