Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Post july f897 a Camps programs attract Young fans summer computer students learn to design software by Leah Janzen forthe Pree press de Many dam Tsouras is going to Camp but he wont be tying knots or learning about mis Days will be full of stuff like microchips and main not campfires and ghost Tsouras and about 30 other kids will be attending computers for a halfday Camp dedicated to teaching youngsters the intricacies of computer program i had the Choice Between Tennis Camp and he i picked computers without a once the Domain of Only Brainia math computer program Ming has now become a skill even the youngest of kids can this year Well be teaching kids As Young As Grade said Elliott director of the which has run for four six years ago we have been Able to teach this stuff to kids that but the technology has changed so firs mime camper Kaitlyn will be taught to program her own version of the Packman computer but she knows computers can be More than just i want to come so i can be involved in computers for a Job when in she Bay began computers for kids when he noticed computer classes for kids focused on teaching them to use existing most schools dont even offer computer programming until Grade he i think that tragically too late to in Kevin an 11year old Veteran of computers for said his teacher often consults him when there is a computer problem at this year he will learn How to design and program his own version of the super Mario Brothers computer the skills the campers acquire Are according to Greg a Winnipeg computer pro if they can use the technology to make that he most people dont learn that stuff till Bob owner of ring com Puter said kids have the brains to learn but a Lack of exposure holds them i think it should be dealt with like music he the schools cant afford to provide a piano for each so if parents want their kids to they have to Access Pri vate Phil free press clockwise from top Adam Kevin program director Elliott instructor Dawn Kaitlyn net cheats face Stern measures Auto few electronic plagiarism added to academic misconduct policy by Leah Janzen for the free press University Stu dents looking to find an easy Way out of tedious assignments can now Access term papers by computer at the touch of a dozens of internet Sites offer students completed essays on a variety of subjects which they can Down Load and hand in to unsuspecting professors at the univer sity of Winnipeg Arent so and they Are drawing up a new policy to Deal with students who use the net to weve been aware of these Sites for two three said Sohrab associate Dean of arts and there have been a Cou ple of cases where we have found a student using the internet so we Are now going to include electronic plagiarism in our academic misconduct poli while Sites like the evil House of cheat and school sucks have been visited by hundreds of thousands of Ebizadeh said professors Are becoming adept at identifying papers that have been downloaded from the professors become suspicious when a paper is handed in that Doest quite fit the topic that was out he one sen tence can give them Ebizadeh also said professors regularly browse the Sites themselves to see what is available and what might be crossing their while the technology makes cheating look Ebizadeh said it is not a problem that is out of students have always been Able to he we average Between five and six cases of plagiarism a year and those numbers have not risen considerably with the arrival of the a student caught with plagiarized work can face discipline ranging from getting a failing Grade on the paper to being suspended from the Elizabeth presi Dent of the u of is student said she is Happy with How the school is Deal ing with the it is not a widespread problem she in glad there looking at it now and heading it off at the pass instead of having to do damage control Carlyle also said she Hopes the University will continue to look at techno logical advances As they arrive so they can be used to improve the educational she said she is confident that most students will not Access the cheat Sites to lighten their Load or improve their those who do cheat will do it no matter what the technology she for the most Stu dents pay a lot of Money to come Here to learn and i dont think Many of us will choose to do it by rain a Welcome sight for Many Farmers for the free press this weeks summer downpour was a Wel come sight for Farmers in the Southern and Western regions of the where near drought conditions were threatening before this latest it was quite dry on the Western and southwestern end of the province crops were just hanging on week to week and Day to for those is a very Welcome said Barry director of the provinces soils and crops Branch much of the provinces Grain growing from Roblin and Russell to the Border and East to mor had received very Little rain or Only spotty show ers until the skies opened up monday evening the rain is expected to keep falling until this one goo4 rain like this sets us up for the whole to4d said its too Early in the growing season to Tell what kind of yields this years crops will but its look ing he said your Choice sofa Loveseat 2 piece set selected fabrics not exactly As stress set Toj Mij Prii support sleep tots twin on twill 1 White or mattress ready the assemble Content 9 Indes triple Board night it apr sons e Armei resins 0 Nairn mbah hmm Call collect Call cell but we simply Stu for tens it removal delivery w furniture excluding Cash carry clearance electronics and All applicable i see Stob for prices shown Abe Fob selected fabrics ;