http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com Where higher education collides with Christianity, capitalism, and common sense Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:20:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (final podcast link) Thank you everybody for being such a great audience and an even better source of learning over the years. I fully intend for this to be the final post on the Arizona Growler. Hey, if professional athletes can call a long hiatus “retirement,” so can I. ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/05/07/final-post-and-podcast/ No politics. Just prayers. Meanwhile, MSNBC cashes in. Right now, I’m wondering whether I should write into the Wildcat to implore people to resist the inevitable politicking about to take place, if not already. http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/04/16/prayers-for-vt/ Norm Seeley over at NormRadio has just tagged me. I will therefore continue to pretend to be studying for tomorrow’s sociology test in favor of posting some random facts about my birthday. When tagged, you have to take your birthday date and find out some things about it. You ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/04/10/tag/ Note: This post is by new author Trevor Smith, a UA political science senior. Welcome aboard, Trevor, even if it’s only for a few days. –GPO The best speech at CPAC that nobody heard about was given in Ukranian by the former prime minister. Yulia Tymoshenko delivered a powerful message ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/04/09/the-best-speech-that-nobody-heard-about/ The UA Society of Professional Journalists will be hosting a panel Monday night at 6pm in the SUMC Kiva Room to talk about the Josh Wolf issue and blog journalism issues in general. Panelists will include: Dr. Kevin Kemper, UA journalism law professor Allison Winters, UA student researching journalism and blogging Robert Leger, Assistant ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/03/29/arizona-spj-tackles-josh-wolf-issue/ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTONIN SCALIA!! In case you couldn’t tell, I’m taking a break from blogging for a while. This day also officially marks having two months left before I retire from blogging. More on that later. http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/i-almost-forgot/ I just got another one of those emails from Senator Steven Gerner imploring me to vote for his suggested candidates, but it looks as if there’s some code warfare going on. I checked this morning to find that StudentLink had added anti-frame JavaScript in order to keep itself in ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/03/06/pcydus-vs-studentlink-a-battle-of-javascript/ The news is out across the conservative blogosphere that Ann Coulter just called John Edwards a “faggot” at CPAC. Ed Morrissey put it best. At some point, Republicans will need to get over their issues with homosexuality. Regardless of whether one believes it to be a choice or a hardwired ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/03/03/ann-and-jed/ I went back yesterday afternoon. Originally I was intending to study over a good amount of coffee before a 6pm class, but the noise outside the southwest SUMC patio became too much. Rev. Smock was back to his own ways, yelling and namecalling for no justified reason–which is to say ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/03/02/brother-jed-part-ii/ The primary election results are in, but I’ve come to a different conclusion than I expected, though I suppose I was just being naive. I really do hope things turn around soon for the sake of the student body. This is one of those issues where liberal and conservative no ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/03/01/primary-results-in-stuart-and-glatting-out/ I’m looking to take video of the upcoming ASUA debates (Thursday and Monday), but I don’t own a video camera. If you’re willing to help out a blogger, please let me know. I will be at the election results show tonight at 8pm in the Union Kiva, but what you ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/28/anybody-have-a-video-camera/ (updated) This post contains sexually explicit descriptions and should not be read by children. I didn’t get the chance to see Brother Jed Smock in action yesterday, but I did today. Coming out of a class that ended at 12:15 in the Psychology building, I headed west to find him at ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/27/rethinking-brother-jed-smock/ As many of you may have noticed already, ASUA presidential candidate Anthony Stuart reports that fifteen people (as of his first reports) have filed complaints against ASUA Senator Steven Gerner for setting up a website containing two frames: one with his candidate endorsement and the other with the official polling ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/27/presidential-candidate-stuart-objects-to-gerners-voting-site-complaints-filed/ I just got this email this morning… Hey Garrett! I hope you’re having an amazing day! I know you’re going to getseveral emails about this, but today (Feb. 27) and tomorrow (Feb. 28)are Student Government Elections! There are a bunch of super amazingcandidates running I was hoping you would take a moment ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/27/looks-like-they-found-the-loophole/ Update/note: This post was written before Ry Ellison’s answers came in, so the statistics and commentary below are a little off. –GPO Administrative Vice President candidate Alaina Glatting is currently the sole respondent to the ASUA candidate questionnaire. Though I disagree with many of the answers she provided, ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/25/155/ Senatorial candidate Ry Ellison’s answers came in late, so I’m posting them below Alaina’s. Ry also receives an Arizona Growler primary election endorsement. Full disclosure: Ry and I do not have a longstanding relationship, but we are registered as friends on Facebook. Describe