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YESTERDAY MARKED THE QUARTER-CENTURY OBSERVANCE OF ONE OF THE ZANIEST ENDINGS TO ANY FOOTBALL GAME, EVER. THE GAME WAS THE BIG GAME BETWEEN STANFORD AND CAL, AND STANFORD APPEARED TO HAVE WON THE GAME WITH A FIELD GOAL WITH ONLY FOUR SECONDS LEFT. BUT THEN PANDEMONIUM BROKE LOSE…..AND WIKPEDIA EXPLAINS WHY….GO BEARS! GO TO WIKPEDIA [...]

RECENTLY, I ATTENDED AN EVENING FEATURING PROF ELLEN SCHRECKER OF YESHIVA UNIV IN NY, AND JAMES TURK, THE PROFESSORS FRIEND IN THE CAUT. THEY SPOKE OF THE DECLINE OF THE TENURE TRACK POSITION, TOGETHER WITH RELATED POLITICAL AND CORPORATE PRESSURES MAKING THE PROFESSORIAL LIFE MORE TENUOUS THAN EVER TODAY’S NEW YORK TIMES FEATURES A SIMILAR [...]