And while we're trolling, I thought folks might be . . . horrified, I guess, at this excerpt from today's version (issue??) of Academe Today, the Chronicle of Higher Education's online publication: ---------------------------------------- * CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES would get more support for research, and students would get more help to finance their education, under an election-year federal budget proposed on Tuesday. ----------------------------------------- Marcy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Marcy Bauman Writing Program, University of Michigan-Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Rd, Dearborn, MI 48128 fax: 313-593-5552 http://www.umd.umich.edu/~marcyb [log in to unmask] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=