your political views (liberal, conservative, etc.) and how ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/25/ry-ellison-responds-receives-endorsement/ From the listserv… Good Afternoon ASUA, President Hertzog will be accepting nominations for the position of Executive Vice President effective immediately. Someone can either nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else. All nominations should be put directly in President Hertzog’s mailbox or can be given to the ASUA front desk. Nominations ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/23/asua-seeks-executive-vice-president-replacement/ There have been some major developments in the ASUA world, the most impactful of which is the resignation of Executive Vice President David Reece after having been lambasted from multiples sides concerning ASUA Appropriations Board decisions. President Erin Hertzog’s chief of staff and presidential candidate Tommy Bruce wins the award for ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/22/reece-resigns/ David Horowitz responded to the news concerning SB 1612 two days ago, calling the bill "half right" in that it’s inappropriate for higher education but appropriate for K-12.  If the Arizona Legislature is looking to compromise on this one, this could fit the bill.  I consider myself fortunate not to ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/21/horowitz-calls-sb-1612-half-wrong/ Front page. Booyah. http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/21/look-what-made-the-wildcat/ Now go to school.  Stupid white men. http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/19/happy-presidents-day/ Via fellow Cactus Alliance member Arizona Watchtower, there’s a new bill in the Arizona Senate which seeks to ban teachers from giving political opinions or endorsements in class.  In separate areas of the bill for K-12 teachers and public college or university instructors, the bill declares that such instructors may ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/18/sb-1612-misses-the-point/ http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/18/daytona-500-time/ All responses to the survey are public domain. Primary election due date: February 24th General election due date: March 3rd. This question list is much less extensive than the one from last year, so I do expect more of a response. Describe your political views (liberal, conservative, etc.) and how they affect your ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/16/candidate-questionnaire-release/ I kind of skipped over this story, but UA President Robert Shelton put out a memo about a week ago concerning the “blackface” party controversy. As I stated in my letter, I’m glad Dr. Shelton values freedom of speech. As far as the resulting forum is concerned, the ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/16/shelton-responds-to-blackface-party/ Here we go again. This marks two straight days in which Executive Vice President David Reece has been attacked directly in the paper. One could also count College Republicans President Blake Rebling in, as he’s a member of the appropriations board. I consider both Reece and Rebling to be ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/16/who-let-the-attack-dogs-out-asua-edition/ Roxana Vasquez | Arizona Daily Wildcat There’s lots to post on today, but for now the quickest one I can put out is the original text of the letter I sent to the Wildcat, which I thought was much more eloquent and powerful than the Wildcat’s…uh…okay I’ll stop. Among the most shallow ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/why-the-hell-am-i-defending-vagina-warriors/ I have some big news here, so I recorded a short message about it that you should hear. How to listen: Play episode | RSS 2.0 Feed (podcasts) | Subscribe with iTunes http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/12/breaking-news/ The Wildcat ran an interesting opinion piece today. The author, Jared Pfulm, never identifies himself as gay — that would probably go against the point of his article — but he does mention his boyfriend, leading me to believe that he has, as he would put it, “less common sexual preferences.” ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/07/141/ The candidate list is out, and it contains a few surprises. For one, I can count at least five then-potential candidates missing from the rolls — one for President and four for Senate — based upon what I remember from the mandatory candidates’ meeting. For the outsiders, this probably means ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/06/asua-candidate-list-released/ As most have already heard, astronaut Lisa Nowak has been arrested for kidnapping in what appears to be an odd “love triangle” including two astronauts. As I watched the Fox News report on the ordeal this morning however, I noticed someone else: Nowak flew aboard STS-121 alongside Mark E. Kelly, who ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/06/more-love-news-from-sts-121/ Any story concerning a UA/ASU battle is usually newsworthy in the eyes of both bodies of students. Nonetheless, I think we can figure out which side the Arizona Republic is on. The headline reads: UA gifts eclipsed by donations to ASU. UA basketball fans might find that surprising considering ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/06/somebody-at-the-arizona-repugnant-likes-asu-enough-to-distort-headline/ I’ve been named a finalist in the Scholarships Around the US Political Blogging Scholarship. They say that voting will begin shortly, so stand by for a link. I bid good luck to my competition: Democrat Jerid Kurtz and Republican Denis Ambrose. I myself am running “non-affiliated.” Update: VOTE ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/05/im-a-finalist-woohoo/ Note to self: the guy’s name is LARSON, not NELSON!! :bangs own head on wall: http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/05/letter-makes-correction-meanwhile-butchers-name/ Update: A preliminary list of questions is now online. I won’t