Received: from smtp2.utexas.edu (smtp2.utexas.edu [128.83.126.10]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id IAA18213 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 08:38:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 13554 invoked from network); 23 Jun 1997 14:38:38 -0000 Received: from mail.utexas.edu (128.83.126.1) by smtp2.utexas.edu with SMTP; 23 Jun 1997 14:38:38 -0000 Received: from UT.cc.utexas.edu (slip-122-27.ots.utexas.edu [128.83.221.75]) by mail.utexas.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA28992 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 1997 09:38:37 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <33AE8A60.54E4@mail.utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 09:38:24 -0500 From: Bob Woldman MIME-Version: 1.0 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: Areas of interest/prestige References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jean Czerlinski wrote: > the NEXT HIGHEST and especially NEWLY RISEN prestige people try hard-- > and have the means to-- prove it with the most expensive suits. > e.g. the criminologists Jean, this may be generally true, but I think the Crim. profs in our dept. have a slightly different motivation. They are often meeting with govt. representatives, lawyers, politicians, etc.; so, they need to maintain a professional image in order to do what they do. -- ======================================================================== Bob Woldman bobwold@mail.utexas.edu Graduate Student of Sociology The University of Texas at Austin ======================================================================== "The real magic lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust