http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ back to the future. en Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:24:46 +0000 http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155368 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:23:53 +0000 Anonymous 155368@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>The board has enough douchebags already. Do we really want to attract more from the north of the border? Judging from their now dead thread, they are even more of douchebags than we are. Let them get their own board. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=37&page=178#post-155367 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:23:42 +0000 Anonymous 155367@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <blockquote><p>If an elephant trampled the halls of Congress, would it cause politics?<br /> If an elephant blocked a road and a truck carrying nuclear weapons crashed into it, would it cause politics?<br /> If an elephant farted in a voting booth in a poor part of the US leading the Democrats to lose votes, would that cause politics?</p></blockquote> <p>Only cognition causes politics. Thus, unless your claim is that the elephant behaved in these ways in a conscious effort to affect state behavior or, otherwise, macro-behavior, then the answer to all your questions is No. But thanks for playing. It's been fun. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22173#post-155366 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:05 +0000 Anonymous 155366@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Faculty think they are hot shit and do not work with students. Therefore, there is no culture of grad training at these departments. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155365 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:21:41 +0000 Anonymous 155365@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>"Blog"? </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22172#post-155364 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:38 +0000 Speakeasy 155364@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>See prior thread on same topic:<br /> <a href="http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=16352" rel="nofollow">http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=16352</a> </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22172#post-155363 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:36 +0000 Anonymous 155363@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Any British university beats these places on regalia. And even raglia. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21645&page=2#post-155362 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:29 +0000 Anonymous 155362@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Was he fired for harassment and denied tenure. That's about the worst thing that can happen in our line of work. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22173#post-155361 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:28 +0000 Anonymous 155361@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Rochester is the best, all other grad programs are stooopid. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21609&page=3#post-155360 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:13 +0000 Anonymous 155360@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>^ What is everyone else doing? </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22173#post-155359 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:19:30 +0000 Anonymous 155359@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>^ Retarded to go to Michigan or Yale that is, not to Rochester. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155358 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:19:29 +0000 Anonymous 155358@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>There are jobs for Canadianists separate from comparative. And the Canada job market is different. It would be great to be part of this blog because Canada is insular enough as it is. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22173#post-155357 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:18:58 +0000 Anonymous 155357@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>GIGO? </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155356 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:18:33 +0000 Anonymous 155356@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>&gt; Canadian politics does have its own organized section at APSA and MPSA.</p> <p>So? We don't have separate folders for all the other ones.</p> <p>Douche hose. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22173#post-155355 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:18:14 +0000 Anonymous 155355@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Grad students are retarded to go there. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22173#post-155354 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:16:24 +0000 Anonymous 155354@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Their faculty don't pay attention to individual students, unlike at Rochester. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22173#post-155353 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:15:47 +0000 Anonymous 155353@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>They don't have the best faculty. Their faculty is good, however. They don't have a culture of training students. And neither gets the best students. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21645&page=2#post-155352 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:15:16 +0000 Anonymous 155352@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>^^^^<br /> Didn't even get a terminal year? That's nasty. I didn't know that happened. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155351 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:14:32 +0000 Anonymous 155351@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Canadian politics does have its own organized section at APSA and MPSA. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22172#post-155350 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:14:20 +0000 Anonymous 155350@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>MIT has a nice look </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21645&page=2#post-155349 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:54 +0000 Anonymous 155349@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Any department that hires under these economic conditions is suspicious at least. What was the sexual harassment deal? </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22172#post-155348 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:21 +0000 Anonymous 155348@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>*regalia </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22173#post-155347 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:13:09 +0000 Anonymous 155347@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>The reputation is they have the best faculty but the worst job placement, among the top 5. What is their problem? </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22172#post-155346 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:12:55 +0000 Anonymous 155346@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>I like Columbias personally though I did not go there. I also think the UC regalia (I think all the schools are the same) is pretty snazzy </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22162#post-155345 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:12:44 +0000 Anonymous 155345@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Depends. Tell me about your diet and exercise routine. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155344 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:06:52 +0000 Anonymous 155344@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>I feel that my identity as a Canadian is not being respected. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21609&page=3#post-155343 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:33 +0000 Anonymous 155343@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Yale's placement is horrific this year. One student got a TT job. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155342 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:16 +0000 Anonymous 155342@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Why not a separate section for each of the respondents to the NES? </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155341 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:02:48 +0000 Anonymous 155341@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>While at it, please add a separate section for Nepal. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22171#post-155340 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:01:03 +0000 Anonymous 155340@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>rochester! </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155339 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:55 +0000 Anonymous 155339@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>&gt;&gt; Agreed. Canadian is part of comparative. Just like...American.</p> <p>Indeed it is. If you comparativists want to wade through all the American junk to get to your preferred destination, it suits me fine. </p> <p>I have always thought that the main beneficiaries of breaking American off into a separate field are the comparativists themselves. It gives them their own space. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=21645&page=2#post-155338 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:23 +0000 Anonymous 155338@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Nobody. They have lost 3 people in the last two years (2 resigned, 1 got fired for sexual harassment). It is a very disfunctional department. Lots of intrigues etc. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155337 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:59:54 +0000 Anonymous 155337@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>^^ Burn! </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155336 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:59:16 +0000 Anonymous 155336@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>Agreed. Canadian is part of comparative. Just like...American. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=22170#post-155335 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:59:00 +0000 Anonymous 155335@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>The comparison of the Methods/Theory debates folder to a possible Canadian folder is inapt. "Methodology/theory debates" reflects issues relevant to all fields of the discipline, except those that are bereft of theory and use no methods. Such as, for instance, Canadian politics. </p> http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/topic.php?id=37&page=178#post-155334 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:58:45 +0000 Anonymous 155334@http://www.poliscijobrumors.com/ <p>If an elephant trampled the halls of Congress, would it cause politics?<br /> If an elephant blocked a road and a truck carrying nuclear weapons crashed into it, would it cause politics?<br /> If an elephant farted in a voting booth in a poor part of the US leading the Democrats to lose votes, would that cause politics?</p> <p>I'm beginning to think this blog needs an elephant section! </p>