Oakland Journal Number 18: Winter 2010

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    Headnote to Strike Blog
    (Oakland University, 2010-01-01) Cole, Natalie B.; Cole, Natalie B.
    Professor Brian A. Connery’s Strike Blog brings to the fore issues about the role of the blogosphere in academia. Which, if any, blogs are appropriate for a university publication that seeks to benefit Oakland University and its various constituencies? The Editorial Board, after careful deliberation, ultimately agreed with Professor Connery’s assessment, that its publication does not seek to “reopen old wounds,” but rather, may begin a more unconstrained and open conversation about the “informational asymmetries” that can arise “between a university and its faculty” (Siow 1998).
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    Strike Blog
    (Oakland University, 2010-01-01) Connery, Brian; Cole, Natalie B.
    On September 3, 2009, after my first picketing session in support of the “withholding of services” by members of the OU AAUP as a consequence of the breakdown in contract negotiations with Oakland University, I began the strike diary that follows, posting it in four installments in public notes on Facebook. With most communications limited to what could be contained in a press release, a website announcement, or, in my case, a placard, the blog was prompted largely by my strong desire to communicate to those interested (i.e., FB “friends” who include administrators, staff, faculty, and students, and friends of friends) my own experience and perspective in a forum where I could speak for myself without being represented or misrepresented by anybody else and would not be mistaken as speaking for anyone but myself.