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  1. Submit title(s) of books that helped you understand others or will help other people understand you. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, etc.
  2. RT @phdcomics: New comic: 'Grad Carols' www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1260
  3. Financial stress + academic stress= grad school: http://tiny.cc/cQ65a
  4. RT @gretchenrubin: Great stuff -- 5 ways to stay on top of your to-do list: http://bit.ly/8jdyLB #happiness
  5. Thinking about a job in academe? Here's a great list of interview questions for faculty positions. http://tinyurl.com/ylbwtuw
  6. RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @nmhouston on "The Now Habit": http://bit.ly/5Xx1qe (Not that ProfHacker readers ever procrastinate!)
  7. RT @VTgrad_ethics: Public Knowledge, Virginia Tech's online student journal has released its 2nd issue: The Public Value of Ethics http: ...
  8. Working with difficult people can be...difficult. Try standing in their shoes before you cast them as villains. http://tiny.cc/f2PpT
  9. @hokiefez good luck on the interview!
  10. RT @phdcomics: New comic: 'Professor-Approved Holidays' www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1257
  11. A 2003 article worth revisiting: "The 5 Virtues of Successful Graduate Students" http://tiny.cc/fnPpH
  12. A technology-free Thanksgiving? http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/unplugged_for_thanksgiving
  13. Graduate students should understand university governance: http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/running/givens4
  14. A good blog posting on the importance of mentoring and how mentoring differs in industry and academe: http://tiny.cc/ijVj8
  15. Title IX and family-friendly policies: http://chronicle.com/article/Title-IX-Includes-Maternal-/49159/
  16. RT@tkatie217 RT: @Tweedfeed: If Harvard Had to Recruit Students With TV Ads: This satirical recruitment http://bit.ly/1Vmryl
  17. GTA strike begins in Illinois: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/11/17/illinois
  18. A GTA picket line may be forming in Urbana-Champaign: http://bit.ly/3Y79Ct
  19. An interesting perspective during a time of "low morale" at many institutions...http://tiny.cc/E4RUR
  20. RT@escapeivrytower U. president interviewing candidates before recommending tenure to board. Good idea or bad? http://bit.ly/3y5jy0