They need to protest naked

How will the world cope with the dwindling supply of English lit liberal arts undergrads? I predict mass hysteria.

Irony? How so?

Just because I am "politically liberal" does not mean that I agree with every "liberal policy"... there is no irony in that.

me texan: How will the world cope with the dwindling supply of English lit liberal arts undergrads? I predict mass hysteria.

I predict a glut of subjunctive clauses and a dump of gerunds into the English Lit Exchange. I'm going to short prepositions and start buying semicolons.

Oh the humanities

Ok...that was funny.

CNN affiliate KCRA captured footage of students outside the building shouting, "Who's university? Our university!"

THEN WHO WAS UNIVERSITY?

Pretty sure if California had the "liberal policies" of, you know, actually being able to raise any tax without a 2/3 majority and a ballot referendum, they might not be in the situation where they're in where it's not actually possible to either raise revenue or cut spending. Government by referendum is a complete disaster. The public is not rational.

ne2d: THEN WHO WAS UNIVERSITY?

How is university formed?

Ah, I remember the days when it cost me $1500 a year to go there.

/adjusts onion

Code_Archeologist: Irony? How so?

Just because I am "politically liberal" does not mean that I agree with every "liberal policy"... there is no irony in that.

Don't you get it? If you lean liberal, than by definition you support everything Karl Marx ever wrote and want capitalism replaced with a socialist system.

And you eat puppies and hate America.

Racht: Government by referendum is a complete disaster. The public is not rational.

Exactly. Any system where the public has input, be it an economy or a government, necessitates an educated public. The US public is most definitely not educated and as such should not be trusted to make any decisions.

Racht: Pretty sure if California had the "liberal policies" of, you know, actually being able to raise any tax without a 2/3 majority and a ballot referendum, they might not be in the situation where they're in where it's not actually possible to either raise revenue or cut spending. Government by referendum is a complete disaster. The public is not rational.

Also this. Plus Proposition 13.

Dancin_In_Anson: Ok...that was funny.

To anyone with a liberal arts degree that would be considered 'low humor' and not funny at all.

me texan: How will the world cope with the dwindling supply of English lit liberal arts undergrads? I predict mass hysteria.

You know these schools produce scientists too, right?

ne2d: THEN WHO WAS UNIVERSITY?

BEAR IS UNIVERSITY!

Obdicut: me texan: How will the world cope with the dwindling supply of English lit liberal arts undergrads? I predict mass hysteria.

You know these schools produce scientists too, right?

We don't need any more liberal scientists either. All they do is whine about global warming and evolution and other fairy tales.

All these protests are over an increase to around $10k/year for tuition. Let them go out of state and see how that $10k works out for them. This is only about a $3000 increase in tuition over all.

jwa007: To anyone with a liberal arts degree that would be considered 'low humor' and not funny at all.

Nonsense. It would become the topic of a thesis paper studying various instances of low humor in Fark headlines and analyzing their effectiveness across a variety of categories including literary allusion, contemporary significance, word play, and irony. Said paper would then be delivered at a keynote luncheon at any one of a variety of scholarly conferences under a cutely wry title, such as "Beheading the Headlines: An Exploration of Low Humor on Internet News Aggregators." It would be a big hit and get lots of chuckles and pudgy professors would be using one-liners from it at the bar that night to try and bed the grad students and adjuncts in attendance.

Code_Archeologist: Just because I am "politically liberal" does not mean that I agree with every "liberal policy"... there is no irony in that.

Same reason when a conservative gets caught doing, well, anything, it's ironic. Since some conservative somewhere must have run for office on a platform of outlawing cheating on your wife, being gay, or drinking liquor, ergo a conservative who cheats on his wife or drinks or is gay must be a hypocrite. Even if you have to make up the cheating on his wife part.

32% increase??? Christ.

Pocket Ninja: Nonsense. It would become the topic of a thesis paper studying various instances of low humor in Fark headlines and analyzing their effectiveness across a variety of categories including literary allusion, contemporary significance, word play, and irony. Said paper would then be delivered at a keynote luncheon at any one of a variety of scholarly conferences under a cutely wry title, such as "Beheading the Headlines: An Exploration of Low Humor on Internet News Aggregators." It would be a big hit and get lots of chuckles and pudgy professors would be using one-liners from it at the bar that night to try and bed the grad students and adjuncts in attendance.

Oh my. You are good. Very good.

tallguywithglasseson: 32% increase??? Christ.

How else will they be able to pay the faculty a "living wage"?

CPT Ethanolic: This is only about a $3000 increase in tuition over all.

Heh, $3000 is about what my total tuition cost per year when I started school.

My alma matter is at about $10k per year now, so maybe UC Davis is behind schedule, but a $7,000 to $10,000 one-year increase... there's nothing "only" about that, IMO.

Pocket Ninja: Nonsense. It would become the topic of a thesis paper studying various instances of low humor in Fark headlines and analyzing their effectiveness across a variety of categories including literary allusion, contemporary significance, word play, and irony. Said paper would then be delivered at a keynote luncheon at any one of a variety of scholarly conferences under a cutely wry title, such as "Beheading the Headlines: An Exploration of Low Humor on Internet News Aggregators." It would be a big hit and get lots of chuckles and pudgy professors would be using one-liners from it at the bar that night to try and bed the grad students and adjuncts in attendance.

tallguywithglasseson: 32% increase??? Christ.

interesting, isn't it?

jwa007: Dancin_In_Anson: Ok...that was funny.

To anyone with a liberal arts degree that would be considered 'low humor' and not funny at all.

