Month: April 2014

Readings, Talks, and Festivals Crowd the April Calendar

Eliot called April the cruelest month. Chaucer admired its sweet showers. JHU Press authors, editors, and staff surely earn the right to tag it grueling (but productive!) considering the impressive line-up of talks, signings, festivals, and conferences scheduled this month. From the Annapolis Book Festival to the Festival of Faith and Writing in Grand Rapids,…

Oso Tragic, Oso Foolish

Guest post by Donald R. Prothero This post on the Oso landslide originally appeared on skepticblog.  We have republished it with the author's permission. Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice. —Will Durant For my post this week, I originally planned to write about the 50th anniversary of the Great Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964. It…

Regarding the recent NLRB decision and college sports

Guest post by Michael A. Olivas On March 26, 2014, National Labor Relations Board Chicago regional director Peter Ohr held that Northwestern’s football players were employees and, as a result, eligible to vote whether they would unionize. Ohr wrote, “It is clear that the scholarships the players receive are compensation for the athletic services they perform…

Regarding the recent NLRB decision and college sports

Guest post by Michael A. Olivas On March 26, 2014, National Labor Relations Board Chicago regional director Peter Ohr held that Northwestern’s football players were employees and, as a result, eligible to vote whether they would unionize. Ohr wrote, “It is clear that the scholarships the players receive are compensation for the athletic services they perform…

Spring smells of lilacs

 Guest Post by Holly Dugan Early spring is, famously, cruel. The bite of winter is still sharp, even “whan that Aprille with his shoures soote / the droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote” (“when that April with his sweet showers pierce the drought of March”). Chaucer's famous opening lines of the Canterbury Tales…

Spring smells of lilacs

 Guest Post by Holly Dugan Early spring is, famously, cruel. The bite of winter is still sharp, even “whan that Aprille with his shoures soote / the droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote” (“when that April with his sweet showers pierce the drought of March”). Chaucer's famous opening lines of the Canterbury Tales…