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By Professor Doom      Having been part of, and victimized by, the kangaroo campus court system, I nevertheless am perpetually amazed at just how bizarrely it runs, from how piffling the �crimes� are that merit convictions, to how far reaching the penalties can be.      Of particular interest to the kangaroo court system are sex related cases. Before moving on, I suppose I should explain my own history of sexual harassment, as I was accused one time (I was cleared of the charges, however): Me: �You look quite made up today.� --a student walked into class late, making a  bit of a show of it. She was wearing quite a bit of makeup. Yes, I was investigated for sexual harassment based on this one comment. Admin could have destroyed me over this, but at the time I was playing ball, and so received a pass.       The latest insanity comes from the University of Kentucky. Like many institutions, the school is on a somethin...

By Professor Doom      The dementation of higher education is in real time. From one eyeblink to the next, it seems one more thing happens to debase higher education. So we have Shakespeare being taken down, and a new author, Lorde, in his place. Before moving on to the latest slip into the abyss, I reckon I�d best answer the question that�s on most reader�s minds right now: �Who is Lorde?�      I�ll just steal from Wikipedia : Audre Lorde ( � February 18, 1934 � November 17, 1992) was an African American writer, feminist, womanist , lesbian, and civil rights activist.       I grant summarizing one�s life in a sentence is no easy task, but one of these things is not like the other here.   It�s easy to see that being a writer, feminist, womanist (for those not in the know, a �womanist� is basically a feminist that specializes in black women), and civil rights activist can all be noble things, but why is �lesbian� eve...

By Professor Doom      Time and again I�ve often wondered about the honesty of what I�m doing in higher education. It isn�t the upper level, technical courses that repeatedly cause me to evaluate my morality, even though it�s easy to make a case that the more advanced courses are the least relevant to what anyone would use math for.       No, my self-doubts are about the basic courses, such as College Algebra. The primary issue I have is it�s a mandatory course. Granted, the course is a prerequisite for just about every jobs-related degree higher education offers, but it�s also mandatory for many �useless� degree programs. I�ve often seen students in their 6 th year of their 2 year degree program in Childhood Sexual Deviancy or other new degree program, struggling to finally pass this introductory math course. �DEAR PRof, I jus wanted to ask u to pass me here cuz it�s the only corse I need for my degre. Ive done good in my other corses. Tha...

By Professor Doom      As a white male, it�s been long made clear to me that I have little future in higher education�.my skin color and gender preclude advancement, you see.      I�ve mentioned the �white� part of campus bias before , but I want to address the �male� part a bit more today. It isn�t just evidenced at the faculty level, where there are whole departments where males are not welcome�I suspect it�s a factor in why such a clear majority of our college students are female, but only a small factor.        Having an anti-male department isn�t really good enough to entirely explain the shortage of males on campus. Most males have enough sense to avoid Women�s Studies courses, or at least to know what they�re getting into when signing up.       No, this department by itself doesn�t scare away the males. In a similar vein, a male prospective college student isn�t going to be turned off ...