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branchandroot) wrote2011-03-18 03:13 pm
branchandroot) wrote2011-03-18 03:13 pm
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In search of a close-knit college in Washington state
Help me, Obi-Web!
Everyone who lives in Washington state, I have a question for you:
Do you know of any colleges or universities that are close-knit? Community oriented? Small, liberal arts colleges are often good for this.
See, my spouse and I both work at a college we like a lot. Alas, that college is in Ohio, which is not currently a very nice place to be thanks to the new governor. *shakes her fist at the people who voted for the asshole* I mean, seriously, can we borrow Wisconsin's judge, please? We need one down here too. And, honestly, Georgia is freaking me out, right now, and the federal government seems to have largely gone batshit insane, and, let's be straight up about this, if everything goes to hell (or to The Handmaid's Tale, which is seeming alarmingly less ridiculous by the month) I want to be living somewhere my fellow citizens will be at least a little less likely to outlaw my love, sexuality, life choices, and religion.
Besides, what better place to be, when the real oil crisis finally hits, than someplace with abundant hydropower? And, at least, awareness and the start of planning for the approaching time when it will be less abundant.
So! Cascadia ho! In, you know, two or three years when we're out from under the damn mortgage insurance.
And this means finding new jobs, and that means colleges that have what we really value: a close community among the faculty and staff (and at least some of the administration).
Any suggestions?
Everyone who lives in Washington state, I have a question for you:
Do you know of any colleges or universities that are close-knit? Community oriented? Small, liberal arts colleges are often good for this.
See, my spouse and I both work at a college we like a lot. Alas, that college is in Ohio, which is not currently a very nice place to be thanks to the new governor. *shakes her fist at the people who voted for the asshole* I mean, seriously, can we borrow Wisconsin's judge, please? We need one down here too. And, honestly, Georgia is freaking me out, right now, and the federal government seems to have largely gone batshit insane, and, let's be straight up about this, if everything goes to hell (or to The Handmaid's Tale, which is seeming alarmingly less ridiculous by the month) I want to be living somewhere my fellow citizens will be at least a little less likely to outlaw my love, sexuality, life choices, and religion.
Besides, what better place to be, when the real oil crisis finally hits, than someplace with abundant hydropower? And, at least, awareness and the start of planning for the approaching time when it will be less abundant.
So! Cascadia ho! In, you know, two or three years when we're out from under the damn mortgage insurance.
And this means finding new jobs, and that means colleges that have what we really value: a close community among the faculty and staff (and at least some of the administration).
Any suggestions?
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That said, what haven't you liked about Kasich? I haven't been paying much attention to politics as of late, having been dealing with taxes and various other pressing matters, and after some brief research, I found a few things that I'd object to, but my train of thought seems to always be totally and completely the opposite of what and how everyone else in the world thinks, so... (While I am a fellow Buckeye, I didn't vote for him, nor do I really have an opinion of him at the moment.)
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God, what hasn't Kasich done that's slimy? He's pulled exactly the same anti-union act that Wisconsin is getting lambasted for, only he's kept it under the radar so /we/ don't get any coverage; he's killed the rapid transit system that we already had funding for, because obviously no one in Ohio really needs to get from one city to another without a car--or no one that matters to him anyway; he's got a little tin god complex from hell and actually tried to tell the press not to broadcast what he told them about the budget!
And, when you get down to brass tacks, it's /my/ job and community he's slashing the most funding for. Because the educational funding system in Ohio wasn't already in bad enough shape!
Every move he makes targets the people with the least money and makes sure they can't fight back. I swear, every word out of his mouth just pisses me off more.