SR.com Blogs | Campus Commons http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/ Shawn Vestal writes about higher education in the Inland Northwest. en-us Copyright 2009 The Spokesman-Review. All Rights Reserved. 1/5/2009 9:41:44 PM 20 Professor ditches textbooks for satire http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6092 <p>It’s become a commonplace to say that young people get their news from John Stewart. Now some of them are getting their college history lessons from him, too. ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6092' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/31/2007 10:39:00 AM Report blasts Va. Tech, sheds light on Cho http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6078 <p><img src="/media/photos/083007_gov.jpg" width=440 border=1 align=center /> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6078' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/30/2007 9:55:26 AM Washington officials find good news in bad http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6063 <p>Average SAT scores in reading and math dropped yet again, both in the Inland Northwest and nationally. ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6063' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/29/2007 10:34:10 AM Spiders spin their own underwater 'bubble nests' http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6062 <p><img src="/media/photos/082907_spider.jpg" width=220 border=1 align=center /> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6062' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/29/2007 10:26:56 AM Student news http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6060 <p>Headline from this morning’s Daily <a href="http://www.dailyevergreen.com/">Evergreen</a>: ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6060' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/29/2007 9:55:13 AM Prof's comments about shooting bring provost to class http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6059 <p>A professor at Virginia Tech says he was publicly rebuked for criticizing, during a lecture, the school’s response to a mass shooting in April. ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6059' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/29/2007 9:49:51 AM Proposed sale of O'Keeffe work sparks debate http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6049 <p><img src="/media/photos/082807_okeefe.jpg" width=150 border=1 align=right /> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6049' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/28/2007 12:15:34 PM In the hip-hop classroom... http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6046 <p>Professor Smalls? ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6046' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/28/2007 11:23:15 AM Climbing the walls.... http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6045 <p><img src="/media/photos/082807_rappel.jpg" width=440 border=1 align=center /> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6045' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/28/2007 10:19:34 AM Almanac paints statistical picture of each state http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6044 <p>The Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual Almanac is online, offering a detailed statistical picture of higher ed in each state. ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6044' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/28/2007 10:18:32 AM On the road to Pullman http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6028 <p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j5O57DSvyaA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j5O57DSvyaA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6028' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/24/2007 5:17:11 PM Fencers take on trash to pay for sport http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6025 <p><img src="/media/photos/082407_fencing.jpg" width=440 border=1 align=center /> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6025' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/24/2007 1:19:06 PM Police: We don't need another hero http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6024 <p>UI student Pete Husmann of Post Falls – the young man who stopped watching “Die Hard” to take his gun to a shooting rampage in downtown Moscow in May – <a href="http://www.uiargonaut.com/content/view/4128/1/">recounts </a>his memories of the event in the new issue of the Argonaut. ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6024' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/24/2007 11:58:43 AM Study says money not the only reason for dropping out http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6022 <p>A lot of people assume that financial factors are the reason that poor students don’t make it to college or drop out at a higher rate than their wealthier counterparts. Give them more aid, the assumption goes, and they’ll stay in school. ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6022' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/24/2007 11:43:22 AM Witches and monkeys flying in Beasley http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6021 <p><img src="/media/photos/082407_flying.jpg " width=440 border=1 align=center /> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6021' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/24/2007 11:24:31 AM Sweet Home A Cappella... http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6019 <p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EaO4W9sAE5I"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EaO4W9sAE5I" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6019' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/23/2007 2:57:21 PM She said yes! -- WSU proposal on YouTube http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6018 <p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQULpDxcaks"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQULpDxcaks" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6018' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/23/2007 2:53:27 PM Professors throw a lot of money behind Democrats http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6013 <p><br>Professors are becoming a force in the political money race. ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6013' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/23/2007 11:03:29 AM Osprey keeping an eye on the Ducks http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6012 <p><img src="/media/photos/082307_osprey.jpg" width=110 border=1 align=left /> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6012' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/23/2007 10:17:26 AM WSU announces community forum on golf course http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6011 <p><img src="/media/photos/082307_golf.jpg" width=300 border=1 align=left /> ( <a href='http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/commons/archive.asp?postID=6011' title='full post'>Full post</a> )</p> 8/23/2007 10:05:20 AM