More Bassily…

Another installment of the vissicitudes that mark the use of Bassily Hall.  This time I must laugh heartily at myself. In the last writing, I was bemoaning the lack of equipment in the hall and then expressed my great relief that it was “worked out” in the Wednesday lecture. So, in I walk for the… Continue reading More Bassily…

University Sponsored Fun

The Faculty Services Committee always does a great job of arranging for tours around the city sites, and social events such as dinner cruises.  This semester our dinner cruise was on the (fun and kitschy) Pharaoh’s Boat in Giza. The boat is FULLY DECKED OUT with Pharaonic kitsch and schwag.  We were met at boarding… Continue reading University Sponsored Fun

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All quiet in Zamalek

In case anyone is concerned because they heard about THIS – Jack and I were eating Chinese food at home when it happened. We are fine. We were blissfully ignorant until we heard about it on the news feed.

Bassily Hall

We now “live” on a huge state-of-the-art campus in the middle of the desert.  That is what the PR people tell us.  I’m still not sure what state they mean, nor which art.  And it is not just the whiny, soon-to-be-leaving profs that are wondering about the choices for this move. All that, however is… Continue reading Bassily Hall

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

And even some other adjectives! I am in rant and ramble mode.  You’ve been forewarned. The GOOD: In my previous post about my Core Curriculum/General Education class, I was lamenting the amount of work, the likelihood of backslide in the curriculum, and the feeling of “Why am I doing all this?”.  I have been preparing… Continue reading The Good, the Bad and the Ugly