As I recently upbraided some friends about their persistent use of the term "teabagger" to describe those who associate with the Tea Parties, one might wonder where that term started? I think it was Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow, those gleaming icons of objective journalism;-)
So I wish those at Rutgers good luck as well. When one of the major sources of incivility is the media itself (FoxNEWS, MSNBC, et al), they are certainly going to need it. Andy Wolodkin Database Administrator Frostburg State University (301)687-3159 (301)707-7496 CELL (301)687-4731 FAX -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 9:33 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] How To Watch Your F'n' Language Rutgers University is undertaking a "Civility Project" in order to restore politeness, courtesy, and compassion on the college campus and world beyond. One of the university's press releases provides an overview of the project; see: http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/09/rutgers-project-adv a-20100908 The "kickoff event" will be a lecture by P.M. Fomi of Johns Hopkins University; for more on the event, see: http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/09/rutgers-to-launch-p r-20100917 There is no word as to whether he will advise FoxNews, the plethora of tea parties, or Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor of New York who seems to be preoccupied by other guys' "cajonies" and Andre Coumo (Democratic candidate) not being "man enough" for the job. For some of Paladino's thoughts on this topic, see: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/20/2010-09-20_carl_paladino_ andrew_cuomo_has_no_cojones_is_riding_daddys_coattails.html Note: Paladino is a Buffalo, NY area millionaire who unexpected beat the presumed standardbearer for the Republican party, Rick Lazio (who ran against Hilary Clinton for NY US Senator). Lazio is waiting to decide whether he will run as the Conservative party candidate (he's already on the ballot) but which is expected to split the Repbulcian and conservative vote. Nor is there any word whether Al D'Amato, a one-time conservative Republican Senator from NY, will seek civility lessons after he literally called BS on another conservative on the Fox Business Channel; see: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/18/post_522_n_722047.html Really, where has all of the F'n' politeness gone? Good luck to our F'n' colleagues at Rutgers! ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13098.4de9b7822e0de81fc734bc5689ab6f03 &n=T&l=tips&o=5021 or send a blank email to leave-5021-13098.4de9b7822e0de81fc734bc5689ab6...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5025 or send a blank email to leave-5025-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
