"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot… [H]umanity and nature, not separate, are in this world together." - John Cage

daycare is open, campus is closed, so time to get caught up on grading.

Since Texas banned abortions with no exceptions for rape or incest, 26,313 Texans have become pregnant from rape. That’s roughly 1,644 rapes resulting in forced pregnancy a month. Family court then traps victims with their rapists. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

More than 26K rape-related pregnancies estimated after Texas outlawed abortions, new study says

More than 26K rape-related pregnancies estimated after Texas outlawed abortions, new study says

I know it's normal to be constantly sick for the first few months of daycare. Give me some hope: how long does it take for immune systems to build up and not be sick every other day?

New episode of Rhetoricity out! This one’s a roundtable about a new open-access manual focused on strategies for integrating podcast assignments into humanities courses. Six members of the Humanities Podcast Network’s pedagogy working group discuss our contributions to that manual.

Rhetoricity: Podcasting in the Classroom: A Roundtable on the Humanities Podcast Network’s Teachin...

This episode features a roundtable conversation by contributors to , an open-access, lesson plan-based manual on integrating podcasts into humanities courses. That manual was written by members o...

I work at an aeronautical university teaching public speaking. This is the most common persuasive speech topic for my students because they feel so passionately about it.

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Airline pilots say the Federal Aviation Administration’s system for evaluating their mental health is ‘broken.’ Some hide or ignore problems to stay in the air.

Pilots hide mental health problems so they don’t ‘lose their wings’

Airline pilots say the FAA’s system for evaluating their mental health is ‘broken.’ Some hide or ignore problems to stay in the air.

The nation’s largest pharmacy chains — CVS Health, Kroger and Rite Aid — hand over Americans’ prescription records to police without a warrant, a congressional investigation found

Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds

Findings of a congressional inquiry raise privacy concerns as some states seek to criminalize abortion.

Consider urging your COMM undergrads to submit their good research projects to the Theodore Clevenger Undergraduate Honors Conference, a part of the Southern States Communication Association. Accepted papers would be presented at 2024 SSCA. Deadline is December 15th: www.ssca.net/assets/docs/...

I have been on every childcare waitlist since I moved a year and a half ago. We just got a call yesterday that a spot had opened up. I cannot understate the huge relief of no longer scheduling babysitters, finding nannies, and moving meeting around to fill in the gaps. Childcare it nuts.

ASHR social at the Harbor Social from 4-6