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them or come to a screeching halt.
Vehicles in the inside lane often have to
Instead of encouraging students to read
more, this is destined to actually keep stu-
dents from learning to love reading.
They will read even less than they do now
in the 2005 movie, "Man of the
House,” directed by Stephen Herek,
the character of Texas Ranger
Roland Sharp said, “Plagiarism is an
academic crime. It is punishable by
academic death.”
But stealing someone else’s
words is not just an academic crime
— it’s even more serious for jour-
nalists. The Society of Professional
Journalists code of ethics puts it
plan and simple: “Never plagiarize.”
Jayson Blair, 27, former journal-
ist for The New York Times, is the
classic example of blatant plagia-
rism and the consequences.
According to The New York
Times, in 2003, "he fabricated sourc-
es, plagiarized material from other
publications, and pretended to be
places he never went.”
In 2003, the San Antonio Express-
News questioned Blair’s story con-
cerning the Texas family of Army
Specialist Edward Anguiano, who
was missing in Iraq.
and their worlds will shrink to ever smaller
spheres.
This policy will restrict students to one text-
book and censor faculty. When did it become
OK for district officials to interfere with aca-
demic freedom?
The Ranger polled 165 random students
and 68 percent said they prefer real books to
a digital file.
Students may be forced to get their books in
a format they don’t want.
It’s peculiar that the district would want to
go into the bookselling business. Everyone
else seems to be getting out of it.
Instead of engineering a monopoly on
textbook sales, the district should focus its
resources on efforts that will actually help
students learn more and foster a higher level
chievement among all students.
Throwing more buzzwords at students
already struggling between their own learning
styles and the teaching styles they encounter
in the classroom is not going to help.
What we need are tutors, longer lab and
library hours, more librarians, and transfer
center staff. These are what we value.
The district administration can’t offer any-
thing but the resources its burgeoning work-
force is sucking up.
“We do not want to turn out students from
SAC who are culturally illiterate,” President
Robert Zeigler said at convocation Ian. 14.
Amen.
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Editor Mandy Derfler
Managing Editor Katherine Garcia
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Although there is no sign on the west side
of the block, cars are parked nowhere else on
the street.
So why should it be OK in that one block?
Apparently, a sign is needed to discour-
age people from choosing convenience over
safety.
Management of the lofts needs to paint the
curb red so only emergency officials can park
there.
Please don’t wait until a student, pedestrian
or anyone else is hit and injured in the confu-
sion or killed.
The college is a partner in Tobin Lofts so it
also bears responsibility — read liability — for
ensuring safety around Tobin Lofts.
It’s human nature; people will always do
what they can get away with.
That’s why the college and Tobin Lofts man-
agement need to take immediate action.
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contend with a car door swinging open as a
driver pops in or out of parked vehicles.
It is OK to park on Evergreen Street along-
side the complex, just not on Main.
Those who park there are encouraging oth-
ers to think it’s acceptable.
That’s how a culture forms.
Though police are ticketing illegally parked
vehicles, many have reported escaping a vio-
lation for parking on Main in front of Tobin
Lofts.
investigation found plagiarism in 36
of 73 stories written for the national Parking is not allowed anywhere along
desk. It is unknown how many of 600 North Main Avenue, but that hasnt stopped
stories he wrote at The Times may people from blocking traffic at the front door
have contained plagiarism. of Tobin Lofts.
when discovered, Blair’s career Some seem to think it’s OK to park there
and those of two senior editors despite the hazard it creates for two lanes of
ended. Howell Raines, his executive southbound traffic that have to swerve around
editor wrote in the Atlantic, “I think
of Jayson Blair as an accident that
ended my newspaper career in the
same unpredictable way that a heart
attack or a plane crash might have.”
The Times calls Blair’s career a
"profound betrayal of trust and a
low point in the 152-year history of
the paper,” CNN reported.
Journalists know that if they use
information from others in their sto-
ries, they attribute the information
to the proper source.
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Moving to one textbook per course for all
the Alamo Colleges will dumb down our edu-
cation and ignore our cultural differences.
The five Alamo Colleges are located in dif-
ferent parts of the county.
Each has its own “micro-culture.”
The district is doing students a disservice by
ignoring our differences.
If one college typically has a higher percent-
age of enrollment in need of developmental
classes than another, it means that college is
working with a population struggling to catch
up while others may have few in developmen-
tal classes.
How are all the students supposed to learn
from the same textbook?
For some, the material will be dumbed
down. Others will still struggle. Developmental
classes do not even the playing field magically.
Why not let the instructor choose the right
books for their students? Faculty members are
the ones who know them best.
How can district officials be so sure the
learning material chosen will be the best for
students? They don’t even interact with stu-
dents on a regular basis.
When was the last time an administrator
from Sheridan Street spoke to a student who
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Blair plagiarized a story by
Macarena Hernandez, a reporter of
the Express-News who had interned
with Blair at The New York Times.
Blair lost credibility when a Times
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