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Yeah, I did see that, and found it unfortunate that he wasn't willing to put in the effort, considering the weight of the occasion. Dr. Baker's tenure started after my graduation, so I can't comment on his other work with the faculty, but this is rather a disheartening incident.
That said, I don't know what sort of sanction the University or the faculty can hand down. As far as I'm concerned, it's the Class of 2011 that he owes apology to, and it's on their behalf that action ought to be taken. They deserve to be proud of their accomplishment and his shortcutting and the subsequent headlines shine the spotlight away from that. How he repays that, though, I don't know.
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June 22, 2011 -- 1:55 PM
posted by mary
Is anyone else a little bit disappointed that the mustache is not in raised ink as well?
June 20, 2011 -- 11:20 PM
posted by Par
My money has holes in it!!
Pretty cool.
June 20, 2011 -- 7:04 PM
posted by Al
Best quote ever!:
"Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world."
-From novel Snowcrash
So mentally I'm still under the age of 25.
June 16, 2011 -- 3:22 PM
posted by Par
See Al, you've totally breezed by the biggest problem: inventing a dessert called Tau.
June 16, 2011 -- 6:47 AM
posted by Al
Umm Par... How many people reading this board could actually go thru the math for Tau day and actually understand it?
I barely passed calculus III in university. Whoosh! I say!
June 16, 2011 -- 6:37 AM
posted by Al
And Canuck fans wonder why no one likes them?
June 15, 2011 -- 9:22 PM
posted by Par
Canucks fans party like it's 1994. Fucking embarrassing.
June 14, 2011 -- 11:28 PM
posted by Beck
The Doctor at the royal wedding = pure awesome.
I'm sure that has to be photoshopped, but still pretty cool.
In other news: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003393/How-Citigroup-hackers-broke-door-using-banks-website.html
This article calls them "hackers", and quotes a "security expert" calling it a "browser vulnerability" that would have been "hard to prepare for". The vulnerability in question? Logging into the website and changing the account number in the URL. Damn those browsers and their security flaws, now citigroup looks stupid because of the insecure ability to change the URL on the client side...
I'm know I don't know everything there is to know about security, but damn, that's about the most insanely stupid thing I've ever seen - for a banking site even.
And I'd love to know who that "security expert" is that considered this "hard to prepare for".
June 14, 2011 -- 10:54 PM
posted by Par
Yeah, I did see that, and found it unfortunate that he wasn't willing to put in the effort, considering the weight of the occasion. Dr. Baker's tenure started after my graduation, so I can't comment on his other work with the faculty, but this is rather a disheartening incident.
That said, I don't know what sort of sanction the University or the faculty can hand down. As far as I'm concerned, it's the Class of 2011 that he owes apology to, and it's on their behalf that action ought to be taken. They deserve to be proud of their accomplishment and his shortcutting and the subsequent headlines shine the spotlight away from that. How he repays that, though, I don't know.
June 13, 2011 -- 3:34 PM
posted by alison
Hey Par, have you and Nadeesha seen this?
As former med students, how do you think the faculty should react to the Dean of medicine plagiarizing a graduation speech?
How do you come off as a legitimate institution without some form of clear reprimand, since students are expected to obey the plagiarism rules? ... not that anyone gets reported. We attempted to flunk a student in the class I TAed and the dean wouldn't stand by it, despite glaringly obvious evidence.
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