[Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: Nation piece

[Stephanie Hammer]

This is just brilliant.  thank you so much Laila for putting your words to work on this issue that affects, not just us, but, as you argue, everyone who lives in the state of California, and indeed, well beyond.  sh

"A major irritation, a most stern and ruthless activity without question or answer, a three-card trick, a necessity. A necessity to what?  The necessity to _say_."  Pinter on Beckett.  


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>Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:17:39 -0700
>From: cwhitney <chuck.whitney at ucr.edu>  
>Subject: Fwd: Nation piece  
>To: Abani Chris <Chris.Abani at ucr.edu>, Tom Lutz <tom.lutz at ucr.edu>, Juan_Felipe_Herrera Herrera” <juan.herrera at ucr.edu>, Goldberry Long <goldl at ucr.edu>, Stephanie Hammer <hamm at ucr.edu>, Judy Kronenfeld <jkronen at citrus.ucr.edu>, Gayle Brandeis <gaylebrandeis at gmail.com>, Victoria Patterson <v.a.patterson at gmail.com>, Claire Hoffman <claire.hoffman at gmail.com>, Straight Susan <gailarose at yahoo.com>, dyates at citrus.ucr.edu, Maurya Simon <Maurya.Simon at ucr.edu>, albacruzhacker at yahoo.com, cw Whitney <Chuck.Whitney at ucr.edu>, Chris Buckley <christopher.buckley at ucr.edu>, joshua <jhardina at gmail.com>, Reza Aslan <reza.aslan at ucr.edu>, Andrew Winer <andrew.winer at ucr.edu>, yvonneh at ucr.edu, Michael Jayme <michael.jayme at ucr.edu>, Laila Lalami <laila.lalami at ucr.edu>, Mike Davis <mdavis at ucr.edu>
>Cc: CRWT Gradlist <cwgrad-announcements at lists.ucr.edu>
>
>   Laila Lalami has a very good piece on the UC budget
>   crisis in this week's issue of The Nation.  Dean
>   Cullenberg circulated it to the department chairs in
>   his monthly meeting this past Thursday.  About that
>   meeting:  no definitive word on budget, budget cuts,
>   but I will do what I can to keep you posted over the
>   summer.
>   cw
>   http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090629/lalami
>   D. Charles (Chuck) Whitney
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