2008 Woodie Awards
The memo came out a little late to the adjunct faculty of Missouri Southern. A recent change in the pay schedule for part time instructors (among other things) came out in an e-mail memo after lunch on the Friday before Labor Day weekend. It is a well-established, if not acknowledged, fact that Southern's campus effectively shuts down early on Fridays anyway, especially so before a long weekend.
Men: Sometimes they're enough to make one seriously contemplate joining team lesbian. I work two jobs. My day job is respectable but my other job, well, let's just say you wouldn't want to speak about it at your kid's career day. That's right, I work at a bar. I serve drinks, or, as my father likes to call it, I'm a "barmaid." In the words of Rodney Dangerfield, "I get no respect."
Missouri Southern State University has a long, prestigious legacy and has produced graduates who excel in every walk of life. However, MSSU has been lacking in one area up until this year. On March 14, 2008, the MSSU Board of Governors passed a resolution establishing a campus police department.
This is in reply to the editorial "Quit bitching, take action" in the Chart of August 29. We are not productive when we lower the tone of the budget discussion to name calling and ugliness. If we are to be effective in resolving our financial problems without fighting each other or harming the institution, we need to deal with actual figures and offer actual recommendations.
There is a relatively new debate concerning the separation of church and state in this country. For almost 200 years of our nation's history, we held a purist view of our Constitution and its meaning. Why, after so many years of success, would we change such a view?
I am a case of potential voter fraud. Two weeks ago I received a mailer from the Voter Participation Center. Well, I say it was addressed to me, but not exactly. Years ago I set up a spare e-mail address for all those freebie offers that come with plenty of spam attached. I used my initials instead of my name. I ordered a few magazines using these offers and used my spam "alias." Guess who needs to register to vote?