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		<title>5 Things University Professors Don’t Want to Accept</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 14:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 Things University Professors Don’t Want to Accept
1. The 60’s ain’t comin’ back – The 1960’s and 70’s were a great time for academia financially. Job growth was enormous, “research” was big business and grants were plentiful. We’re in a slash-n-burn situation, budget cuts mean the milk and honey days are not returning. Time to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=16&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t fall for the Foucault trap</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 01:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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You find this interesting? You think this is the kind of stuff you&#8217;ll discuss in grad school? One of my professors ranted incoherently about bio-power *rolling my eyes*. Another professor told me that &#8220;if you read Foucault you&#8217;ll end up living in a basement apartment with alot of cats.&#8221;
Finally during my Ph.D. coursework I found [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=15&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tales of the Graduate Teaching Assistant: Or The Bodhisattva of LSD (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/tales-of-the-graduate-teaching-assistant-or-the-bodhisattva-of-lsd-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 15:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract: This is part two of a recounting of my earliest experience teaching. As a graduate student, my friend Felix and I, were recruited to T.A. for Dr. Samsara. After taking us to lunch we were driven head in to the deep end.
“Hey mother-fu$ker,” Felix screamed waving his arms and chasing the van down the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=14&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My New Cover Letter: Taking a new tactic in the application process</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract: In this blog entry I attempt a new approach to the job search.
Dear (insert job title) Search Committee:
I meet all the requirements for this job. In fact, I have more education than is needed. I have all the software skills, all the experience working students. I meet ALL the requirements. But you never call [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=12&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Grad-Educated Facts: Or how do you say reality in Dutch?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average age of a PhD student in the Netherlands is 29, an overwhelming majority are women &#8211; and 40% are foreigners, according to new research by careers magazine Intermediair (IM).
The survey indicates that at 13.7%, the unemployment rate among PhD graduates is seven times higher than that of university graduates as a whole. And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=11&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MIT Scandal: Everything is Bulls$&amp;t and other not-so-dramatic realizations</title>
		<link>http://sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/mit-scandal-everything-is-bullst-and-other-not-so-dramatic-realizations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Did you hear?”
“About?” I yawn.
“The news god damn it.”
“No, no, no, no.” I yawn again, this time it lasts several seconds. “I’m just getting up.”
“Well this lady at MIT, she lied.”
“Uh-huh.”
“Turns out she maybe can’t even read.”
“Illiterate type huh,” I plop down in front of the computer, “What is she the chancellor, president?”
“No, no Director [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=10&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Bodhisattva of LSD: Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sebastianwolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bodhisattva of LSD: Part I
Abstract: In this article, the topic of LSD, Buddhist enlightenment, and the American fruit-picking industry are discussed vis-à-vis attention to social dynamics of graduate teaching assistants and supervising professors. Special attention is paid to acid-flash backs as well as the contingent nature of “truth” claims.
I’m sitting so close to him [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=9&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Copy Machine Shuffle: Tales of the Adjunct</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract: In this article, I explore through personal narrative the relationship between adjuncts and full-timers and also between adjuncts and support staff. Special attention is given to the issue of age as a factor structuring social interplay. And a 42 year old man who drools on himself gets a tenure-track position.
30, its the new 18
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		<title>Dinner at Professor Z&#8217;s house: Tales of Grad School</title>
		<link>http://sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/dinner-at-professor-zs-house-tales-of-grad-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract: (Like all academics I will summarize my articles into a paragraph so you can skim the abstract and impress the department chair and/or the Dean with the 25 cent version of the tale) This article applies the theory of lowest common denominator and testicular-fondle theory to the phenomena of grad student success and failure. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=4&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hey There Wasted Life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All you hungry tired grad students out there waiting for that big break&#8230; I&#8217;m here my babies. I hear your bitter moans and your dreams of tenure, professional careers&#8230; I hear your call to arms to make the world a better place, to make a difference.
I&#8217;m here. I&#8217;m here to tell you this is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sebastianwolfe.wordpress.com&blog=1030815&post=3&subd=sebastianwolfe&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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