Professor’s nude photos pulled from Web
site
MISSOULA, Mont. “”mdash; Nude photographs of a University of
Montana adjunct instructor were pulled from a Web site linked to
the UM server after they were discovered last month, the Montana
Kaimin reported.
The nude photos were of Steven R. Holloway, an adjunct for 11
years in the geography department.
Holloway, 51, savvy in Web design, helped develop the UM
geography site and maintained his own personal site linked to the
site that included art, poetry and naked photos of himself.
“As I understand it, it was a mistake,” said Paul
Wilson, chair of the geography department.
Holloway refused to comment.
The links no longer appear on the UM geography Web page, and the
nude photos are no longer on the Web site.
Board frustrated by SAT studies settlement
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. “”mdash; Officials at the College Board fear a
rushed decision made without adequate review could revolutionize
the role the SATs play in admissions, the Harvard Crimson
reported.
By next March, a panel selected by the College Board and
disability rights advocates must recommend whether to remove the
markers, called “flags,” on score reports that notify
admissions officers of unusual testing conditions.
Without the flags, admissions officers will have no way to
determine the conditions under which applicants took the exam.
But the process for choosing the panel that will finally issue
this recommendation has cut into the time that could be spent
researching and evaluating the merits of flagging, according to the
College Board.
U. Wisconsin, Shabazz close to settlement
MADISON, Wis. “”mdash; State and University of Wisconsin lawyers
are continuing to have discussions about the possibility of an
out-of-court settlement with lawyers representing a student whose
face was digitally inserted into the cover photo of the
2001-’02 Undergraduate Admissions Application, the Daily
Cardinal reported
Lawyers and negotiators representing University of
Wisconsin-Madison senior Diallo Shabazz said they expect state and
university lawyers to respond to a list of speaking points within
the next week or two.
Shabazz’s complaint derives from the personal effects of,
and the institutional structure that contributed to, the decision
by university administrators to digitally insert Shabazz’s
face into the crowd of cheering white students in an effort to
create an image of diversity. The university has since apologized
to Shabazz.
Professors awarded $250,000 in lawsuit
CHICAGO “”mdash; Two instructors in Columbia College’s Math
and Science department were awarded a quarter of a million dollars
last week after settling a defamation lawsuit, in which two other
colleagues allegedly accused them of plagiarism, The Columbia
Chronicle reported.
Pangratios Papacosta and Ann C. Hanson filed a lawsuit against
Zafra Lerman and Keith Kostecka of the college’s Institute of
Science Education and Science Communication, citing that the two
professors had accused Papacosta and Hanson, as well as the Math
and Science department, of “blatant plagiarism.”
According to the lawsuit, Papacosta and Hanson claimed Lerman and
Kostecka said they plagiarized information in an article written by
the former in the Journal of College Science Teaching in 1998.
Compiled from University Wire reports.