We’ll start the meeting by going around the table to let everyone explain why they didn’t get their work done before the meeting. Then we’ll have an uninformed discussion and vote on a set of policies that will affect the college for the next decade.

("Man" and gendered pronouns attributable to era in which this was written/translated, 1950s.) I guess I'm not really modeling remaining mute here, am I? :-)

We need your Fall ‘23 textbook orders

Worrying about the future of the college is like worrying about the future of Twitter. What’s the worst that could happen?

With Bernie Sanders bumper stickers. . .

No, I will not abide by an online poll about whether I should continue leading the college.

Dear faculty: IT has alerted us to computer virus threats. Under no circumstances should you click links just because an email instructs you to “click the link below.”

We know you retired in 2021. That is no excuse for failing to complete your online training!

In this college our students will enjoy educational freedom, meaning they will be free from having their beliefs challenged by ideas and theories they might disagree with!

To all our junior faculty: If you are lucky, you’ll be the old worthless faculty member you are constantly complaining about. You probably won’t be that lucky.

“And then, the fools voted for me . . .!!”

Remember there is no such thing as department lines or salary savings or returned indirect. Everything belongs to the college!

Interdisciplinary means twice the service work, two sets of vague promotion and tenure standards, and fights over which department gets your SCH. That’s why the college loves interdisciplinary hires!

Our primary concern with using AI to replace the faculty is, as the earlier generations of AI become obsolete, we fear they will start committing Title IX violations. Or that they’ll never retire, leaving the newest AI generations without jobs.

Congratulations—the regents approved your tenure in Item 74. Unfortunately your department and curriculum are eliminated after next year in Item 227.

A great experience to participate in this project about Justice Kennedy's rhetorical legacy. I learned so much & jaymootz & David Frank were dream editors. All the chapters are wonderful, but to learn how women are portrayed in Justice Kennedy's jurisprudence, that's my jam.

I'm proud of this book, and thank all the wonderful contributors who made it easy for David Frank and me to edit this volume.

Why are you worried about the state legislature ending tenure? You were never going to be tenured.

The Rhetoric of Judging Well: The Conflicted Legacy of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy jaymootz & David Frank eds won National Communication Association's Distinguished Publication Award for "significant contribution to the study of law through the lens of communication.” psupress.org/books/titles/9…

So let me get this straight. Trump fraudulently inflated the value of his commercial properties leading to a massive judgment against him. And he is surprised to learn that the bonding companies won’t take pledges of his commercial property to obtain an appeal bond? Really?