Monthly Archives: December 2011

Mario Savio on University Governance and the Operation of the Machine

Posted on December 27, 2011 by elloborojo

Here is Mario Savio of the Free Speech Movement of Berkeley in 1964, in his famous speech on people taking direct action to stop the destructive “machine.”  What many people do not know is that he began this famous speech … Continue reading →

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What is the Board of Regents?

Posted on December 27, 2011 by elloborojo

Yesterday I wrote a little about the Board of Regents in relation to the recent presidential search at UNM.  One of their main tasks is to appoint the president of the university.  With all the hoopla about the presidential search, … Continue reading →

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The UNM Presidential Search Exposes the Authoritarian Distribution of Power at the University System

Posted on December 26, 2011 by elloborojo

Here is a modified article I originally wrote back in 2002 for the Lobotomy, a short-lived alternative publication based around UNM.  I publish it here in the urgency of the current presidential search at University of New Mexico to use … Continue reading →

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A Cursory Glance at the UNM Presidential Finalists, 2011

Posted on December 26, 2011 by elloborojo

Here is a cursory glance at the finalists for the UNM presidency, after the supposed exhaustive search conducted by UNM that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.  The results are not too surprising.  A selection of elites with some token … Continue reading →

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U.S. Aid to Iraqi Opposition Groups (2003)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by elloborojo

U.S. Aid to Iraqi Opposition Groups, 2003. $92 million, given to six groups.  These are the groups: *Iraqi National Accord *Iraqi National Congress *Kurdish Democratic Party *Movement for Constitutional Monarchy *Patriotic Union of Kurdistan *Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution … Continue reading →

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UNM President Finalists Announced for Search

Posted on December 23, 2011 by elloborojo

Been back from a break.  Back to blogging, going to look at the finalists for UNM CEO from the famous presidential search.  From the Daily Lobo: Five finalists remain in the search for UNM’s next president. The Board of Regents … Continue reading →

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Air Force: New Technology Drives Away Adversaries (2001)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by elloborojo

This was a press release released in 2001.  It has been cited in many articles (such as this one by researcher Frank Morales: http://extra.shadowpress.org/sin001/crowdcon.htm) about new high tech military weapons.  Yet the original article is gone from cyberspace.  To preserve … Continue reading →

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