It&#39;s a sad state of affairs indeed. <br><br>I&#39;m reminded of a series I used to read when I was an adjunct. It helped get me through: <br>Dispatches from an Adjunct at a Large State University<br><a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dispatch-1-on-introductions">http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/dispatch-1-on-introductions</a><br>
<br>Best, <br><br>Marie<br clear="all">______________________<br>Marie Hicks, Ph.D.<br>Asst. Professor, History of Technology<br>Illinois Institute of Technology<br>Chicago, IL USA<br><a href="mailto:mhicks1@iit.edu" target="_blank">mhicks1@iit.edu</a> | <a href="http://www.mariehicks.net" target="_blank">mariehicks.net</a>  | <a href="http://twitter.com/histoftech" target="_blank">@histoftech</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Dag Spicer <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:spicer@computerhistory.org" target="_blank">spicer@computerhistory.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Dea SIGCIS Friends,<div><br></div><div>This is not directly related to computing but I thought it would be of interest, especially to those in academia.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012820102749246453.html" target="_blank">http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012820102749246453.html</a></div>
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