While looking through some old class files, I found a document that began “Why I love hoop dreams so.” A stream-of-consciousness-no-proofreading kind of document, I realized that I must have written it after showing Hoop Dreams in my independent film class a few years back. It was my way of listing everything I hoped my [...]
It’s day four of the SIUC strike. A federal mediator has been asked to come in to facilitate negotiations and will hopefully arrive today. Until then, the students of SIU deserve better. Chancellor Rita Cheng reports that only 5% of the students at SIU are being adversely effected by the strike. Hmmm… that equals out [...]
It was a small gesture, but today I wore all maroon, thinking of my friends, faculty, and former academic community at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. The faculty and administration still appear to be unable to reach an agreement that would return the faculty to the classroom. Following the strike on social media sites like Twitter [...]