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What Is an “Eduroam-Free Address”?

Site Matters2011.11.01
What Is an “Eduroam-Free Address”?
Since the readers of my blog are mainly university teachers and students, I wanted to buy a domestic host. A host on a dedicated Education Network line is hard to find and not really necessary, but at the very least it must be a “free Education Network IP”; otherwise it’s no different from a foreign host. But based on my experience over this past year communicating with various IDC service providers, whether before-sales consultation or after-sales service, whether front-desk support or back-end technicians, whether IDC customer service or Taobao shop owners—after contacting maybe twenty or thirty people all told—not a single one actually knew what a free Education Network address…
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2011年11月1日
Some Replies on the General History of Science BBS in the First Half of the Semester

Teaching & Courses2011.10.28
Some Replies on the General History of Science BBS in the First Half of the Semester
Before, I was busy cranking out papers and went several weeks without recording the students’ discussions. Today I’ve caught everything up in one go, and along the way I also pulled out some of my own replies; some of them may still be a bit interesting, though most of the views I’ve written about before too.. On Philolaus’s “Counter-Earth” People at the time believed that “ten” was the most perfect number, but with the Sun, Moon, gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and the Earth, that still only makes nine, so people guessed there must be another planet on the opposite side of the Earth, called the “counter-earth,” but has…
philosophy China history of science course
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2011年10月28日
Is the University a Public Sphere? — Further Thoughts on Publicly Posting Grades and Publicly Critiquing Assignments

History of Science & Scholarship2011.10.10
Is the University a Public Sphere? — Further Thoughts on Publicly Posting Grades and Publicly Critiquing Assignments
It’s once again time for grading in the history of science survey course. This course has always had the tradition of publishing grades, and this time should be no exception. Of course, I seem to be getting softer and softer lately; the harsh roasting of bad assignments may more likely be shifted into private messages rather than being publicly posted under real names. But the excellent students still absolutely deserve public praise. Last year I explained: Why post the grades? Now that I’ve recently finished reading Arendt, it may be worth giving that earlier account a further interpretation. It is said that American universities place enormous emphasis on “privacy”; information…
scholarship freedom public sphere university
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2011年10月10日
I Don’t Object to the “Jeanswest Building”

Culture & Public Commentary2011.05.28
I Don’t Object to the “Jeanswest Building”
Recently the “Zhenvis Building” next door has been the talk of the town, and there has been quite a lot of opposition and ridicule, but I basically don’t have much of a negative reaction. Peking University’s No. 3 Teaching Building was long ago renamed “Liu Qing Building,” but we still call it “Third Teaching Building,” and the university’s course schedules and notices still call it Third Teaching Building as well; at most, there’s just one more nameplate hanging on the wall. Tsinghua’s Zhenvis Building can also just continue to be called the Fourth Teaching Building, and it won’t interfere with everyday teaching and life. The only issue is that some…
China scholarship commentary university
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2011年5月28日
Things This Semester

Life & Notes2008.02.21
Things This Semester
The graduating thesis is really a minor matter; after all, writing papers has already merged into daily life. The key point is that, for various reasons, this semester I must take 10 credits of natural science courses, and I must also launch a decisive campaign against English. This means that my way of life this semester will definitely no longer be “ordinary”; I’ll have to live in a way I never have before. At first I wanted to take biology as my science course. On the one hand, it might be of some use for my future specialization; on the other hand, it might be a bit easier to get…
everyday life education mathematics university
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2008年2月21日
[Repost] Ministry of Education: In principle, university students are not allowed to rent housing off campus

Life & Notes2007.07.09
[Repost] Ministry of Education: In principle, university students are not allowed to rent housing off campus
http://edu.qq.com/a/20070707/000002.htm The Ministry of Education recently issued a notice requiring that freshmen entering university in 2007 and thereafter be guaranteed accommodation arranged by class. In principle, students are not permitted to rent housing off campus on their own. According to reports, some universities in China do not arrange students to live in dormitories and apartments by class cohort. There are also some universities that assign housing according to students’ financial circumstances. For this reason, the notice requires universities in all regions to conscientiously implement the requirement of arranging housing by class, and to make full use of the period when graduates leave campus and freshmen arrive to do a proper…
everyday life education university
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2007年7月9日
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: An Interpretation of the University

Culture & Public Commentary2007.05.01
On the Discussion on the Teachers’ Blogs: An Interpretation of the University
One Interpretation of the University 2007-04-28 09:19:49 http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/48c5bb42010009ql Tags: university Confucianism education general education personality formation one interpretation of the university Mei Yiqi [Tsinghua Journal] (The main text omitted) Comments (16)┆Quotation┆Reads (45)┆Circle┆Print┆Rewarded Report Article Comments The following comments from netizens represent only their personal views and do not represent the views or position of Sina.com [anonymous] Xinzhai Old Jiang 2007-04-28 16:39:14 Tired from working, I’ve come up to chat a few words: my office is Xinzhai, so I took it as a condition for my screen name, because among the teachers working in Xinzhai, I’m the only one surnamed Jiang. Next door are Mingzhai and Shanzhai, and in front are…
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2007年5月1日