Professors who are stuck teaching summer courses or catching up on research may grimace when they hear how Junichi Semitsu is spending his vacation. The professor of law at the University of San Diego is accompanying the Dixie Chicks on their world tour. And he’s being paid to do it.
Mr. Semitsu is the official blogger for the country-music group’s tour, contributing surprisingly frank behind-the-scenes reports on the band’s comings and goings for a Web site hosted by MSN, Microsoft’s online network.
How does a law professor score such a coveted gig? Mr. Semitsu he isn’t completely sure. His unpretentious pop-culture blog, Poplicks, evidently caught the eye of MSN officials, even though it had never made any mention of the Dixie Chicks. In fact, when Mr. Semitsu was first contacted about the job, he thought some friends were playing a joke on him. (The Washington Post)
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