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Student Athletes Cut Academic Corners, Sky is Blue

Posted by blondie 01/02/2008 9:29 PM

Tags: academics, directed study, student athletes, duh

Student Athletes Cut Academic Corners, Sky is Blue

All that chart making for class put to good use.

According to a ~~not at all~~ shocking report from The Capital Times, UW student athletes are taking a high percentage of directed studies courses, known for doling out the A's and AB's alike.

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Facebook Promotes Cheating, Probation I-III

Posted by The Agent 12/12/2007 8:01 PM

Tags: probation, ad, facebook, academics

Facebook Promotes Cheating, Probation I-III

We know you're sick of stories about Facebook (your comments seem to tell us that), but this was just too good to pass up. Spotted in a Stalker Feed; a sponsored ad featuring a service that will give you money for your papers. The ad has a misspelling, and what's the deal with Facebook promoting/s... MORE »

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Magical Mystery Tours

Posted by theohuxtable 08/30/2007 01:48 AM

Tags: academics, illini tower, drugs

Carla Santos, professor of recreation, sport, and tourism, recently published a totally mellow study. The study talks about "deviance tourism," the phenomenon where normal, upstanding individuals leave the country to perform acts illegal, illicit and counter-normative in their countries of orig... MORE »

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