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Your Wittgenstein header is well taken! Unfortunately, previous e-mail concerning Nebraska had pointed out that even tenure was unlikely to be a protection - when departments and programs close tenured faculty may lose their jobs. Such is the task facing university presidents, including those in Nebraska. Unfortunately, I have no way of knowing the merits of a first rate museum versus, say, a first rate Ag extension program, or some sort of first rate rural health clinic. So back to you Mr. Wittgenstein! ctb Leigh Van Valen wrote: > "Wherein I do not know, thereof I shall not speak." - Wittgenstein > > The Nebraska State Museum is one of the major museums in the country > and is notably strong in later Cenozoic mammals. It has a strong > curatorial staff, at least most of whom I am glad to see are tenured. > This fact will probably eliminate much of the stated savings; if not, > a serious confrontation with AAUP will occur, with the university > unlikely to prevail. > > The problem is obviously one of priorities. I also know nothing of > Nebraska's financial status. However, nonscientists, especially > anti-evolutionists, can easily see as superfluous a unit which they > don't understand and which they perceive as lacking political clout. > The request is for outsiders to try to remedy these lacks. > > Leigh > > >> Requests such as this are dreadfully sad, but also sadly >> inappropriate. We know nothing of the context. Some Solomon somewhere >> is obliged to cut babies in half and they like doing that no more >> than we like having it done to us. >> >> There is a reality out there that relates to money. For whatever >> reason(s) at the moment the economy is a secondary issue and we are >> all involved in a deep recession. As a result we are in some rather >> dreadful Darwinian times. At issue may be the survival of whole >> university departments and programs. But why should we be immune from >> this tragedy but not concern ourselves with the cuts applied across >> the board to Buildings and Grounds staffs or to Housekeepers in our >> dorms or to Joe down the road who just lost his job...? Places that >> are important hardly need a writing campaign to justify their >> continuation or future existence. >> >> You have my deepest sympathy but I don't know enough about your >> state, your university, etc. to provide a meaningful letter. >> >> Chris Baldwin >> >> Michael Cuggy wrote: >> >>> I am forwarding this message sent to me from a friend in SVP. >>> ----------------------------------------------- >>> Michael B. Cuggy >>> >>>> To SVP Members, >>>> >>>> At the University of Nebraska, we, like so many institutions, have >>>> been >>>> undergoing severe budget cuts over the past several months. The >>>> University >>>> of Nebraska State Museum had been left spared from these cuts - until >>>> yesterday. We received news of the Chancellor's recommendations for a >>>> portion of the third round of cuts, as quoted from the Chancellor's >>>> email >>>
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