VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS

[Nancy Hensold]

        (It must have been getting too boring on TAXACOM.)

        Yes, whether or not you agree with 'affirmative action' (which is at
least a consciousness-raising device), I've always thought it was odd that
an institution would advertise to applicants, "The affirmative action
committee is on our backs." It doesn't paint a very attractive picture.
        More to the point, are there qualified women or 'minorities' who
would resist applying for a position without such 'encouragement?'



>..... Women and minority scientists are encouraged to apply for this
>position....

>This is very discriminating statement mostly seen in racists and dictatorship
>states, based on sexuality and race preference.
>
>Regards
>
>Vratislav Richard Eugene Maria John Baptiste
> Bejsak (Bayshark) of Collorado-Mansfeld
>84th duke of Siebenlugner (from Bohemia)
Nancy Hensold
Department of Botany
Field Museum
Chicago, IL 60605
hensold at abis.fmnh.org