http://www.statenews.com Having just finished up negotiations here in Ann Arbor, I have watched with interest the escalating tensions in the Graduate Employees Union negotiations at MSU. I also find the indifference and contempt with which MSU’s administration is treating the university’s teaching assistants appalling. en-us Foundry4 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:31:25 -0400 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:29:56 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16172/view President Simon=Runs a school of 40,000 students. Avg TA= collects scantrons and delivers them to grading center. Anyone else see the difference here? Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:20:12 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16172/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16184/view Facts, That’s why President Simon makes more money. It’s not a reason why she should get a higher percentage raise. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:06:19 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16184/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16196/view Facts, you’re also missing the point that the TAs are subject to plenty of ridicule and engagement of their peers. They often teach classes, are often put on the spot to perform or help, and are often unappreciated and summed up simply as ‘those who collect scantrons and deliver them to the grading center.’ Given the evidence and statistics of this article, I am completely behind them. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:13:25 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16196/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16201/view umm….also, facts, many MANY TAs actually teach their own courses. In history, in math, and in many other departments, they are responsible for the same teaching requirements as a professor teaching a course – they write the lectures, they develop the power point presentations, they organize the lab work, they give the lectures, they evaluate how effective their lectures were, they work to improve their future lectures, they write the exams, they grade the exams, they read the papers, they meet with students. Don’t forget to include THOSE TAs when you’re considering what a TA does. Some get easy loads, that’s true. But many many do not. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:08:44 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16201/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16225/view Sadly, it takes a Michigan grad student to articulately lay out a good argument for why MSU TAs should have their demands met. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:43:28 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16225/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16236/view Here here! Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:18:20 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16236/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16246/view “Avg TA= collects scantrons and delivers them to grading center.” Ha ha ha. Ha. You know you just made yourself look really dumb and uninformed, right? Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:53:25 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16246/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16295/view Well, I did support your cause until i saw that U of M did too. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:29:56 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16295/view