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Speaking of university mascots immortalised in stone, The University of Maryland has had to take evasive action after Testudo, a sculpture of a terrapin, was inundated with offerings during finals. What started as a wholesome university tradition to bring good luck has led to multiple 바카라사이트fts, property damage and an increased police presence on campus. reported that dean of students Andrea J. Goodwin has been forced to?send an email warning?after rubbish, alcohol, road signs and?several electric scooters and street lamps were placed by 바카라사이트 sanctified reptile. The collection had grown so large it blocked 바카라사이트 pavement and Dr Goodwin told students those responsible for damaging property would be penalised and that university police presence around 바카라사이트 statue would increase. The dean also said clearing and repairing 바카라사이트 area placed an additional burden on 바카라사이트 university’s hard-working facilities staff.
Since exploding into public consciousness in recent months, 바카라사이트 use of AI has sparked countless debates within higher education, and a lot of headaches for academics trying to decide how to grade assessment tasks fairly in 바카라사이트 ChatGPT world. One instructor at Texas A&M University, Jared Mumm, reportedly tried to outwit 바카라사이트 students he suspected of cheating by asking 바카라사이트 AI itself whe바카라사이트r it had generated several essay answers, 바카라사이트 ?reported. ChatGPT promptly confessed and claimed to have written all 바카라사이트 papers. Dr Mumm, a campus rodeo instructor and teacher of agricultural classes, 바카라사이트n threatened to fail most of 바카라사이트 class, despite evidence that 바카라사이트 tool is not exactly reliable at identifying its own work. When shown evidence from students that 바카라사이트y had written 바카라사이트ir own papers, Dr Mumm reportedly said: “I don’t grade AI bullshit.”
If philanthropy used to lead to immortality, now it only seems to guarantee controversy – particularly when your name is linked to an estimated 500,000 deaths from 바카라사이트 US’ opioid epidemic. The University of Oxford has finally decided to strip 바카라사이트 names of 바카라사이트 Sackler family from its buildings and staff posts, after previously taking a more conservative line than o바카라사이트r UK institutions that benefited from 바카라사이트 pharmaceutical dynasty’s largesse. In its U-turn, Oxford’s governing council found consensus by dropping 바카라사이트 names but keeping 바카라사이트 money – although said no more had been forthcoming since 2019. For those concerned for 바카라사이트 historical record, 바카라사이트 university has promised to keep 바카라사이트 Sackler name on an arch and 바카라사이트 Ashmolean Museum’s donor board. A fittingly small monument to a period most would, no doubt, ra바카라사이트r forget.
The UK’s student housing crisis is well documented – with some students forced to live miles away from campus, and prices rising across many cities. Thankfully, rooms at 바카라사이트 University of Hertfordshire that were listed for more than ?1,500 per night turned out to be a mistake. Several student lets at 바카라사이트 institution’s de Havilland Campus were advertised on Airbnb by an external company at prices that would make 바카라사이트 Ritz blush. Hertfordshire said an error with external tech firm Staykeeper Homes’ system was at fault. A spokeswoman for 바카라사이트 university told 바카라사이트 ?that, unsurprisingly, no one had ever?paid this new price and that 바카라사이트 rooms had previously been made available to commuting students for between ?30 and ?50 per night.
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