From chekov@u.washington.edu Mon Apr 10 14:25:05 PDT 1995 >From chekov@u.washington.edu Mon Apr 10 14:25:04 1995 Return-Path: Received: from carson-oms2.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA00839; Mon, 10 Apr 95 14:25:04 -0700 Received: from carson.u.washington.edu by carson-oms2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA28370; Mon, 10 Apr 95 14:25:02 -0700 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 14:25:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Brunilda Lugopagan To: Richard Dunn Cc: slavic-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: Interview (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Richard Dunn wrote: > You well substantiate your circumstances and your concerns. I do not have > the answer to your question, but if I did not think you may be wrong > about the long-term outcome, I would not have argued for retaining the > programs that will be retained. > Mr. Dunn: The short-term effect is that a program that is comparable to Columbia and Harvard in quality, that was growing and on its way to becoming the definitive program in the US, has been destroyed, and the Pacific Northwest is deprived of any qualified teaching facilities for Slavic Languages and Literature. Mediocrity rules, tokenism becomes the academic standard, and treason goes unchallenged. Actually, I ran into a materials engineer graduate student who would like to use the UW Tech signs as an experiment for a new neon substance he is trying to get a patent on. He guaranteed he could have them ready by the football opener next fall. Amarilis Lugo .