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We are still somewhat new to the world of Facebook — and we really, really don't want to Facebook chat, and we'd rather not the world know that we bought two tickets to Baby Mama — but if we had access to it when we were in college, we suspect we would have had a different experience. We definitely would have gone to class less. That said, we're not an athlete, and we don't have to hide anything.
Andy Robinson, the leading scorer for the University of Buffalo, was recently assigned a report on There Are No Children Here. Because reading is for suckers, he asked for some help on Facebook.
"I am paying anybody who have read the book "there are no children here' by Alex Kotlowitz $30-40 which in some classes you have to read at UB (even more money if you have to read the book a little more!!) to write a 3-4 page paper, on a couple questions which was assigned."
We love the idea that he's willing to pay more for someone who is willing to glance over the book again, rather than just opine from some vague memory. Robinson was caught, because Facebook can actually be seen by other people, and he's now unable to participate in offseason workouts in lieu of further punishment down the line.
Oh, and all you get is $30-40 for writing papers anymore? That seems awfully cheap. Come on, Andy, you're a college athlete! Bust out the checkbook already.
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Couldn't he have swapped out sexual favors for this on Craigslist instead?
Judging from his eloquent prose, it looks like Mr. Robinson may yet have a bright future as T.O.'s attorney.
Come on, Andy, you're a college athlete! Bust out the checkbook already.
Come on, Will, he goes to UB. Those aren't real college athletes that go there anyways.
Sounds like the latest plot in a Naughty America video.
/read about that site somewhere
Will, you act like every school pays like Ohio State.
All college thought me was how to put an entire semester of notes on a 2x2 piece of paper just like that.
tought*
Jesus Christ.
Is this the NHL Closer? Sorry... confused by the ta-tas
Clearly not EA cheating on that test.
Taught.
......I give up. Obviously cheat sheets did not help me with spelling.
You just wanted to show a chicks rack, didn't you.
Approve.
I guess if he'd been smarter, he'd have just read the damn book.
Going 3-13 in the MAC doesn't bring in a lot of booster cash.
If Facebook was around while I was at USAFA and actually got to see what my friends at real colleges were up to, I would probably be posting from jail right now after I firebombed UC Boulder.
+2, Will. For the pic; howevah, for the article, -1.
@sassydeerrun: Maybe if he went to Kentucky.
And shame on you, University of Buffalo. Where are your athlete tutors? Athletes have to ask people to do their work for them? What kind of bush league operation are you running up there?
Right hand, yes, yes, left hand
He goes to Buffalo. Athletes only get paid in the SEC/ACC/PAC 10/BIG EAST
This could go on for a while actually.
@Doyle McPoyle: Firebombing UC Boulder would be interesting. The whole place would be burning, yet everyone within 10 miles would be surprisingly mellow about it.
For $50, he'll pay you to sew him a hamper in Underwater Basketweaving.
That's it, I'm challenging him to a round of Scrabulous.
I went to UB for my edumaction
/Buffalo'd
and we really, really don't want to Facebook chat
But you promised you would answer me!
/runs sobbing
Isn't that how the NCAA caught wind of Kelvin Sampson's infractions?
"Need new conf. call ready phone, will pay $100+ even more if it comes with a voice scrambler."
I mastered cheating in high school. Did you know you can fit 50 SAT words and definitions on a credit card sized piece of paper if you use 5 point font? Yea...me neither.
@7th Floor King Dingaling: Yes, but sadly only Clark Kent can read them.
I blame Mike Seaver.
Meanwhile Tim Tebow is willing to pay someone to write a report on the origins of the phrase "There'll be no shelter here" for his 'History of Rock n Roll' course at UFA.
It's the Buffalo Bulls, not the Buffalo Bison (I am sure the AAA-Baseball teams appreciates the connection, though.) To be honest, any press is good press for WNY.
I loved rich, lazy boneheads in college. 1200 words on the topic of your choosing for your Comm 210 class? That'll be a liter of Jack and an 8th of the sticky, thanks.
I can't be the only one who thought this was going to be about a completely different kind of cheating.
Does leading scorer for the University of Buffalo refer to points or hockey chicks?
Am I still your Facebook friend, