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From: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: A new "unit" (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 07:51:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Richard Dunn <dickd@u.washington.edu>
To: Galya Diment <galya@u.washington.edu>
Cc: Simpson@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: A new "unit"

Your chair and your department will have as much say as anyone else in 
just what mergers might be possible. The faculty involved are all holding 
appointments in Slavic.  I will discuss this process with Karl at any 
time he wishes.  No one single handedly put you on the block in the first 
place, but I certainly included you among the units that were to be 
considered by the Dean and Council.  I will not discuss further the issue 
of how we got where we are. 

On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Galya Diment wrote:

> Your response is rather curious in the light of the fact that today, when 
> you held discussions with other L & L chairs as to where we should be 
> housed as a "unit," our chair, who as far as we know is still in effect, 
> was not even invited. So who is the "faculty involved"? Anyone but us? 
> And were you not the person who placed us on the elimination block to 
> begin with? That, to me, is the hand that dealt (Active Voice), and we 
> all know what it dealt us. As to "concerns," I deeply sympathize, and I 
> have to agree that grave as mine are, I would not trade them for yours. GD
> 
> On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Richard Dunn wrote:
> 
> > First, the issue is not what I am proposing. I am simply saying that this 
> > was the hand I was dealt.  The Council and Dean made their decision, and 
> > I now have to carry out its implementation. What is left, what is to be 
> > should be determined by the faculty involved.  Understand that I do not 
> > work for the English Department and I have too many concerns about what 
> > has happened to speculate upon what has not.
> > 
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Galya Diment wrote:
> > > Professor Dunn,
> > > 
> > > 	I would like to answer t  he question you posed to Amarilis as to 
> > > whether the new "unit" you are proposing isn't better than a total 
> > > elimination. First of all, I still cannot understand why you are posing 
> > > it as a choice between nothing and little something -- are these the only 
> > > choices left on this campus? 
> > > 	The Mickey Mouse "unit" (never to become autonomous, god forbid! 
> > > shudder to think what those Slavs are capable of if given autonomy) is probably 
> > > better than nothing as a service to REECAS, although I am not sure it will
> > > allow REECAS to keep its Title 6. As far as the Slavic Department, our 
> > > majors, and our graduate students go, this new concoction is NOTHING, not that 
> > > much superior to total elimination.
> > > 	Would you have been satisfied if the whole English program at 
> > > this University was reduced to teaching English as a second language and 
> > > Introduction to Anglo-Saxon civilization? Would you think it's better 
> > > than nothing? Would you want to be a part of such an English department? I 
> > > would appreciate your honesty.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 	
> > > 	Galya Diment
> > > 
> > 
> 

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