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David Zinkin <dzinkin2@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
: In article <9cmr7a$mv7$3@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu>,
:  Dan Alt <dan@prozac.eeap.cwru.edu> wrote:
:> 
:> : Doesn't it just enrage you to know that I've been vindicated time and 
:> : time again, Dan?
:> 
:> 	Now that you mention it, no.

: The question was rhetorical.  I didn't expect you to actually summon the 
: courage to admit that I've been right all along.

	Never mind right or wrong.  I meant that there's nothing you
could do or say that would enrage me.  This is CWRU.GEN, for Pete's sake.


: You may not now... but you did when it mattered.  Shall I forward you a 
: copy of the "CWRUgen Awards" and see if any of the names ring a bell?

	You still have a copy of one of Jerry Jordak's set of awards?
By all means, please repost them here.. those were funny, and I wish I
had a copy.

:> I still wouldn't know who the hell you were if I saw you in public.  
:> I have never interacted with you in any way other than on this 
:> buletin board.

: That didn't keep you from slamming me for daring to criticize CWRU's 
: faculty.

	You say so, pal.  I'll believe it when you can produce the post.
And even if I did say something you disagreed with, see previous comment
about cwru.gen.

: Cockroaches hate light -- especially when the cockroaches in question 
: have tenure. :-)

	Cwru.gen isn't light.  If some of your professors didn't realise
how meaningless this board is.. that's their problem.

: I do have to say, however, that I love how you go out of your way to 
: avoid being taken seriously.  Perhaps it explains why you're having a 
: recruitment problem; I can certainly see how students, after listening 
: to a recruitment coordinator who doesn't take anything seriously, can 
: reasonably conclude in turn that CWRU doesn't take music seriously.

	Actually, most of the students I talk to do eventually decide
to come here.  I think there's a big selection effect at work, however.
By the time they spend the $$ to come to Cleveland, they're more likely
to have made up their mind allready.
	Besides, what makes you think I go out of my way to be not
taken seriously in real life?  (No unicycle jokes please)  This is 
cwru.gen.  I can make whatever dumb jokes I like and it DOESN'T MATTER.
I'm a professional when it comes to my job.

: However, in this case I think you've also hit on another key point, if 
: inadvertently.  The mob could learn a few things about intimidation and 
: dishonesty from CWRU.

	Now who's not trying to be taken seriously? :)

:> I meant that you can't change the institutional mindset.

: You can't if you don't try.  I have yet to see most of CWRU's students 
: make a tangible attempt.

	You can't if you do try.

-- 
Daniel Alt    Department of Music - Case Western Reserve University

"My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world
   is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require." - Edward Elgar