Cover jinx?

Land on the cover of CAM [cornellalumnimagazine.com] and look what happens to you [www.news.cornell.edu].

At least we still have the best motto. [www.news.cornell.edu]

Very lame.

First a hockey player from RPI, now a dean from us. Poaching assholes.

I found this a bit odd from the CAM article:

I think that the reality of urban situations, where the competition and the everyday reality and hardship are a little more physical, is maybe not a bad thing--especially in this field. We're not doing theoretical physics here; we're dealing with subjects that are deeply rooted in the world.

Followed by:

Is there a specific area in which you would like AAP to be stronger than it has been in the past?

I would like us to be known as an important intellectual center for the production of contemporary art.

I bet a couple of you would disagree, but to me, there's something odd and creepy (in the "sigh, the more academics change the more they stay the same" kind of way) in identifying a problem with Cornell being too stuck on its ivory throne, and then turning around and saying the thing you want to improve is the school's status among intelligentsia for contemporary art.

ftyuv
I found this a bit odd from the CAM article:

I think that the reality of urban situations, where the competition and the everyday reality and hardship are a little more physical, is maybe not a bad thing--especially in this field. We're not doing theoretical physics here; we're dealing with subjects that are deeply rooted in the world.

Followed by:

Is there a specific area in which you would like AAP to be stronger than it has been in the past?

I would like us to be known as an important intellectual center for the production of contemporary art.

I bet a couple of you would disagree, but to me, there's something odd and creepy (in the "sigh, the more academics change the more they stay the same" kind of way) in identifying a problem with Cornell being too stuck on its ivory throne, and then turning around and saying the thing you want to improve is the school's status among intelligentsia for contemporary art.

My read is that the first question was about the first A (or maybe the P) and his answer to the second question dealt with the second A.

ugarte

ftyuv
I found this a bit odd from the CAM article:

I think that the reality of urban situations, where the competition and the everyday reality and hardship are a little more physical, is maybe not a bad thing--especially in this field. We're not doing theoretical physics here; we're dealing with subjects that are deeply rooted in the world.

Followed by:

Is there a specific area in which you would like AAP to be stronger than it has been in the past?

I would like us to be known as an important intellectual center for the production of contemporary art.

I bet a couple of you would disagree, but to me, there's something odd and creepy (in the "sigh, the more academics change the more they stay the same" kind of way) in identifying a problem with Cornell being too stuck on its ivory throne, and then turning around and saying the thing you want to improve is the school's status among intelligentsia for contemporary art.

My read is that the first question was about the first A (or maybe the P) and his answer to the second question dealt with the second A.

I agree that that's what he was probably thinking, but it's still off for me. To identify a problem with the kind of elitist isolation we have, but then not identify that as the thing you want to improve in AAP, is exactly what I'm talking about. Academics make lip service about making their studies relevant to the world at large, but when it comes down to it, their priorities are still focused around being seen as the top dog among fellow elite academics.

ftyuv
I agree that that's what he was probably thinking, but it's still off for me. To identify a problem with the kind of elitist isolation we have, but then not identify that as the thing you want to improve in AAP, is exactly what I'm talking about. Academics make lip service about making their studies relevant to the world at large, but when it comes down to it, their priorities are still focused around being seen as the top dog among fellow elite academics.

I suppose that he would disagree and say that contemporary art is not exclusively a snooty ivory tower pursuit.