[Marxism] Australian university in the news again

[Ambrose Andrews]

On 20/11/2007, Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com> wrote:
> This is the joint that Gary McClennan just separated himself from.
>

Nope, That was QUT, The Queensland University of Technology, so
called.  This one is the old, sandstone, 'reputable' Univeristy of
Queensland.

  -AA.


> Counterpunch Weekend Edition
> November 19, 2007
> Adjuncts for the Defunct Croc Man
> Why Steve Irwin--You're Dead!
>
> By BINOY KAMPMARK
>
> They put spaghetti on toast, drink beer out of infuriatingly small
> glasses and give awards to the dead for toying with animals. This, by
> itself, might simply be another cultural statement about Australia. But
> when it involves an educational institution, a university which claims,
> according to the Times Higher Education Supplement, to be within the top
> 50 of the world, it probably deserves to be examined. On 'Steve Irwin
> Day' ( November 15), the University of Queensland decided to capitalise
> on Irwin's memory one year after his death and posthumously award him an
> adjunct professorship.

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