Re: A short dry chronicle

Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 20:51:14 -0700 (PDT)

Diane-- I am sure that Eva and Francoise can answer on the basis of the
record, but xgrad was instituted as a response to what was perceived as
a fearfulness to enter the discussion-- to provide a space where they
could discuss matters among themselves. It simply withered. I don't know
why because I was excluded from reading the mail.

I hope people on xmca more or less understand that members are indiffeent
to others rank in the institutions of academia. By more or less understand
I mean to indicate that this is the norm, not that the norm is the reality.
It is an ideal.

Part of what I like a lot about the recent flood of mail is that I couldn't
keep track of who was saying what and had no idea if the person were a
graduates student, young professor, or whatever. Its the quality of the
ideas, what someone today referred to as the brining togther of different
threads of discourse, that provide some of the greatest exitement.

I am offline for a couple of days. Catch you when I can.
mike