http://newcollegealumni.net Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:01:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a connoisseur of social conflict, one of the patterns I've repeatedly observed is the expectation by aggrieved parties to put their faith in public authorities to look out for the interests of the innocent. Unfortunately, benevolent law enforcement only happens on TV. Trusting people often find themselves taken advantage of ... http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/24/interests-of-the-innocent/ As recent faculty correspondence from the Labor Department wage claims hearings shows, New College trustees continue to bargain in bad faith, blaming everyone but themselves, and pursuing vengeance against those whom they have harmed most. While it appears that the culprits of this tragedy are now making their getaway with ... http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/24/barring-gabels-getaway/ Today’s the last day of the wage claim hearings. Trustee Colleen O’Neal and former business manager Carol Small, representing New College, are asking claimants to waive the penalties at $145 a day for each day they don’t pay back wages. People who want their severances are not being granted settlements ... http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/24/bargaining-in-bad-faith/ Dear colleagues, I know that many of you have wage claims against New College pending before the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement. I know that many of you may have already had your claims heard, but for those of you who haven't, I thought I would share my experience today. New ... http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/22/wage-claims-process/ As our consumer culture unravels, we will need places to converge in meeting our social responsibilities. Our alma mater once played host to such convergent responders, but with its passing a void exists, despite the changes in mainstream academia to accommodate alternative views. It will be interesting to see what ... http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/20/places-to-converge/ Center for the American University notes the passing of New College. I respond. http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/15/passing-notes/ Career San Francisco housing activist Randy Shaw offers up the latest lame apology in defense of the indefensible Peter Gabel. Maybe Shaw should read the documents here before perpetuating the bogus myths generated by Gabel's cult. Even if Shaw was half as savvy and ethical as he promotes himself to ... http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/14/lame-apology/ Next week marks the one year anniversary of breaking the silence about New College and the mobilization of alumni to end the corruption plaguing the school. With that mostly behind us, we hope that those of you who were involved in bringing public accountability to our alma mater are doing ... http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/11/breaking-the-silence/ With For Sale signs going up on New College buildings while payroll debts and other creditors remain unpaid, some have asked why the trustees didn't file for bankruptcy protection. The short answer is that the school's real assets would then have come under the control of a United States Bankruptcy ... http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/11/avenue-to-restitution/ Even law enforcement can sometimes use help with the guiding narrative. New College trustees may have been grossly incompetent college administrators, but they were perfectly competent con men. After all, half of them were lawyers. http://newcollegealumni.net/2008/07/10/here-to-help/