I am 23 years old and I have never learned Algebra. When my Algebra-I teacher, who spoke very little English, called me and a few other students “stupid,” the meeting between my parents and the principal came swiftly. ”We just don’t…
Editor’s Note: Raging Chicken Press will cover on the ground activist work as a way of documenting and demonstrating growing resistance to corporate takeover of our democracies. The national and even regional news is not committed to journalism that covers…
There seems to be a concerted effort to dismantle the possibility of appropriate, quality library service at Kutztown University. This onslaught began two years ago with the announcement that the Library Faculty would be providing advising services for students who…
Don’t despair Raging Chicken Press fans, the September issue will be out soon! I had hoped to have this month’s issue out by tomorrow (that may still happen), but the weekend is probably a better bet. Why the delay you…
Raging Chicken Press is now accepting submission for the September and October issues. We are dubbing these two issues the “Back to School” issues for a couple of reasons. First, this will be the first academic year since Corbett and his…
We are living in extraordinary times. The gulf between rich and poor has widened to its greatest since the Gilded Age: executive salaries have skyrocketed 23% in just over a year, while wages (when adjusted for inflation) have lost ground…
June 15, 2011 To the editor, The Press Enterprise headline, ‘Fracking comes to area” hardly captures what’s coming to Columbia County now that Williams Production Appalachia (WPA) has struck gas “gold.” Let’s not speculate about the pollution threatening our wells, streams,…
I arrived at Kutztown University in the fall of 2002. With the exception of one year, the university has been plagued with persistent budget crises – or at least talk of them – last year being the most serious, resulting…
4.2.11 Governor Tom Corbett: After having carefully read and digested your proposal for the Pennsylvania budget of 2011, after having considered the relevant facts concerning the Commonwealth’s fiscal health, the relationship of the state to its constitutional responsibilities, and particularly…