The deposed Head of Journalism at the University of the South Pacific, Dr Marc Edge, continues to expose himself to opprobrium and worse with his continuing antics behind the scenes with his students. He evidently sees it as his role to peddle an anonymous scandal sheet feigning exchanges between Grubsheet and Sharon Smith Johns, the Permanent … [Read more...] about # AN ABUSE OF OFFICE
# PACIFIC MEDIA LUVVIES IN A TIZZ
Academic and media circles in Fiji and the rest of the region are abuzz with gossip and speculation following our latest postings on the demotion of Dr Marc Edge as Head of Journalism at the University of the South Pacific. Of special interest is the leaked correspondence from the Deputy Vice Chancellor of USP, Dr Esther Williams, telling Dr Edge's … [Read more...] about # PACIFIC MEDIA LUVVIES IN A TIZZ
# MISHRA’S MISHMASH
The controversy at the University of the South Pacific over Dr Marc Edge was meant to dissipate when he was stood down as the Head of Journalism and the role was assumed by his immediate superior, the oleaginous Professor Sudesh Mishra. But Professor Mishra has made a mistake that is fatal for any academic of standing - misrepresenting the true … [Read more...] about # MISHRA’S MISHMASH
# OVER THE EDGE
What the cognoscenti in Suva have known for several days was finally revealed in a statement today from the University of the South Pacific - that the head of the USP's School of Journalism, Dr Marc Edge, has been unceremoniously dumped. Dr Edge has been the subject of at least one formal inquiry at USP - with evidently more to come - after … [Read more...] about # OVER THE EDGE
# SUVA, CITY OF DREAMS
A quiet weekend in Suva has got Grubsheet thinking about the state of Fiji’s capital and the city where I was born at ten minutes to midnight far too many moons ago. The reflection stems in part from a couple of days in the company of a childhood friend who I grew up with in Fiji and who now lives in Papua New Guinea. We both recall a splendid city … [Read more...] about # SUVA, CITY OF DREAMS
# VALE A PIONEERING FIJIAN FEMINIST
Many women activists in Fiji will remember Ruth Lechte, one of the founders of the local YWCA and a forthright campaigner on behalf of women's rights and other political causes. She was a formidable personality who also turned her offices on the first floor of the old Suva Town Hall into a campaign headquarters to fight the French nuclear tests in … [Read more...] about # VALE A PIONEERING FIJIAN FEMINIST