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Academic Depression (was: PJLOTD (Pathetic Job Listing Of The Day)) (fwd)
exploitation of criminal activities is a beautiful thing...
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To: SubGenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 19:12:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: jim kreisler <jkreisler@cyber2.servtech.com>
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To: SubGenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 19:14:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: jim kreisler <jkreisler@cyber2.servtech.com>
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Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 20:13:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mitch Silverman (NC)" <silverma@virtu.sar.usf.edu>
To: SubGenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Academic Depression (was: PJLOTD (Pathetic Job Listing Of The Day)) (fwd)
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701
(314) 651-2000
Enclosed is an announcement of a tenure-track position in philosophy at
the rank of assistant professor. We hope to fill this position rapidly;
the target date for our final decision is June 13. We are more interested
in looking at candidates with real teaching experience than in newly
minted Ph.D's, who might have unrealistic expectations about the
possibilities for academic growth at an institution such as ours.
Southeast Missouri State University is a regional university which serves
students in the southeast portion of the state including St. Louis. Our
students tend to be poorly prepared for college level work, intellectually
passive, interested primarily in partying, and culturally provincial in
the extreme. We offer a major in philosophy. but do not usually have more
than two students officially declared as majors at any given time.
There are a few good students, however, and we are proud to say that our
current graduating major, William Knorpp, won the 1985 Analysis
competition and will be undertaking graduate study in philosophy at the
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill next year. Mr. Knorpp 's upper
level work was mainly accomplished through independent tutorials; and
prospective candidate must understand that there will be virtually no
opportunity to teach upper-division seminars in philosophy. We also offer
a religious studies minor; most of the students who declare this minor
are shocked to learn that Moses might not have written the Pentateuch and
regard higher criticism as secular humanist propaganda. The 12
hrs/semester teaching load is devoted mainly to general education courses
at the freshman/sophomore level. In another five years, if the general
education curriculum is revised as promised, there may be seminars which
are to "capstone' the G.E. program.
The academic environment at SEMO is distinctly non-intellectual --
somewhat like a Norman Rockwell painting -- and the candidate cannot
expect to attract students by offering courses that assume innate
curiosity about ideas and books, or intellectual playfulness, or
independence of moral and political thought. Nevertheless. in order to
earn promotion and tenure it is necessary to be involved in curriculum
development and to sustain an interest in research and publication. It
has occurred to me that the best candidate would be someone who has held
the Ph.D. for more than two years, has taught at a community college or
a rural state institution, and who would like to continue in somewhat the
same vein but at a slightly higher level.I will be interviewing at the
Central Division Meetings in St. Louis. If you have an questions, you
may call me at my office (314-651-2186). Sincerely, Dennis Holt,
Chairman, Department of Philosophy
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Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 10:50:48 -0600 (MDT)
From: M <SLQQC@cc.usu.edu>
Subject: exploitation of criminal activities is a beautiful thing...
To: SUBGENIUS@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Message-id: <01HQDGVAO2QAHWX3PS@cc.usu.edu>
but only in the spring.
And, to just Come Right Out And Say It, i saw the shirt, and the shirt was
good. Even unto the wearing and proceeding of the shirt.
And there was a great trembling amonst the people, for when they saw the image
that was upon the shirt, they did know by his name, that it was indeed "Bob".
And lo, music from the elevator did descend upon the people, *like unto a
vulture*, with a voice proceeding from the mouth of the rightly adorned, saying
This is my most beloved t-shirt, in which i perform my daily slack.
And the people, who were not pinks, did rejoice, and did slack in the radiance
of the hour. And the un-slack, the patrons of the idols Work, and Money, and
False Societal Power, did fall unto their knees in agony, for they knew that
the day had come, the day in which all men and women should turn unto their own
slack.
And behold, they did even seek after the t-shirt that was worn by the disciple
of slack. And the t-shirt was white in color, white even unto the color of
snow. And upon the t-shirt were great images of rejoicing, images of
characters from cartoons, comics, and even pieces of children's literature, for
it is written, Thou shalt watch Scooby-Doo reruns, even unto the day that they
are stacked back to 3 am. And thou shalt drink thy beverages and slack in the
name of the Lord.
ahem...
Now, which one of you buggers knows where i can get my homo-sapien paws on
one o' them t-shirts.
Bishop X
"Women! this coin which men find counterfeit..." _Euripides, "Hyppolytus"
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