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...result? At a faculty meeting last month, McKay Professor of Computer Science Barbara J. Grosz summed up the frustrations of many of her colleagues when she spoke out against the University's new, leaner benefits package for faculty members. Grosz complained that "it seems as though we were being treated more as employees of a business than members of a community...
...seems as though we were being treated more as employees of a business than members of a community," McKay Professor of Computer Science Barbara J. Grosz said...
...seemed as though we were being treated more as employees of a business than members of a community," McKay Professor of Computer Science Barbara J. Grosz said at the meeting...
...from all walks: studies identified many of the waterfowl poachers in Wisconsin as white-collar executives, while Missouri's deer poachers are largely unemployed workers. Some claim to be modern-day Robin Hoods, engaged in libertarian protest against Big Government. This amuses the rangers. The poachers' major motivation, says Grosz, is "ego and greed...
...inspires the off-season trophy hunters to employ off-season guides. "We've busted folks who have hired guides and said, 'I'll give you $5,000 every time I pull the trigger,' " says Grosz. Other clients, lazier or more timid, are content to order up contract killings. The current black-market price for one ready-to-mount bighorn sheep can go as high as $10,000. Grizzly bears fetch $25,000. Eagles and some of the rarer butterflies bring $1,000 apiece. Meanwhile, despite the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the principal...