Category: College

The University of Texas Board of Regents are suing a College Station retailer for trademark violations. The store sells various T-shirts with the UT Longhorn logo with horns that are cut off and hanging next to the head. UT is claiming trademark dilution while the Aggie defense is claiming freedom of expression. Some of the…

A letter to the editor to The Observer, the student newspaper of Notre Dame, that I wrote was published in today’s edition. In short, the ticket office changed a policy concerning how many tickets parents can request for a couple pre-selected football games. The change produced, so far, a good amount of feedback, all against,…

Something that caught my eye idea: Pay for President John Jenkins, CSC of Notre Dame (11,417 students): $476,325 Pay for President Bill Powers of UT (50,000 students): $464,352 President Jenkins passes along his salary to his order while President Powers uses his for himself and his family.

A short while ago, I found this e-mail in my inbox: From: Richard Ribb Mailed-By: lists.cc.utexas.edu To: la-students-s1@lists.cc.utexas.edu Date: Oct 3, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: OFFICIAL: graduation information Dear Liberal Arts Seniors: Congratulations on approaching the completion of your coursework at UT Austin. If you are planning to graduate this December, you must apply to…

[Originally published related to SOC 359 – Sociology of Work] I’m reading a text about “Capitalism and the Erosion of Care” detailing how the capitalism model lowers the dignity of carework. I’m very troubled by many of the texts I am being asked to read for this class. This article details the injustice given unto…

I’m in my STS 331 right now and we were given a long-term assignment: keep a blog. Expect to see at least 14 entries over the next 21 days.