Homework? Not so much

From this morning’s Inside Higher Ed: Anything But Studying

The latest snapshot of how University of California students spend their time suggests sleep and socializing were far more important than classes and studying to the average undergraduate there. But that was two years ago, before institutions and families plunged into economic turmoil, and things may have changed.

In a survey conducted on all nine of the university’s undergraduate campuses in the spring of 2008 and completed by 63,600 students, students on average reported getting six-and-a-half hours of sleep each night and spending 41 hours a week on social and leisure activities. Meanwhile, students said they spent a little more than 28 hours each week combined on class and homework….

Picture: San Juan Capistrano, long ago.

Tom and Don's pal Jim Lacy creates an impeachment site

One of OC’s right-wing regulars—a pal of Tom Fuentes’—has helped create an “Impeach Obama” website: Local activist behind impeach Obama site.

Jim Lacy appears to be friendly with SOCCCD Board of Trustees President Don Wagner as well (Fuentes and Wagner were involved in Lacy’s recent right-wing Western CPAC extravaganza — Pious turds in a punchbowl; Lacy has contributed to Wagner's Assembly campaign).

Naturally, he’s into dirty tricks.

Longtime Republican political activist Jim Lacy of Dana Point has teamed up again with Floyd Brown, author of the 1988 Willie Horton ad that helped bring down Michael Dukakis. This time they want to try to bring down President Barack Obama. And they’ve got an Impeach Obama Web site to prove it.

“Enough is enough. We’re calling for the impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama. And if you agree you can join us right now,’’ begins the message on the site.

Lacy was one of six people candidate Obama listed on his “Behind the Smears” page, during the presidential campaign. These were people who the Obama campaign said played fast and loose with the facts in an attempt to bring down his candidacy. I’ve asked the White House is [sic] they have any reaction to Lacy’s latest effort. But the administration tends not to comment on such sites.
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“Barack Hussein and his allies have powerful and influential friends with very deep pockets,” they say after one clicks the “donate” button. “If we’re going to do this right we will need the resources to counter his efforts.”….