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2025-07-15 Students With Graduate Degrees Face High Unemployment

Such a shame.   “”So apparently, Gen Z grads with master’s degrees have seen jobless rates jump to 5.8% in the first half of 2025, almost double the 3% rate a year ago, and well above the 4.1% national average. After burning through $60K+ in tuition, many are left with debt, no job, and no

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2025-04-17 “It’s An Intellectual Purge”

The Feds purged 147 foreign students for protesting.  https://www.facebook.com/reel/1137059611505910/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

2025-04-04 Trump Interference With Colleges

OMG!  What’s going on?  Since when does government have the right to interfere with the higher education system?

2024-11-13 Dr. Tyson on Religion In The Science Classroom

He doesn’t care whant you believe on, but he will not allow religion in the science classroom.  It has no reason to be there; religion is not objective. https://www.facebook.com/reel/431833579727037?mibextid=9drbnH

2024-03-14 California Colleges Have To Slash Emissions, Decarbonize

The UC and CSU systems track their emissions.  California Community College System does not.  Good article. California colleges have to slash emissions. Here’s why decarbonization is complex and costly.

2023-11-14 Amsec, Gary Lorenz, John Darjany – history of campus card

I finally found a bit of history about Gary Lorenz. He and I were high school friends. In 1972 he and John Darjany founded a company, Amsec, to make a “campus card system” for California Polytechnic University, Pomona. In 1974, Amsec was purchased by R.D. Products. A brief history of the campus card industry This

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2023-10-22 Do-it-yourself Power Strips – True Story

We used similar “homemade” outlets on extension cords – we must’ve had more than a hundred around campus. But the fire inspectors wrote us up for using them in permanent locations under desks. We had to change them to commercial power strips. But I set up a temporary registration and add/drop classes area every semester,

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2023-10-01 Parking Lots Becoming As Important As Cars In Climate Change Efforts

That’s what I was saying to the guys at our computer Club meeting today. The cities and educational institutions should be putting canopies covered with solar panels over their parking spaces, and solar panels on their roofs. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/03/parking-lots-becoming-as-important-as-cars-in-climate-change-efforts.html

2023-09-27 Hard Disk Drives – A Hundred Plus Disassembled

Pozi-drive – Is that what they call them? Maybe this will bring back memories. I was waiting in the checkout line at the computer store and saw a kit of, I don’t know, maybe a hundred different screwdriver bits and a cheap handle. None of them come with documentation, but the tips are there for

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2023-09-16 Dr. Tyson On Student Debt

Some small amount of debt might be acceptable, such as credit cards. But the student debt os far too onerous and is outright economic slavery. So I don’t agree fully.

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