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clevermanka) wrote2015-02-27 09:45 am
clevermanka) wrote2015-02-27 09:45 am
Behold the field in which I grow my fucks
Yesterday, KU emailed a survey regarding faculty and staff tuition reimbursements. In it, they cautioned that keeping these benefits (which KU has offered for decades), might result in cuts from faculty lines, merit raises, and startup costs. At the end of the survey, there was the usual "if you have additional comments" section. Here is what I put:
Why should cuts come from faculty lines, merit raises, and startup costs? Why aren't cuts coming from the (conveniently undisclosed) mass amounts of money we pay to consultants? Why aren't cuts coming from the high salaries of multiple deans and high-ranking administrative positions? Why aren't cuts coming from *anywhere* but the things that affect the equivalent of the university's middle and lower classes? KU continues to operate more and more like the worst sort of corporate-owned government for the rich and it nauseates and angers me. With every survey like this, it becomes more apparent that the emphasis of this institution is not on education but on profit. What a sickening situation.
I don't even care if the survey has a way to track the response to my email.
But then there are moments of pure,delightful joy delightful what-the-fuckery like this week when I had the following email exchange:
Wednesday
Me: Ms. L, I haven’t heard from you since November regarding specifics about your student's visit in March. Do you still intend for it to happen? If so, I need to start planning soon. Thanks!
Her: I will get back to you. I only planned the trip. I am not going. The staff who are going are not in.
Me: o_O
Thursday:
Her: Please forgive me for taking so long to respond to you. Yes we will still be coming on a campus visit. The staff member who will accompany the students is V R. Thank you so much for everything. You are wondervul. (sic)
Me: Thanks for getting back to me. Can you please put me in touch with Ms. R so I can work out details?
Her: I will CC this to her or forward or whatever it is called these days.
Me: O_o
I've been making my own jerky for years. This article on pemmican makes me want to try it next time. I like the ability to include some dried fruit in there and it sounds like pemmican has a longer shelf life than jerky. My question, though, if I don't want to go through the trouble of rendering beef fat, could I just use coconut oil? Anyone got thoughts on that? Too bad Benton Fraser's not around to answer that for me.
Speaking of Benton Fraser, I asked on Twitter, Why are Henley shirts so sexy? They're just a tee shirt with three (or four) buttons down the front. What is it about the presence of those buttons that make the garment so much sexier? I mean, even buttoned-up, the thing just oozes sex. Henleys. Hngngnggn.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mckitterick has, like, a dozen.
Why should cuts come from faculty lines, merit raises, and startup costs? Why aren't cuts coming from the (conveniently undisclosed) mass amounts of money we pay to consultants? Why aren't cuts coming from the high salaries of multiple deans and high-ranking administrative positions? Why aren't cuts coming from *anywhere* but the things that affect the equivalent of the university's middle and lower classes? KU continues to operate more and more like the worst sort of corporate-owned government for the rich and it nauseates and angers me. With every survey like this, it becomes more apparent that the emphasis of this institution is not on education but on profit. What a sickening situation.
I don't even care if the survey has a way to track the response to my email.
But then there are moments of pure,
Wednesday
Me: Ms. L, I haven’t heard from you since November regarding specifics about your student's visit in March. Do you still intend for it to happen? If so, I need to start planning soon. Thanks!
Her: I will get back to you. I only planned the trip. I am not going. The staff who are going are not in.
Me: o_O
Thursday:
Her: Please forgive me for taking so long to respond to you. Yes we will still be coming on a campus visit. The staff member who will accompany the students is V R. Thank you so much for everything. You are wondervul. (sic)
Me: Thanks for getting back to me. Can you please put me in touch with Ms. R so I can work out details?
Her: I will CC this to her or forward or whatever it is called these days.
Me: O_o
I've been making my own jerky for years. This article on pemmican makes me want to try it next time. I like the ability to include some dried fruit in there and it sounds like pemmican has a longer shelf life than jerky. My question, though, if I don't want to go through the trouble of rendering beef fat, could I just use coconut oil? Anyone got thoughts on that? Too bad Benton Fraser's not around to answer that for me.
Speaking of Benton Fraser, I asked on Twitter, Why are Henley shirts so sexy? They're just a tee shirt with three (or four) buttons down the front. What is it about the presence of those buttons that make the garment so much sexier? I mean, even buttoned-up, the thing just oozes sex. Henleys. Hngngnggn.
mckitterick has, like, a dozen.