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In reply to the discussion: Underpaid 83-Year-Old Professor Died Trying to Make Ends Meet by Working Night Shift at Eat an' Save [View all]grillo7
(284 posts)154. It appears to be on that path...
Our crumbling infrastructure reminds me of this as well. A physician from the USSR that I work with said the hospital we work at reminds him of the Soviet hospitals he trained in, though he finds it weirdly comforting. It's visibly falling apart. As are many of our bridges, buildings, roads, etc.
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xchrom
Sep 2013
OP
"Upper Volta with missles" is how many in the former USSR described what was left of their society..
eppur_se_muova
Sep 2013
#79
Students are first-generation college Catholics who couldn't get in at Notre Dame/Georgetown.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#41
A lot of Neoliberals are liberals about social issues, but are me-firsters on taxes and economics.
leveymg
Sep 2013
#35
I find that close to 100% of people object to labels with which they do not self-identify
stevenleser
Sep 2013
#52
Read what I posted again. It was not in reference to her skills, but the system now in place
another_liberal
Sep 2013
#106
my union represents our lecturers just as it represents our tenure line faculty....
mike_c
Sep 2013
#111
Makes one proud of the USA! Ain't American the best place in the world! Go USA! Go USA! Go USA!
RKP5637
Sep 2013
#13
Fired for caught sleeping in her office to keep warm; unable to pay electric bill.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#15
Founded by order of priests who no longer have enough members to operate or staff it.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#57
By describing the school as Catholic in name only, I mean that neither administration nor faculty
Divernan
Sep 2013
#67
I teach at a Jesuit university, we have a really strong union, which the admin encouraged.
diane in sf
Sep 2013
#130
Right on, Jebbies! Good to hear. No reason except greed that Duquesne couldn't do this.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#132
Ok, but I don't know what more to expect from part-time work on a semester contractual basis
aikoaiko
Sep 2013
#59
A severance package would have been a decent, honorable,"christian" thing to give her.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#60
That would be nice, but most universities don't offer severance packages to anyone.
aikoaiko
Sep 2013
#66
"Right" is also in the context of policy and how organizations treats other employees.
aikoaiko
Sep 2013
#71
It may be manipulation, but not necessarily..Do think the school is not doing "damage control"?
whathehell
Sep 2013
#119
Atty. had represented her pro bono; women born in 1930 unlikely to have been big earners.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#38
She lived "on campus" for a few weeks only, in a house with a priest & 3 seminarians.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#134
This is so sad....it is a disgrace that this poor woman was stripped of her dignity
Theyletmeeatcake2
Sep 2013
#51
Somebody should spray paint Matthew 25:40 all over that campus, and the univ. Prez' car.
n2doc
Sep 2013
#74
Covered by the "cloak of religion" the school probably gave little of no health benefits, no employe
kelliekat44
Sep 2013
#97
You are SO wrong about social security! I'll repeat what I've posted elsewhere in this thread.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#137
Well excuse me for not knowing the specifics of Duquesne and other Catholic schools
magical thyme
Sep 2013
#144
Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? The treadmill? The poor houses?
Divernan
Sep 2013
#156
Weren't "non-profits" like Duquesne exempt from participatinag in Soc. Sec. until 1975?
Divernan
Sep 2013
#120
"knew her well" and still, she was in desperate straits. laval house has several male seminary
niyad
Sep 2013
#158
Unlike Duquesne, Georgetown U.cites Catholic Church's teachings as favoring labor unions.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#126
So right re Medicare, and they also think Social Security is at least $1,000 a month.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#141