I suppose you would classify a guy being hit in the groin with a football as not funny also ?

UC Davis isn't a liberal arts college, it's a research university.

Mordant: I suppose you would classify a guy being hit in the groin with a football as not funny also ?

I would find it funny, but then again I don't possess a liberal arts degree now do I?

California won't raise taxes and they're slashing spending. That sounds libertarian to me.

Obdicut: You know these schools produce scientists too, right?

You mean wanna-be scientists with non BS degrees? Isn't that kind of like the "chef dejour" school down the street from the Cordon Bleu cranking out fast food graduates and calling them chefs?

There's a very big difference between Bachelor of Science and Liberal Arts curriculum. (new windows)

me texan: You mean wanna-be scientists with non BS degrees? Isn't that kind of like the "chef dejour" school down the street from the Cordon Bleu cranking out fast food graduates and calling them chefs?

There's a very big difference between Bachelor of Science and Liberal Arts curriculum. (new windows)

What are you talking about? You can get a BS from the University of California system.

sweetmelissa31: What are you talking about?

me texan: How will the world cope with the dwindling supply of English lit liberal arts undergrads?

Really, is it that hard to read my original post?

I didnt expand to or address the entire higher education system. I am commenting on my original post. Don't expect me to widen the crux of my joke / position when someone else tries to drag in other areas to split hairs or shift the conversation off course to water it down.

me texan: Really, is it that hard to read my original post?

Obdicut was saying that the UC system produces scientists. The article is about a protest at UC Davis which is a research university, not a liberal arts college.

Weaver95: tallguywithglasseson: 32% increase??? Christ.

interesting, isn't it?

It should have been done long ago.

me texan: You mean wanna-be scientists with non BS degrees? Isn't that kind of like the "chef dejour" school down the street from the Cordon Bleu cranking out fast food graduates and calling them chefs?

No, I mean the BS degrees. And the MS. And the PhDs.

What the hell are you talking about? Do you think they raised costs just for the liberal arts programs? That's not even possible.

Obdicut: me texan: You mean wanna-be scientists with non BS degrees? Isn't that kind of like the "chef dejour" school down the street from the Cordon Bleu cranking out fast food graduates and calling them chefs?

No, I mean the BS degrees. And the MS. And the PhDs.

What the hell are you talking about? Do you think they raised costs just for the liberal arts programs? That's not even possible.

He made a joke.

You guys committed Poe's Fallacy.

A funny headline and so much potential for a fun thread...

Bummer.

At least the wharrgarble on the signs should be spelled correctly.

Obdicut: What the hell are you talking about?

Jesus christ you two are getting your knickers in a twist over this. My original JOKE was about the subset of liberal arts majors and NOT every possible scholastic system in the known, unknown and parallel universes that may or may not exist. I thought that was abundantly clear when I posted "English lit liberal arts undergrads"

Had I known this would lead to a train wreck I would have posted a 27 page thesis with citations to make it more clear for the liberal college graduates and their internet white knights.

me texan: Had I known this would lead to a train wreck I would have posted a 27 page thesis with citations to make it more clear for the liberal college graduates and their internet white knights.

How is this a train wreck?

This isn't a train wreck.

Your joke just doesn't make sense. It's not the end of the world.

Deep breaths, it'll be okay.

me texan: Obdicut: What the hell are you talking about?

Jesus christ you two are getting your knickers in a twist over this. My original JOKE was about the subset of liberal arts majors and NOT every possible scholastic system in the known, unknown and parallel universes that may or may not exist. I thought that was abundantly clear when I posted "English lit liberal arts undergrads"

Had I known this would lead to a train wreck I would have posted a 27 page thesis with citations to make it more clear for the liberal college graduates and their internet white knights.

*shrug*

I thought it was funny.

Obdicut: Deep breaths, it'll be okay.

Awesome. You dont get sarcasm either. You must be a blast at parties.

me texan: Had I known this would lead to a train wreck I would have posted a 27 page thesis with citations to make it more clear for the liberal college graduates and their internet white knights.

Am I the liberal college graduate or the internet white knight?

sweetmelissa31: me texan: Had I known this would lead to a train wreck I would have posted a 27 page thesis with citations to make it more clear for the liberal college graduates and their internet white knights.

Am I the liberal college graduate or the internet white knight?

Judging by the degree choice, you're unemployed.

netweavr: Judging by the degree choice, you're unemployed.

Not a fan of math?

me texan: Awesome. You dont get sarcasm either. You must be a blast at parties.

Yes. I live a lonely existence re-ordering books in the local public library branch according to my own superior system while knitting lint sweaters.

netweavr: Judging by the degree choice, you're unemployed.

Math PhDs have no problems with employability.

Math is kind of important, I'm not sure if you've heard.

CPT Ethanolic: All these protests are over an increase to around $10k/year for tuition. Let them go out of state and see how that $10k works out for them. This is only about a $3000 increase in tuition over all.

I'm finishing up a BS capstone right now so I'm paid up at this point, but a $3k increase six months ago would have sunk me. That's with in-state part-time study grants and working a well-compensated full time job. If I had kids or didn't have the skills to make my salary it wouldn't have even been a possibility to begin with.

Also, many schools have informal policies that students cannot receive more financial aid than they received the previous year.

sweetmelissa31: netweavr: Judging by the degree choice, you're unemployed.

Not a fan of math?

Just ribbing you. I gave a talk to a bunch of math undergrads earlier this week.

sweetmelissa31: What are you talking about? You can get a BS from the University of California system.

Yes, they're in fact KNOWN for engineering/CS.