Purdue began as a technology school with students graduating with "Bachelor of Science" degrees.............as I did. We build stuff, write software, create things, and go into outer space. Chilly likely doesn't know that 23 Purdue graduates have visited outer space.............including Neil Armstrong (first man on the Moon) and Gene Cernan (last man on the Moon). Armstrong graduated with a Aeronautical Engineering degree, while Cernan graduated with an Electrical Engineering degree.
More than ever, American employers are seeking young graduates who possess technical degrees. If one walks out of Purdue with a engineering degree, one walks out of Purdue with a job. Did Chilly study English, or something of the sort?
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Does Forkie believe that only certain folks have rights and who is the arbiter of who's thoughts are protected and who's thoughts are not protected?
Purdue University was founded in 1869. It was originally intended as an industrial college, dedicated to training workers in the industrial arts of the day: lifting things, carrying them to and fro, wiping, activities of that nature.
Amazingly, Purdue did not grant Bachelor of Arts degrees until 1960. "Why bother?", they likely thought, as the Enlightenment had ended just a brief 200 years prior. Who could know if that fancy European way of thinking would catch on? Besides, those boilers weren't going to make themselves.
Within its College of Liberal Arts, Purdue has what it calls a "Department of English". The department is housed in this handsome building.
This department is said to employ some 60 faculty members. What they do all day is unclear.
