Never Left College

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724/2008

Local NYC radio stations getting personal with postcards

Posted in college, Conferences, Education

Not even hours after returning from the eduWeb 2008 conference, I find a postcard in my mailbox from a local New York City Metro radio station.

This is what it said:

“Bonus Chance to Instantly Win

Visit *www.FirstName.LastName.winwithRadioStation.com

Your personal instant Win Code: *********** ”

If you are in the NYC Area, you probably know which radio station(s) I’m talking about. I immediately thought, “Hey, I’ve seen this before!”

I then contacted Queens Artists told her about it and she said “Yeah, another radio station sent me a postcard too.”

So this is not something to write off. Has radio gone back to school and took a course on “Getting Too Personal too Soon Marketing 101?

* Names have been changed to protect the guilty

18/2003

“Eagle Eye” Cockerl

Posted in college, Teaching

For the first time in my Academic Career, plagiarism has knocked on my door. None the less, “Eagle Eye” (a name given to me by a colleague) noticed that the papers were too perfect. Lo and behold, I did a google search and I found them on the web. Talk about the students sending me on a virtual adventure!
The outcome, I failed the student. School policy. In this day and age, professors need to be just as savvy as students.