October 20, 2006

The Highest Form of Education

By KAREN BIRCHARD

The blogosphere lit up recently with wisecracks and speculation over some videos (excerpts at http://www .youtube.com/watch?v= _NCYxfMv5po) that show a University of Florida management lecturer, Howard J. (John) Hall, delivering a giggly, rambling lesson on Boston, Machiavelli, and the origins of the middle-finger salute.

Mr. Hall, who is being popularly referred to as the "apparently baked professor," did not respond to telephone messages from The Chronicle, and officials at the

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