Glencora Borradaile

As seen at the Women’s Center on campus at Oregon State University (in the spirit of … is powered by Orange).

[greets three tiny trick-or-treaters]
Them: Trick or treat!
Me: I see we have a puppy, Mickey Mouse and, well, you must be a mathematician!
Little girl [defiantly stomping foot]: I’m a princess!
Me: Princesses can be mathematicians too.

Many blogs have already piped up on the THE article on the deadly sins of academia (thanks to Gordon Wilfong for first directing me to it).  The article isn’t entirely at fault and meant to be in good fun.  The section on Lust, though, by Terence Kealey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham contains such gems that [...]