You know, I wasn’t sure about the choice of Van Tatenhove as the next law school dean, but I figured that I didn’t know that much about the guy, and if the law faculty was on board, I ought to trust that rather than my gut reaction.

Finding out that faculty were not on board and that the university seems to have made the decision from above despite faculty concerns is more worrying than any concern I previously had.

I know we live in ridiculous times, and I have a print subscription to The Onion, and this is still one of the most bewildering articles I’ve read recently. I felt like I had to suspend my disbelief to make it on to each successive paragraph.

Hope this isn’t a canary for Lexington’s coal mine.

I don’t have the whole picture here, and I don’t like passing judgment without having the whole picture, but I don’t know if I like this.

Helpful reminder that data center problems are not just hypothetical—they’re potentially local.

So far, we’ve been told that the General Assembly’s war on DEI doesn’t affect our classroom teaching. Is this legislative bluster, or do we have worries on the horizon?

This is unlikely to make a difference, but I’m grateful anyway.

Hmmm. Don’t love this.

Andy is a good one.

You can say that, but it’s hard to understand how this isn’t limiting tenure.

Welp, here’s something to pay attention to this legislative session.

Local shame in response to local tragedy.