declare it finalized until at least when the candidate list is also finalized. ASUA had a mandatory candidate meeting tonight. In theory, every single remaining potential candidate was there at least for the beginning. I say potential ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/notes-from-the-candidate-meeting-tonight/ The Politico has two stories (1 | 2) concerning the departure of Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and others from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus after Sanchez accused its chairman Joe Baca of calling her a “whore.” Count Rep. Grijalva in among the defectors according to the first article there. If you’re ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/grijalva-among-defectors-from-congressional-hispanic-caucus-over-loretta-sanchez-allegations/ Update: The Wildcat has an article out about it this morning, which among many points does contain one good one concerning how graduate courses typically do focus upon a single perspective. In that situation, it seems to me that the problem arises when there are no classes focusing on ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/01/horowitz-frontpage-magazine-taking-shots-at-university-of-arizona/ The East Valley Tribune is reporting that ASU Residential Life has placed 22-year-old political science senior Ryan Visconti on probation. Visconti claims it was because he gave an interview to the Tribune concerning his “sensitivity training” as a resident assistant. ASU Residential Life says it was for missing ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/01/asu-ra-faces-probation-in-wake-of-sensitivity-training/ Because of this blog having reached newspaper-mentioned status early in its life, Google had never placed this blog at the top of the search page for “Arizona Growler” until now. That’s good news considering some of the search terms that have been leading here, not the oddest of which ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/02/01/google-finally-searches-for-arizona-growler-properly/ Sonoran Alliance wants more bloggers. I, of course, am immediately disqualified by virtue of refusing to register Republican. Nonetheless, I’ve been looking for new bloggers for a while now, so let me know if you’re interested. You must be a pro-life, born-again evangelical Christian. I’m not being judgmental ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/30/the-growler-wants-new-bloggers-too/ Uh, no comment. No description. Just play the file. There is copyrighted music in here, so I’m reserving all rights. How to listen: Play episode | RSS 2.0 Feed (podcasts) | Subscribe with iTunes http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/28/law-and-order-spoon-victims-unit/ Remember this? ASU’s paper reported Monday that one of the professors is going to be arraigned for assault. I don’t have word on what happened to Mitchell’s charges for intimidation and harassment, but I’d imagine they were dropped for being baseless. http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/28/asu-professor-to-be-arraigned-on-assault-charges/ For what I believe is the third time in a year, the Arizona Daily Wildcat has changed its online format. It’s still on CollegePublisher, but it’s a good visual improvement either way. It also seems as if the paper wanted to assert its longstanding financial independence from the ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/27/daily-wildcat-website-changes-formatagain/ How to listen: Play episode | RSS 2.0 Feed (podcasts) | Subscribe with iTunes TUCSON, AZ — In the midst of snow falling upon the University of Arizona last Sunday afternoon and evening, administrators have temporarily banned snowball fights in an attempt to prevent the perpetuation ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/27/university-bans-snowball-fights-over-sensitivity-concerns/ Fellow UA blogger Kieran Healy has written a book about organ donations and has earned a post on Instapundit. Glenn ought to link to his blog, though. We here at the UofA could use an Instalanche or two every now and then. http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/27/uofa-on-instapundit/ I’m now an applicant for a $2,000 political blogging scholarship. Who said bloggers don’t make money? Should the Growler make it as a finalist, I’ll be appealing for votes like crazy. I’ll keep you updated. ht: Instapundit http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/26/political-blogging-scholarship/ Steven Gerner, mentioned earlier (1 | 2), has responded after I notified him of the posts. He indicated “strong preference” that I not publish the actual text of the response until after the campaign begins, but rather that I would summarize what he stated. The Growler is honoring ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/26/gerner-responds-to-red-dealings/ Today marked the last day of the Justice for All exhibit being on the UA mall. For some on campus it’s a relief; for others such as myself, it’s a somber goodbye to a very moving time on campus. I was about to write a 10-item list of ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/25/the-freedom-to-live-final-thoughts-on-the-jfa-exhibit/ (Updated) An anonymous commenter just pointed out something important that I inadvertently left out of the RED light story, namely that Senator Gerner in his official capacity has been using the nickname “RED” for a while now. Two emails sent to all UA students from rtucker at email.arizona.edu [spaces added] ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/25/the-red-thing-is-on-more-than-just-facebook/ (Updated) Much like last year, the current ASUA campaign strategy looks to involve packing people into large Facebook groups named for potential candidates, and then putting things up declaring a "campaign" immediately when the campaign begins.  This year’s campaign begins on February 12th according to the elections website, but I’ve been ... http://arizonagrowler.blogsome.com/2007/01/24/red-light-asua-campaigns-starting-early-on-facebook/