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  1. Bo Ho - I was a full professor in engineering before joining the "real world". Most faculty are clueless.
  2. Hmmmm.....Doyle dumped loads of cash in UW-Madison year after year. Now, just like the teachers and state employees, lets negotiate...get real. The Wisconsin taxpayer has been raped year after year and no one was watching out for our best interest. Hey Chancellor, you are a smart guy. Question: How do you pay state employees when the state has no money and the taxpayers are already taxed to the brink? Answer: You don't.
  3. anironman4u said, "Hey Chancellor, you are a smart guy." Note the Chancellor is a woman.
  4. "Hey Chancellor, you are a smart guy."

    Hey, anironman, Do you realize that the Chancellor of the UW is a woman? She's asking to negotiate and discuss this. She's right, how is the university supposed to recruit top researchers and retain them if they can't negotiate contract terms? I guess Walker wants to move backwards in education and cutting edge research, but what can you expect someone that doesn't have a college degree?
  5. Anironman4u - Are you sure you want to call Biddy a "smart guy"? Some people might call that homophobic.
  6. The pressure's getting to him! Scooter will crack!

    Walker's already made a huge political mistake. This will cost him, no doubt.
  7. The governor has no ears. You have a better chance telling the ice to stop melting. Although you do get an A for effort.
  8. So after throwing a temper tantrum, you want to try and talk in a civil manner? Too late.

    Don't buy this bull about not being able to attract top researchers. The individual can negotiate their contract terms. If the University is as great as you claim it is, the researchers will still come. It is about acadmics, not money, right?

    Love the sign the one protester has: I am not replaceable. I am professional. Really? Leaving your workplace to protest is professional? Plus, shouldn't it read, I am A professional?
  9. Oh, well, if Biddy says we need to stop then never mind, we better do it! Because the world of academia is so in touch with the outside world.
    And if I hear the old "we won't be able to attract top flight professors" mantra one more time, my head is going to explode.
  10. It's usually when the moving truck is backed up and almost loaded, when people start to get scared and say "wait stop". Lets talk about this now. Please unload the truck. Not happening. Sorry.


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