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?"

Inevitable dismissal of Rider charges happens

After dismissing charges today against two Rider University officials in the alcohol poisoning hazing death of a fraternity pledge, Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph Bocchini has a lot more explaining to do about why this was pursued in the first place.
The case against the dean of students and head of campus life at the college were certainly provocative, and sparked a hell of a lot of debate about when college officials will step in and do something about these kind of deadly shenanigans on their campuses.
But these were charges that didn't meet the common sense test. Everyone - from laymen to lawyers - had the same reaction when they heard about them. And that was that this was a stunt by a publicity-seeking or crusading prosecutor.
This isn't an episode of "Law and Order." You can't charge a high school principal for stuff that students do at the prom. You might feel like they're not doing their job well, but you haven't walked in their shoes.
And you certainly are abusing your position as the people's representative in the court system by trumping up some kind of criminal charge against them.

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?"

Inevitable dismissal of Rider charges happens

After dismissing charges today against two Rider University officials in the alcohol poisoning hazing death of a fraternity pledge, Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph Bocchini has a lot more explaining to do about why this was pursued in the first place.
The case against the dean of students and head of campus life at the college were certainly provocative, and sparked a hell of a lot of debate about when college officials will step in and do something about these kind of deadly shenanigans on their campuses.
But these were charges that didn't meet the common sense test. Everyone - from laymen to lawyers - had the same reaction when they heard about them. And that was that this was a stunt by a publicity-seeking or crusading prosecutor.
This isn't an episode of "Law and Order." You can't charge a high school principal for stuff that students do at the prom. You might feel like they're not doing their job well, but you haven't walked in their shoes.
And you certainly are abusing your position as the people's representative in the court system by trumping up some kind of criminal charge against them.