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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Rally for the working man!

The fact that Rider University professors may go on strike is one of the most hilarious - but sad in the light of this area's real problems - stories we've read in quite some time.
An editorial in Wednesday's Trentonian takes aim, and here's a portion:
"...First of all, Rider professors apparently have a union.
Second, negotiations are going so badly that Dr. Jeff Halpern, a leader of this union, said in a story for The Trentonian’s Web site yesterday that professors will go on strike soon if some key issues aren’t resolved.
Cue Norma Rae.
These guys have got it bad.
Paper cuts, whiny students, actual teaching occasionally getting in the way of all that time a professor needs to sit around and think great thoughts about the universe.
How is someone with only a doctorate degree like Halpern going to survive?
How will he feed his family?
Maybe they’ll all be living out of the back of the Mercedes if the strike goes on too long...

This isn’t a coal mine. This isn’t even a public elementary school.
One of the main sticking points in negotiations, in fact, is whether the administration of the college should have final say over promotions and academic programs.
Huh? They’re debating over whether the people in charge of the college should be in charge of the college?"

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Rally for the working man!

The fact that Rider University professors may go on strike is one of the most hilarious - but sad in the light of this area's real problems - stories we've read in quite some time.
An editorial in Wednesday's Trentonian takes aim, and here's a portion:
"...First of all, Rider professors apparently have a union.
Second, negotiations are going so badly that Dr. Jeff Halpern, a leader of this union, said in a story for The Trentonian’s Web site yesterday that professors will go on strike soon if some key issues aren’t resolved.
Cue Norma Rae.
These guys have got it bad.
Paper cuts, whiny students, actual teaching occasionally getting in the way of all that time a professor needs to sit around and think great thoughts about the universe.
How is someone with only a doctorate degree like Halpern going to survive?
How will he feed his family?
Maybe they’ll all be living out of the back of the Mercedes if the strike goes on too long...

This isn’t a coal mine. This isn’t even a public elementary school.
One of the main sticking points in negotiations, in fact, is whether the administration of the college should have final say over promotions and academic programs.
Huh? They’re debating over whether the people in charge of the college should be in charge of the college?"

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