I’ve successfully made it through another semester. Technically, it’s not over yet, but all I have left to do is proofread a paper and email it to the prof, so I’m labeling this semester as officially “done.”
Based on my last check, I’ve fulfilled all of the requirements for my degree in history, except for a [...]
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College and Free Time
Spring Break and Losing My Wisdom (Teeth)
Spring break is thankfully on the horizon, a little over one week away. I need it. While I love college (seriously), a brief respite from reading schedules, paper deadlines, and other such things is always welcome. The weather has been getting increasingly nicer, and that coupled with lots of bird singing has been making me [...]
Overheard in Class
I was in Cultural Geography class yesterday morning, and overhead a splendid little conversation between two girls (who, incidentally, text almost constantly during class):
Girl 1: So, did you finish your response for ethics?
Girl 2: Yeah, finally. It was such a pain in the ass.
Girl 1: Yeah, I know. I don’t get why the professor wanted [...]
The Flood of Freshmen
This past week was the first week of fall semester at university, and it proved to be interesting. Apparently, the school received more new freshmen this semester than they ever have in the past – over 1000, I believe. This led to there being lots of freshmen in the library, with lots of questions. Most [...]
How Should Academic Dishonesty Be Dealt With?
Last week, I spoke to one of my history professors who I’ve had for many classes. He was telling me about how in the class I had with him last semester, four people turned in plagiarized papers of the blatant sort – they went online, copied, and pasted.
In this professor’s syllabus, he outlines very clearly [...]
