For the record … and other reads from the past week

I’d be the student reading the newspaper in class [http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2008/07/20/manners_missing_in_the_classroom/?page=full] . This is definitely a fluke accident. [http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/2008/07/26/6273581.html] $45-million for [http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/…

Former student president pleas guilty to theft

(I know I noted this situation a few months ago, but I can’t seem to find that post – frustration!) A former University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee student association president plead guilty [http://www.uwmpost.com/article/52/30/3578--font-size-2-color-black-Posted-Friday-July-25-2008-at-11-10-AM-font-br-Rueden-pleads-guilty-to-misdemeanor-theft] to a charge of misdemeanor theft as part of a plead…

HEQCO releases three papers

The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) announce the release of three research papers earlier today. The topics of the papers are polytechnic education [http://www.heqco.ca/inside.php?&ID=137], PSE participation/accessibility [http://www.heqco.ca/inside.php?&ID=138], and data collection/management [http://www.…

Sad news: AP reports Randy Pausch dead at 47

The following was sent out by The Canadian Press about an hour ago: > Professor whose ‘last lecture’ about terminal cancer became sensation dies 1 hour ago PITTSBURGH — Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book,…

It’s going to get good over there…

I have to call it a day for blogging – I really need to finish up other stuff. However, I see in the back-end of the site here that Carson Jerema is really motivated this week. He’s working on another provocative post as you read this text. So, check his…

Does he get credit for trying?

A former1 University of New Brunswick engineering student will be enjoying plenty of time at home to study during the next year after being sentenced to one year of house arrest. The Times & Transcriptreports [http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/362812] William Mulewa, 26, plead guilty to a count of…