Thursday, April 2

Internet service helps teachers detect incidents of plagiarism

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Several UC campuses have embraced software developed at UC Berkeley that allows faculty to detect Internet plagiarism. The most widespread detection software available is TurnItIn.com, an Internet service that cross-references the paper in question with other Web sites and papers in its online database ““ which increases in size with each paper submitted. Read more...


COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Financial aid to cover insurance For UCLA students on financial aid, the Financial Aid Office will add $415 to its per-student budget to cover additional costs which may be brought on by university-required health insurance. Read more...


Connecting through the arts

Photos by COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Melody Jackson from Culver City (left) and Tracy Ann Laky from Johannasburg, South Africa create flags to represent themselves for the Soze Project. Read more...


Budget drafts may hurt UC schools

By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff As California enters into the second week of the fiscal year without a budget and state lawmakers work out some kinks in Sacramento, funding for the University of California hangs in the balance. Read more...



Program aids African American students

  COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Jermaine Taj Ausmore (left) and others listen to Professor Mary Helen Washington of the University of Maryland speak in Hershey Hall. By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Contributor When Richard Yarborough attended Michigan State University as an undergraduate student in the early 1970s, he never encountered any African American professors. Read more...


Task force to oversee LGBT national curriculum

By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff The National Education Association created a task force last week to look into developing educational materials on the struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and staff after withdrawing a resolution which aimed to make education more inclusive to LGBT students. Read more...