REMEMBERING PAULA CARIN BLANK
In honor of Jae Aron
THREE BIBLE EXCERPTS
Genesis 1:1-10
as read by the crew of Apollo 8 (Dec 24, 1968)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
as sung by Roger McGuinn and the Byrds (1965)
Jeremiah 29:11
as posted on the websites of
Dr. Louis Duchin, Richmond, VA
Charlie & Dotty Duke, New Braunfels, TX
Genesis 1:1-10
as read by the crew of Apollo 8 (Dec 24, 1968)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
as sung by Roger McGuinn and the Byrds (1965)
Jeremiah 29:11
as posted on the websites of
Dr. Louis Duchin, Richmond, VA
Charlie & Dotty Duke, New Braunfels, TX
ANNOUNCING:
THE PAULA CARIN BLANK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF REASON, COMPASSI0N, AND THE APPRECIATION OF MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITY
Details coming on February 8, 2020!
For news on Professor Blank's last book, published in November 2018 by Stanford University press, see this print edition of the Flat Hat:
https://issuu.com/theflathat/docs/the_flat_hat_november_27__2018
For the story of President Katherine Rowe and the late Professor Blank. read the headline story to the last paragraph.
We appreciate very much--more than words can express--the efforts of Professors Elizabeth Barnes, Erin Minear, and Erin Webster in finishing this book.
Former government professor Dessler explained to us the origins of this book, the ideas behind it, and he told us that those professors were doing important work for which they were getting no credit. He told us to look at these paragraphs in the linked article:
In her initial search of Blank’s laptop, Barnes found all of the chapters. One seemed incomplete, and Minear was tasked with completing it. But months later, the so-called incomplete chapter was discovered, finished, in a completely different place than any of the others.
“I felt horrible,” Barnes said, “because Erin had done all of this work. But we had to put Paula’s chapter back in because it was Paula’s book and Paula’s voice.
“And it was better,” Minear chimed in, laughing.
“I’m not sure about that,” Barnes countered.
Nonetheless, there was plenty of work to be done, and plenty of collaboration needed to complete it satisfactorily.
Dessler said there is no doubt that the undiscovered chapter *was* better than what Professor Minear had written. Of course. It was Professor Blank's chapter. Former Professor Dessler said that, of course, Prof Barnes then felt horrible. Look at the story. So she supports Prof Minear. "I'm not sure about that." She is referring to a chapter Prof Minear wrote and was not used. Former Professor Dessler says: this is true sacrifice. Prof Minear had classes to teach. She had her own research that she could not do if Paula's book were to be finished. She wrote an entire chapter... and then they found out, it wasn't needed! What a blow. Former Professor Dessler said: this is true academic collegiality.
Watch the news/announcements page for reports about the Blank Institute at the new "Alma Mater of the Nation"!
For news on Professor Blank's last book, published in November 2018 by Stanford University press, see this print edition of the Flat Hat:
https://issuu.com/theflathat/docs/the_flat_hat_november_27__2018
For the story of President Katherine Rowe and the late Professor Blank. read the headline story to the last paragraph.
We appreciate very much--more than words can express--the efforts of Professors Elizabeth Barnes, Erin Minear, and Erin Webster in finishing this book.
Former government professor Dessler explained to us the origins of this book, the ideas behind it, and he told us that those professors were doing important work for which they were getting no credit. He told us to look at these paragraphs in the linked article:
In her initial search of Blank’s laptop, Barnes found all of the chapters. One seemed incomplete, and Minear was tasked with completing it. But months later, the so-called incomplete chapter was discovered, finished, in a completely different place than any of the others.
“I felt horrible,” Barnes said, “because Erin had done all of this work. But we had to put Paula’s chapter back in because it was Paula’s book and Paula’s voice.
“And it was better,” Minear chimed in, laughing.
“I’m not sure about that,” Barnes countered.
Nonetheless, there was plenty of work to be done, and plenty of collaboration needed to complete it satisfactorily.
Dessler said there is no doubt that the undiscovered chapter *was* better than what Professor Minear had written. Of course. It was Professor Blank's chapter. Former Professor Dessler said that, of course, Prof Barnes then felt horrible. Look at the story. So she supports Prof Minear. "I'm not sure about that." She is referring to a chapter Prof Minear wrote and was not used. Former Professor Dessler says: this is true sacrifice. Prof Minear had classes to teach. She had her own research that she could not do if Paula's book were to be finished. She wrote an entire chapter... and then they found out, it wasn't needed! What a blow. Former Professor Dessler said: this is true academic collegiality.
Watch the news/announcements page for reports about the Blank Institute at the new "Alma Mater of the Nation"!