Lockdown browsers are disregarding student need for privacy and …
Nov 4, 2024 · At a time where technology is interwoven with education, it remains extremely critical that institutions strike a proper balance between academic integrity and respect for student rights. Tools like the Respondus LockDown Browser tilt this balance way too far. The LockDown Browser utilizes facial recognition technology to monitor students and deter cheating during remote exams....
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Surge in fraudulent bot enrollments provokes City College to take ...
Sep 30, 2024 · California Community Colleges are facing a surge in fraudulent bots enrollments, with increasingly sophisticated bots pretending to be real students in order to illegally obtain financial aid. City College is no exception to this crisis, with fraudulent bots stealing not only money in the form of financial aid but also stealing seats in courses meant...
OPINION: Cancel culture is debatably seen as a means of ‘social ...
Feb 14, 2024 · In the age of subtweeting, influencing, and online activism, we find ourselves at a crossroads. Social media’s intended purpose to connect has drastically derailed, leaving us stranded in isolation. The frequent mob mentality of “cancel culture” poses the following question: do the repercussions of this method align with its original intent?
Cross Currents: How should people behave in a movie theater?
Dec 2, 2024 · With a constant variety of movies coming to theaters, The Channels asked two staff writers to discuss how movie-goers should behave in a movie theater. Ava Ohnstad, Staff Writer With the release of Wicked the Musical on the big screen, a familiar question has resurfaced. Is singing along to the movie a fun, immersive experience,...
Flag lowering ceremony honors the lives lost due to COVID-19
5 days ago · Although years have gone by since the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the community’s losses are honored to this day. On Monday Feb 3., a flag lowering ceremony took place on the Luria Library patio. Faculty, students, and family gathered to remember the students that tragically passed away during the pandemic. By the end of...
OPINION: Ethel Cain’s ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ is hauntingly …
May 4, 2024 · I first listened to track 13 of “Preacher’s Daughter” by Ethel Cain around 5 a.m. on December 29, 2023 after waving goodbye to a friend on an early flight. Ironically titled “Strangers,” it was one of those songs that you know you’re going to …
Breaking down Follett’s Campus Store takeover: what, why, how?
Dec 8, 2023 · Concerns conflict with excitement as City College professors and the campus store alike prepare for Follett, a textbook publisher and education material distribution company, to take over textbook sales for the Spring 2024 semester. Paul Miller, director of auxiliary services, characterized the agreement as a “win-win scenario,” in which City College professors got to …
College leaders vexed by infiltration of fraudulent bots in SBCC ...
Sep 6, 2024 · Concerns surrounding fraudulent bot enrollment at City College and this school year’s budget were discussed at the College Planning Council (CPC) meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3.. Paloma Arnold, assistant superintendent-vice president of student affairs, addressed the pressing issue of bots enrolling at City College, as well as in asynchronous classes.
Santa Barbara’s abundance of oil shaped history and inspired change
Dec 6, 2024 · Right off the coast of Santa Barbara is one of the world’s biggest natural oil seeps. Its natural abundance has benefited the community of Santa Barbara for decades. In recent years, oil rigs were decommissioned in Santa Barbara due to the environmental effects, but the fleet of oil rigs right off the coast has become...