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Are You a Hypocrite?

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, February 6, 2012

Television chef Paula Deen recently revealed to the world she has Type 2 diabetes and that she is the spokesperson for a drug to treat the disease. This has caused some to take up pitchforks and torches, storm the gates of her media mountain, and try to boil her like a witch in her own hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy is when a person who claims to have certain moral principles behaves in a way that shows they are not sincere. Deen has never made the claim she sells healthful recipes and the unabashed display of her confirmation on camera makes silly any argument otherwise.

Incentivizing Critical Thinking

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, January 1, 2012

One of the summer jobs I held to fund my college education was as a frame welder and sub-floor builder at a mobile home plant. My crew was composed of jail birds that got out on 8-hour work release each day before going back the Grey Bar Hotel at night.

Think Public Safety Trumps Employment Law?

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, November 9, 2011

Think public safety trumps employment law? Maybe… or not.

This fall, a young, female college student was murdered two blocks from my home. The victim was shot eleven times and the perpetrator was allegedly both her former lover and the professor for one of her classes. He later took his own life in a local hotel.

Practical Jokes for Your Clinic's Halloween

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, October 31, 2011

Okay, this post is totally non-academic or editorial, unless you consider good humor to be a key to a long and healthful life.

Is Boycotting Worth It?

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, October 7, 2011

You know a list of people we’d like to prevent from harming our interests. Most people find comfort in, “simple” lists. Unfortunately, life is not so simple.

Advice for Veterinary Device Entrepreneurs

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine, September 16, 2011

10 Things You Need To Know

Being intentionally vague here I can say a couple emailed me and have staked their future on modifications to an existing device that could play out to be quite profitable.

Theirs is a good idea backed by what appears to be good engineering and involves a device not under government regulation. They wanted to send samples for evaluation. Now such inquiries require an upfront conversation about where we stand as a university:

Because Veterinarians Are Money Grubbers—Right?

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine , September 1, 2011

How often are YOU accused of being greedy?

Check the Numbers

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine , August 19, 2011

Did you know about these expenses that veterinary school graduates usually face?

Refusal of Care Form

Charlie Powell, Senior Public Information Officer, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine , July 25, 2011

In human medicine, a patient can leave a medical facility of their own free will regardless of their condition, unless cognition is severely impaired.