Wikis help organize College Research Papers
The Internet is one of the greatest educational tools to come along since one room school houses put up the first blackboards. On the internet, there are endless ways to help college students in their studies. One of the best organizational tools to come along for college research papers is a Wiki. Many students find that using a Wiki to organize information gathered on a research paper is a great way to keep notes all in one place and access them easier. Read more…
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View Above Notre Dame
- Football coach fired because he didn’t get the top recruits for two years in a row (Tyrone Willingham, coincidently African American) and he failed to get his team to the “big money” bowl game two years in a row.
- Priest plagiarizes portion of book on the Pope! (Father Richard McBrien, accused twice of plagiarism…cleared by University once, caught with his pants down the second time!)
- Would anyone like to survey the football team and see how many of them are Catholic? (Sign me up and let me put a Vegas bet on it that it’s a little heavy on the Baptist side!)
You can see where I’m going with this. Notre Dame is abhorrent for making a fuss over the President’s policies on abortion and protesting his appearance when they are no more representative of a Religious Institution than the Knights of Columbus are at a Friday Night Fish Fry. According to Notre Dame History Professor Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C, the percent of Notre Dame staff that checks “yes” on survey as to whether they are Catholic or not is only 53%. What is going on inside the walls of Notre Dame, according to Miscamble, is nothing akin to the Catholic traditions that cosmetically denote the campus.
I don’t mean to rag on an institution that is already having a heck of a time deciding what to do with itself in this world. (Do they let priests marry? Do they pay off former altar boys or go through messy litigation? Questions, Questions, Questions!) It’s a tough time to be Catholic. So how about alienating the President of the United States and getting holier than the Pope, who in 2007 honored Nicholas Sarkozy, the pro-choice President of France, by inviting him to the Vatican and bestowing the title of Honorary Chanoine.
Hmm…What are we saying when our educational institutions are hypocritical and antiquated? Perhaps Notre Dame needs to rethink its priorities and decide what type of school its going to be…one of the greatest football institutions in America or a Catholic banner waving monstrosity of outdated ideals that not even the Pope adheres to.
Karen In the News
Outside of plagiarism just being dead wrong, there are psychological issues involved with taking someone elses work. I’m always preaching anti-plagiarism and being careful about citing information. The resent accusations of plagiarism against Coldplay illustrate how delicate an issue plagiarism is for artists. Basically, Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, is accusing Coldplay of stealing a guitar riff of his in the song Viva La Vida. Yusuf is a little sensative of this issue, as he has, in the past, accused several artists of plagiarism and sued one, The Flaming Lips. So Coldplay has a fight on their hands. Both sides are hurt and both sides think they are right. The only protection either side has is careful documentation of their own work, even as musicians.
Plagiarism is a serious offense and knowing how to avoid it is very important for college students. It follows you throughout your life, even if your rock stars. Lesson learned…document, document, document. Even if we are talking only 8 notes in a scale and only 7 different ones.
Karen In the News
So a friend has a paper on social phobia and doesn’t know what to write. Here’s my suggestion:
First start your introduction paragraph by stating why social phobia is a problem. Are there many people how have it? Is it awful to have? Why is it important?
Then begin the body of your essay:
Paragraph 1
Define social phobia/anxiety
Paragraph 2
What are symptoms of social phobia
Paragraph 3
Who gets social phobia
Paragraph 4
What is the hope for people who have the disease?
Conclusion
OK, so that’s the outline for the paper. In text citations look like this:
Most of these therapies center around getting the individual to better understand his or her self and gain better coping skills. Different therapy methods include behavior therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy, and multimodal therapy (Carson, Butcher, and Mineka, 190).
You give the author’s name and then the page number after you state a fact.
The corresponding bibliography to this citation looks like this:
Carson, Robert C., James N. Butcher and Susan Mineka. Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 1996.
Karen Essay Writing Tips
Ok, so I admit this is really lame but I would love to have about 20 posts for you about grammar and common writing mistakes and reminders on punctuation, but…Can’t do it. The stuff bores me. However, a blog I’ve been following lately does an excellent job at what I can only dream of. If you want a brush up on Grammar and the technical aspect of writing. I highly recommend WriteRight.
WriteRight outlines the basics of your English Comp class back in high school and even though I write every day of my life, I appreciate a brush up every now and then.
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Don't miss the party just because of classes!
If you’re being diligent and sacrificing your summer for summer session classes you’re undoubtedly a bit disappointed. Friends are free, the family is taking a vacation and its beautiful outside. Sure you’re proud of yourself for getting ahead of the game but, you’re not a saint, and part of you is feeling truly sorry for yourself. Been there done that but, I learned several tips that can really salvage your summer and get you where you want to be academically. You can have summer fun, plenty of time and not waste a single day of the best years of your life. Read more…
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