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ON THIS DAY: October 4, 2018
October 4th is World Animal Day * National Taco Day Golf Lover’s Day * Improve Your Office Day Ship in a Bottle Day * National Vodka Day _________________________________________ MORE! Eliza Kellas, Brendan Gill and Elena Kagan, click
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Tagged Ann Rice, Brendan Gill, Buster Keaton, Eleanor Flexner, Elena Kagan, Eliza Kellas, Francisco Madero
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creeping Sokalism in the academy now extends to entire groups of marginal journals
By ann summers There was once an angry white guy who felt that some Other was doing less reputable academic work outside of his own field and decided to hoax a publication that did not practice rigorous peer-review. Alan Sokal … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Policy, History, Media, Philosophy, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Culture, Higher Education, Media
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ON THIS DAY: October 3, 2018
October 3rd is National Techie’s Day Boyfriend Day Soft Taco Day _________________________________________ MORE! George Bancroft, Gertrude Berg and Gore Vidal, click
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Tagged Buket Uzuner, Eleonora Duse, George Bancroft, Gertrude Berg, Gore Vidal, Hwanung, Mary McLeod Bethune
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ON THIS DAY: October 2, 2018
October 2nd is Custodial Workers Day Fried Scallops Day Guardian Angels Day Name Your Car Day World Farm Animals Day * International Day of Non-Violence * _________________________________________ MORE! Thakkar Bapa, Joan Baez and Thurgood Marshall, click
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Tagged Annie Leibovitz, Groucho Marx, J.M. Coetzee, Jan Morris, Joan Baez, Thakkar Bapa, Thurgood Marshall
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ON THIS DAY: October 1, 2018
October 1st is Fire Pup Day * National Lace Day Homemade Cookies Day International Coffee Day * International Music Day * Raccoon Appreciation Day * U.N. International Day of Older Persons * _________________________________________ MORE! Maria Mitchell, Paul Dukas and Grete … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander the Great, Annie Besant, Daniel J. Boorstin, Esther Boise Van Deman, Grete Waitz, Maria Mitchell, Paul Dukas
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ON THIS DAY: September 28, 2018
September 28th is National Drink a Beer Day National Good Neighbor Day * International Right to Know Day * Strawberry Cream Pie Day World Rabies Awareness Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Isabel Pell, Victor Jara and Mercy Manci, click
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Tagged Confucius, Elmer Rice, Florence Violet McKenzie, Frances Willard, Isabel Pell, Mercy Manci, Victor Jara
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ON THIS DAY: September 27, 2018
September 27th is Ancestor Appreciation Day Crush A Can Day (recycle) National Chocolate Milk Day World Tourism Day * Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Fatema Mernissi, Yasser Arafat and Anita Hill, click
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Tagged Angela Merkel, Anita Hill, Fatema Mernissi, King Hussein of Jordan, Rachel Carson, Thomas Nast, Yasser Arafat
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September 26, 2018
September 26th is National Pancake Day * World Contraception Day * U.N. International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons* _________________________________________ MORE! Bertha De Vriese, Winsor McCay and Suzanne Belperron, click
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