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If the MLA convention speakers are any indication, English professors have a penchant for made up, misused and awkwardly constructed words. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.

Few African studies courses will acknowledge the repression of native regimes on the continent that has occurred since all of Africa’s 54 nations achieved independence from European colonial rule. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.

Feminist literature may be more attractive to men these days, for all the wrong reasons. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.

Checking the facts: no racial undertones in King Kong, although the academy may think they exist.

Academic freedom has a new legal advocate with the brand new Center for Academic Freedom from the Alliance Defense Fund.

Christian M. DeJohn, a Temple University grad student, has sufferable numerous setbacks to graduating; setbacks he believes stem from his confrontation of professors.

Solving literacy problems one road trip at a time. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention.

It seems that many English professors just can’t figure out why good men like Joseph Stalin are disliked nowadays. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.

Don’t expect red ink marking those comma splices and run-on sentences in your next English class. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.

School administrators, professors and organizations denied political harrassment problems during academic freedom hearings which were held at Temple University, in Philadelphia on January 9 and 10.

Looking for a job in a university English department? Come to the MLA convention and pitch an invented field of study and you’re in. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention.

English professors like to talk about current events and war for oil theories about Iraq, but rarely do they get their facts straight first. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.