The Cora Crane School of Journalism: A Novel of Academic Shenanigans

Author's note: This book was edited and new content added on 7/5/2016.Cora Crane School of Journalism Director Michael Bugliosi is found unconscious one night in his office after being attacked with a heavy blown-glass award from the alumni association for being an inspiration. The police conclude that several faculty and staff in the Crane School had a motive to attack him. When veteran professor Charles "Rags" Ragsdale is appointed acting director, he takes over a school in chaos. That one of the faculty or staff might have attempted to murder Bugliosi is only one problem. Drunkenness, alleged racism, plagiarism, emotionally unstable professors, entitled students, and clueless administrators add to his burden.True events and conversations inspired the shenanigans in The Cora Crane School of Journalism. Professors produce extraordinary scholarship at the universities in this country. Most are effective teachers and care about their students. But the dark side of fine minds can be disturbing and hilarious. As Vincent Van Gogh once said, "I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."