Monday, May 23, 2005
Whine and thee shall receive
Chapela got his tenure, using the proven method of whining really, really loudly until the university says "screw this" and gives in.
Chapela's supporters have also said the denial stemmed from his vocal opposition to UC Berkeley's 1998 five-year $25 million contract granting Novartis patent rights to research conducted by the department of plant and microbial biology, a Swiss biotechnology firm.
Our department of plant and microbial biology is a Swiss biotechnology firm! OMG! Wait...
After circling Stanley Hall with supporters on bicycles last week in what Chapela called "highly unseasonable rain," Chapela expressed his belief that tenure should not become "a muzzle."
"Tenure should not stop our questioning—yours and mine—any more than rain has stopped our circulation of meaning around and about the bioengineering edifice this week," Chapela said.
Hmm... circulation of meaning, eh? Maybe he ought to lay off the "performance-enhancing drugs," before giving these explanations.
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