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...would enable students “to make the most cost-effective decisions when purchasing their textbooks...and would provide students with more choices when buying textbooks.” Rising textbook prices have remained a lightning rod of criticism for undergraduates. Last year, students from the Crimson Reading Web site—which allows students to compare textbook prices online for selected courses—had a run-in with the Coop when staff members called the police on them for refusing to leave while copying down ISBN numbers. Crimson Reading Director Jon T. Staff...
...under fire for plagiarizing. According to John H. McDonald, a biological sciences professor at the University of Delaware, they may have stolen sentences from at least six recent biology papers. These were originally identified online in the science blog Pharyngula and further instances were found using Turnitin.com, a Web site devoted to plagiarism prevention. He expressed disbelief as to how the article could have been published into a respected, peer-reviewed journal. “Proteomics is a decent, mid-level journal; not the place you would send your very best work, but not someplace you would be embarrassed...
Most writers said the deal addressed their major concern: payment for work distributed on the Web and through cell phones, among other new media. Several said the strike was necessary to avoid missing out on the new revenue stream, a sacrifice they feel they made 20 years ago by settling for a small share of sales of DVDs, when that was a nascent format. "The guild really botched DVDs in the '80s," says one children's TV writer. "They were not gonna make the same mistake with the Internet. It comes down to not being screwed...
...deal, however, they will get something directors didn't, residuals equal to 2% of the revenue received by the program's distributor. The agreement also doubles the residual rate for movies and TV shows sold online and secures the union's jurisdiction over content created specifically for the Web above certain budgets...
...long ago, I was on YouTube.com. By not too long ago, I mean yesterday. The Web site has become what I am prepared to call an obsession—and with Super Tuesday on my mind, this night was more approximate to a craze. Amidst the frenzy, I managed to stumble upon a clip of Hillary Clinton in one of last year’s Democratic debates. The question posed was, “Are you a liberal?” As Hillary furtively and spinelessly answered the simple question—in effect saying no—I began...