June 11, 2008
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November 19, 2007
The Magical World of Grant Proposals
Receiving money from the government is often compared to a constant race to an ever receding finish line.
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November 13, 2007
The Presentation of Archives
Some say that a picture is worth 1000 words because a complex story could be adequately explained just by visualization rather than explanation.
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September 28, 2007
The Second University
Learning to Love and Learn
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September 21, 2007
A Sense Of Belonging
As college kids, show your colors to create a competitive campus.
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September 12, 2007
Whiteboards: Adding Color to the Dorm Room
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August 29, 2007
Academic Integrity and It's Lack of Place In Society
If I received a dime for every talk I’ve been given about the evils of plagiarism and how sinister the intentions of cheaters are, Bill Gates would be my golfing buddy. Since freshman year of high school (and before), teachers have drilled into our heads that if we cheat, we WILL fail class and never succeed in life. I myself have never cheated and do not intend to, but I have seen the effects of plagiarism and they are far from the gloom and doom my high school instructors foretold. The occasional hiding of the calculus notes inside the battery pack of the TI-83, the borrowing of phrases from Wikipedia to complete the English paper due tomorrow, I’ve seen it all. But I don’t particularly blame the students – yes, they do have a choice to cheat, and they undoubtedly make the wrong decision. But the school system can place so much stress on the student that it feels as if there are no more viable options; we’ve pushed the students so far up a tree they have to cheat to keep from falling.
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