I've been posting items of interest near the mailboxes in my department every so often: the Chronicle article, items in the local papers, an occasional bit from fireshelby. Last week I posted Hollandsworth's essays on running the university like a business and his rebuttal to Thames's letter. Several people requested copies. Today I found the essays torn down and in the trash. Lest you think it was a routine cleaning of the space, an unrelated newspaper article was left hanging and the picture of Frank and Gary drinking on the beach which someone else had put up was also gone.

I simply no longer feel like I work at an institution of higher learning. I feel like I work in a fascist state. The message is really clear--it is not okay to express any kind of opinion.