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States of Suspension

From a Left Wing February 8, 2012 @ 7:11 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Readers should know already that the WPS suspended the league for this upcoming season. (Some reports on the decision: Sports Illustrated/Associated Press; All White Kit; The Guardian.)
To say that the league has struggled would be an understatement. It's been plagued by the usual headaches of a nascent sports league - mismanagement, outsized ambition, financial troubles, finicky owners, fickle fans, crap media.

Tell Us Why: Notes from the UC Front

From a Left Wing January 25, 2012 @ 10:51 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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An Open Letter to UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White On Thursday, January 19 I spent a good part of the afternoon as a member of thecrowd protesting outside the UC Regents meeting. I stood with students I'dtaught, students I knew from their work with campus organizations, and studentsI've seen at other demonstrations.

Illegal Use of Hypnosis in Wrestling

From a Left Wing January 11, 2012 @ 2:22 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Just because.

Soccer by Searchlight: looking for the future in the past

From a Left Wing December 25, 2011 @ 2:23 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Interlude

From a Left Wing December 21, 2011 @ 8:30 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Slava Mogutin, from "Brosephines" for Vice (October 2011)
I might as well just say it: I've been busy with work. I've been avoiding watching soccer matches on TV and following sports media - because these things provoke me. Plus - and this the biggie - I'm injured and alienated from the local scene which is my muse.

Silent Majority: On UC Davis and the War on Students

From a Left Wing November 21, 2011 @ 8:31 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Depressingly, few of us who work at the University of California were surprised by the fact thatdemonstrating students would be treated with such violence. A squad ofcolleagues affirmed that it was business as usual when they stood passive whileOfficer Pike calmly went about his task. UC Davis's Chancellor and its PoliceChief both reacted as if this were an unpleasant routine, until it became anews item.

Footballers on the Dancefloor: from Hollywood to Bollywood, Solo, Savage and God Himself

From a Left Wing November 20, 2011 @ 12:47 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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I'm in denial. Hope Solo was voted off Dancing with the Stars. She and Maksim were ROBBED by the judges. The Argentine Tango is a perfect framework for the two strong and combative personalities. Their performance was interesting, ambitious and fun to watch. Nevertheless, Solo and Maksim were given quite low scores.

More Notes on a Scandal: Cultures of Compliance (the Penn State/Berkeley comparison)

From a Left Wing November 12, 2011 @ 11:04 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The other week, my university's Chancellor sent out a message encouraging people to respect each other's differences - be they cultural,political, religious, academic, etc. It's the kind of thing administrators generate to look likethey are doing the right thing. It's also the kind of thing that makes 'doing theright thing' look easy.

Penn State's manual for receiving reports of harassment (more notes on a scandal)

From a Left Wing November 12, 2011 @ 7:15 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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College campuses are obliged to have policies regarding sexual harassment/sex discrimination. These very broad overlapping categories include sexual assault and the systemic cover-up of abusive behavior within a department. These kinds of a matters are handled by Penn State's Affirmative Action Office.

Reflections on Penn State: A Brief Look Back, to Colorado

From a Left Wing November 11, 2011 @ 2:16 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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As we read one editorial after another expressing outrage at Penn State's failure to respond to complaints regarding Sandusky, and try to wrap our minds around the consequences of this "scandal," we should step back and remember that U.S. universities have a long history of failing victims of sexual assault.

Picturing Hope Solo

From a Left Wing October 19, 2011 @ 7:25 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Hope Solo survived her fifth week on Dancing with the Stars. I'm glad: she is a smart, outspoken athlete and the challenge of that program requires that she confront the different ways by which her image, as a woman, is regulated. I, for one, am glad she's willing to do so publicly.
As I've mentioned in previous posts, some USWNT fans hate the way DWTS treats Solo: Judges complained for weeks about how unfeminine her movements are, and every week they cite her physical strength as a weakness.

Lament for the Injured, Pt. 2

From a Left Wing October 15, 2011 @ 1:08 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Riyas Komu, from exhibit "Safe to Fight" (Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, 2010)Fear of ACL injury has replaced fear of intimacy as my number one issue. Plenty of people come back from an ACL tear and still play in leagues and pick-up games. But plenty also leave the sport forever.
If I turn a cold eye on my fear, I see that I am less afraid of never playing soccer than I am of the rehabilitation that it would take to go from a torn ACL to playing again.

Flat footed Solo!

From a Left Wing October 13, 2011 @ 4:05 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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I would love to know how often DWTS women are allowed to wear flats.
Solo was much lighter on her feet. In fact, she seemed to enjoy the performance - she was playful. The team is moving up the ranks even as the competition gets tougher.
Note that rehearsal footage shows Solo in heels.

Lament for the Injured, Pt. 1

From a Left Wing October 12, 2011 @ 8:28 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Yrsa Roca Fannberg, The Death of a Former Giant (watercolor on paper, 2009)
For most of my life, I've had very specific flying dreams. Mysleeping self unlocks gravity with a perfect physical coordination. I'll berunning, or dancing, and then somehow both at once - suddenly I feel weightless.

Hope Solo Makes Sexy Face

From a Left Wing October 4, 2011 @ 7:55 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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There is no getting around the subject of Hope Solo's song choice. This week the contestants were supposed to dance to a song that meant something to them personally. She chose Enrique Iglesias's "Tonight," which she described the "team's song."
Really? Because, if true, that is AWESOME.