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Greener Pastures
For once, I am writing an article that will be more positive. It won’t sound like it at first, but it does get better toward the end. I am writing this in my old office that I just finished cleaning… Continue reading
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Letter to Judas
Dear Judas, It is a tragedy that I do not have the opportunity to speak with you face-to-face before I walk off this campus for good. I suppose this letter will have to do instead. I wish you all the… Continue reading
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My Farewell Letter to the Campus
This is a redacted letter that I wrote and planted in various places across the campus of Romulus University. It will serve as a time capsule in the event that someone actually finds one of these letters. I am not… Continue reading
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The Braintrust is Secure
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am witnessing a number of moves at Romulus University that are slowly inching this institution into impending doom. When I went to my employee appreciation meeting to receive my service award and… Continue reading
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Our Academic Cabinet is Bare
After my latest campus visit, I returned to find a massive shakeup in the academic cabinet at Romulus University. Life seems to work that way. You leave home base for a brief moment, and everything changes. It’s like when you… Continue reading
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What is this Elitist Mindset?
After several interviews and campus visits with potential suitors for my services, I have reached a worrying conclusion about my fellow faculty. It was something that I originally thought was limited to the cultures I experienced at Remus and Romulus,… Continue reading
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Welcome to Misery with a New Coat of Paint: a.k.a Campus Visit #1
Now that I am back on the job market, I figured it would be a good idea to chronicle some of the hijinks at the potential new places I could end up working. I will do my best to conceal… Continue reading
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Concrete Proof That We Have No Idea What We Are Doing.
It is time for another thrilling edition of Painting the Roses Red at Romulus University. The series where I look at the absurd ideas our administration is concocting to make our institution look good, even though there are several areas… Continue reading
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Am I in The Middle of Downfall?
Regardless of your opinion of the movie Downfall, it sheds light on the last days of the administration that ran the Third Reich. You are watching people who know that the inevitable is upon them as the Soviet Army is… Continue reading
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The Other New Hire
When I arrived at Remus, I was one of eight new professors starting that fall semester. That sounds like a lot of new faces for one college to have in a year. If a college has a huge student body,… Continue reading
