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2004-03-23 Home Front: Culture Wars

Rachel Corrie Award to be announced this month (maybe)

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Rachel Corrie Award For Courage In The Teaching Of Writing
Call For Nominations ...In making this award,...to encourage writing teachers early in their careers to take on research, pedagogy, and service projects that promote commitment to peace, justice, and human dignity--even when hazarding the ire of deans, chairs, editors, ~~bulldozers~~ and hiring and review committee
[this should, but doesnât, include people willing to write about Islamofascism at, oh say, Columbia or to write about dhimmitude or honor killings or female genital mutilation or the influence of CAIR in any university with a Moslem student association].
There will be one $500 cash award to an individual and up to two smaller awards to individuals or groups. The prizes will be presented at the PSCC Annual Event at CCCC in San Antonio in March, 2004--...

Nomination deadline: January 5, 2004.

Ira Shor
Professor of English
City University of New York Graduate School

Posted by mhw 2004-03-23 2:01:43 PM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 submissions in a flat brown envelope?

Posted by Frank G 2004-3-23 2:12:20 PM|| 2004-3-23 2:12:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I'll be crushed if I don't win.

Posted by Mike 2004-3-23 2:33:47 PM|| 2004-3-23 2:33:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if they will accept pancake recipes......

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-3-23 2:38:22 PM|| 2004-3-23 2:38:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The trophy is about an inch high.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-23 3:19:02 PM|| 2004-3-23 3:19:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 You guys are bad.

Posted by Matt 2004-3-23 3:24:14 PM|| 2004-3-23 3:24:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 A writing award? I don't get it. St. Rachel is famous for her geometry, not her writing.

BTW, has anyone else noticed chainey tooling around The Undisclosed Location in that snazzy yellow Cat D9?

Posted by SteveS 2004-3-23 3:54:26 PM|| 2004-3-23 3:54:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Sacred Cow Burgers has an appropo illustration and comment regarding St. Pancake's demise.

Posted by GK 2004-3-23 6:09:14 PM|| 2004-3-23 6:09:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 mmmm...pancakes, flapjacks, or for the DU inclined, ~~flip~~flopjacks.

It all fits together. Tasty.

Posted by john 2004-3-23 9:20:25 PM|| 2004-3-23 9:20:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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