[Lancey Howard]

I wonder why they didn't mention her being lesbian. The other article had it all over

Just reading the headline and the location, then seeing the photo, you just know something is way goofy. I guess the author of this piece was trying to be tactful by slipping this line in at the end:

An employee union in 2005 criticized the university's creation of a $192,000-a-year job for Gretchen Kalonji, Denton's longtime partner and a former professor of materials science at the University of Washington in Seattle.

The line says so much - - Denton wasn't just a deviant, she was a greedy, selfish pig.

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Oddly enough, I don't have all that much of a problem with crony-ism, Provided the cronies are qualified for the job. I'd rather work with someone I know, and I know can do the job, and that I can get along with, than the 'very best' candidate who's a real pain...

On paper Ms. Kalonji looks well qualified.

(That salary looks kinda high though!)