Comments on: Those Other Things We Do

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:39:11 +0000

Thanks ljs! -cvj

By: ljs

ljs — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:36:13 +0000

you know what i meant…

since my arrival, the frustations of your predecessors have been the same and obviously they still remain. i too had to arrange a couple of the schedules and it is not an easy nor pleasant task. i am not saying this is acceptable but just a fact.

i fully appreciate what you have already done within our department and what you continue to achieve. i can say there needs to be more of you! willing to commit to the students, the welfare of the department and our place in the academic world.

on a closing note: FIGHT ON, BEAT THE IRISH!!!

By: Moshe

Moshe — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:18:47 +0000

Wow, you are right, there is another post!… well, tomorrow is another day.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:14:35 +0000

Yeah…I wanna hear instead about what you think about Energy. See other post.

-cvj

By: Moshe

Moshe — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:13:21 +0000

OK, let’s agree we both are missing the point, it is getting late…

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:11:00 +0000

Moshe:- I could well be the one missing the point. I can be quite an idiot at times.

Cheers,

-cvj

By: Moshe

Moshe — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:05:38 +0000

I missed the point I am afraid… of course, since I set through all these talks about vacuum pumps myself, more than once, I am definitely sympathetic to what you are doing, good luck!

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:49:34 +0000

JoAnne: Thanks. It’s good to hear that I’m not from a different planet, at least on this matter.

Thank you.

-cvj

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:47:03 +0000

Ok Moshe…. I get it. It’s not a perfect system here, I know. But it is the system we have, and first I want to achieve the kind of series that I think we ought to have as a good department in an excellent university. It’s worth it for the really good students that apply to us and that we bring here every year to raise the intellectual level of the series and it is worth it for the department and its faculty to try to build the kind of bridges within the department and across to other departments that this can do. Once I’ve shown what can be done, then I can get the support I need from my colleagues to do it differently. That’s my battle plan.

ljs: You misunderstand me. I’m not “set off”, I’m simply describing aspects of life in the academic world for those who might be interested. Just describing the glossy bits would be deceitful. Gotta show all the warts too. Well, some of them.

Cheers!

-cvj

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:43:46 +0000

Hey, Clifford:

I was the colliquium organizor my first 3 years at SLAC, and I can corroborate that it takes alot of work and effort and thought. And I do mean alot of effort, at least if you care enough to want to do a good job (which Clifford clearly does!). It takes alot of time from research and I would go so far as to say that no untenured professor should ever be given the job. But there are rewards, in knowing that you brought a good series of lectures which enriched the knowledge of the people in your department.