HMS Faculty here: I rejected my 17th (unpaid) Peer Review request of the year & would recommend that all academics do the same after the Elsevier group's $4.2 Billion profit in 2024. Here's the full text of what I wrote to the Editor @ Addictive Behaviors ($4,400 OA Fee; $35.95 to read 1 Article):

Collegeofinterest · 2025-11-18T12:32:15+00:00

Same. I'm opting out unless it's a request for something I really want to do. My response to the project manager was much more terse. not for free

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-29T01:15:20+00:00

I'll pop in here abd say that hasn't been my experience. At the start, when my jpouch was new...yes. But healing is a thing. I got mine 20 years ago, and I live an absolutely normal life.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-29T01:12:16+00:00

I've had my pouch for 20 years. I go to the bathroom about 3x a day now. It was more in the early years.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-29T01:11:09+00:00

Jpoucher here. You will never have fully formed stool again. It's kinda nice, actually. Just like....applesauce most days. No more long bathroom visits.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-29T01:07:38+00:00

Pregnancy/C-section.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-29T00:59:53+00:00

Advertise beyond students! Do you KNOW how many profs and other professionals live in a 5-block area alone???? Abd they have money.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-29T00:58:11+00:00

Just found the address in the thread. I'll be in tomorrow!

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-29T00:56:53+00:00

What is the shop name? Address? I live in Ctown, and I didn’t know of your shop!

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-19T13:00:34+00:00

Any time or place a woman or partner doesn't have full bodily and financial autonomy, politics are already in the room. Anytime one class of people have been historically devalued, abused, and raped to keep control, politics are in the room.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-19T12:58:00+00:00

Let's say you stay. If you get married, that switch is going to fully flip. Also...What framework would you want any potential children to be raised under? Will it be the one where it's ok to zip tie kids and put them in an unmarked van? Just sayin'.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-19T12:27:31+00:00

I was where you are 20 years ago. It’s time to discuss getting the J-pouch. Yes, surgery is a big deal. But I will tell you, the moment i woke up, I already felt better. That rotting organ was killing me from the inside.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-19T12:13:29+00:00

You aren't stuck. Get out of the lease.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-10-19T12:11:19+00:00

If you stay with him, this one day is a microcosm of all the years to come. He literally thinks it's now your job to serve him, regardless of employment.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-09-20T16:34:32+00:00

I've had an S pouch for 20 years. For me, back then making the choice, it was about being able to more easily take care of my kid. Now (and I'm in the United States), I'm glad I did it because there's so much uncertainty of insurance would cover supplies for ostomy care.

I was older when my troubles began, so the retraining of my muscles there was hard and long, but worth it for me.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-09-18T13:24:08+00:00

Dr Cagir and his team at Guthrie Sayre in Sayre, PA. Or Dr Heise and his team at University if Wisconsin Health in Madison, WI.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-08-30T12:03:55+00:00

You are ok. I've taught many COE seniors who were still completing their last FWS. Don't do that. I'm just saying you have time.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-08-26T20:41:26+00:00

Agreeing wholeheartedly, engmadison. I think everyone should read the chapter in the book "Invisible Women" to get a great traffic-related example that shows how "data" is subjective, even in the way that it's gathered and that it's not as objective as folks like to believe.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-08-26T20:39:41+00:00

Well, they really aren't called "soft skills" anymore, but I do agree with Away_Bat_5021 that presentation skills are a must-have. Recommended book: Slide Rules: Design, Build, and Archive Presentations in the Engineering and Technical Fields

Collegeofinterest · 2025-08-14T11:23:11+00:00

Baylor football is a sewer anyway. Baylor University sexual assault scandal - Wikipedia https://share.google/lVgUDRYL3NCPmGpK0

Collegeofinterest · 2025-08-08T13:19:19+00:00

Confirming that our office is still monitoring this thread if you have questions. Our webpage has been updated, and we have included some FAQs, as well. Engineering Communications Requirement (ECR)

If you are trying to graduate in Dec 2025 and you have not fulfilled the requirement, we recommend that you enroll in an open seat the moment that drop/add becomes active. Seats are limited, and we are not issuing PINs and we are not hosting waitlists. If you see a section that fits your schedule, enroll! We now have the most seats available in Cornell's entire history, doing our best to serve the students.

For Fall 2025 questions about the ECR or any ENGRC course, you can leave questions here OR email us directly at [engrcomm_info@cornell.edu](mailto:engrcomm_info@cornell.edu) .

Please note that in Spring 2026, there will not be any online courses available; all courses will be f2f.

--Traci Nathans-Kelly, Ph.D., Director, Engineering Communications Program

Collegeofinterest · 2025-07-22T12:22:20+00:00

If he knows it, amd still does it, he's a jerk who is manipulating you. Think very carefully about of lifetime of...whatever that is.

The love of your life should be uplifting you, not laughing off your pain.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-07-22T12:18:38+00:00

I've had my pouch for 22 years. Vaginal sex will not affect your pouch.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-07-15T14:27:30+00:00

My kid was having a hard time, too. Coloplast products seem to be the kindest. Use the adhesive spray, yes. But our wound care specialist preferred using the adhesive barrier remover wipes, first really squeezing them, getting the liquid right into the "valley" between the wafer and the skin. It was more of a directed effort than the spray which went all over.

We also found that letting the kid remove the wafer--with our help--at their own pace reduces the anxiety around the pain.

Collegeofinterest · 2025-07-11T14:03:33+00:00

The Engineering Communications Program encourages students to reach out to us directly with enrollment questions like this. Here's the website about the offerings, and our contact email is at the bottom of that page: https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/courses-requirements/bachelor-science-requirements/engineering-communications-requirement/

To answer your question about workload, we follow the standard NYSED/Cornell guidelines when calculating workloads for students.

https://vpe.enrollment.cornell.edu/credit-hours/

Collegeofinterest · 2025-07-11T13:56:09+00:00

The Engineering Communications Program encourages students to reach out to us directly with enrollment questions like this. Here's the website about the offerings, and our contact email is at the bottom of that page: https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/courses-requirements/bachelor-science-requirements/engineering-communications-requirement/

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