Yet it still had the feel of a perfect storm for people like Thomas J. Fernsler, an associate policy scientist in the Math and Science Education Resource Center at the University of Delaware.
There have also been smaller changes, like hiring an associate artistic director, Christopher Wigle, to manage day-to-day operations while Mr. Martin directs.
But it's also not a new concern, as writers and academics like Daniel T. Cook, an associate professor of childhood studies at Rutgers University, Camden, have observed.
Now he's facing opponents like Susan Gillespie, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Florida who is on the board of the American Anthropological Association.
Chowing down Wednesday were dozens of regulars like Joel Spitz, an associate professor of dermatology at Columbia University, who weekly takes out his pastrami, nova and onions on a bagel on the way to class.
But detractors of the bill, like Edward W. Felten, an associate professor of computer science at Princeton, assert that the language is so broad as to cover dozens of products that use digital processors to record, process and play content.
But others, like Susan L. Senecah, an associate professor of environmental decision-making who works with Senator Maziarz, are certain that this latest mess is headed for the former peach orchards of Model City.
"We're trying to bust open the notion of what a front lawn might look like," said Philip Ackerman-Leist, an associate professor at the college who directs the project.
After the weekend, I now feel like I have an Associate's Degree-level understanding of the human anatomy.
