Watch the Earliest-Recognized Charles Dickens Movie: The Dying of Poor Joe

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A lit­tle over a decade in the past, a cura­tor on the British Movie Insti­tute (BFI) dis­cov­ered the outdated­est sur­viv­ing movie fea­tur­ing a Charles Dick­ens char­ac­ter, “The Dying of Poor Joe.” The silent movie, direct­ed by George Albert Smith in 1900, brings to life Dick­ens’ char­ac­ter Jo, the cross­ing sweep­er from Bleak Home. Pri­or to…

Universities of Wisconsin needs to fireplace Joe Gow—once more

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After discovering sexually express on-line movies of College of Wisconsin at La Crosse chancellor Joe Gow, the Universities of Wisconsin system fired him in December. Now the UW system needs to fireplace him once more—this time from his position as a tenured school member. Whereas that effort is being dealt with on the college degree,…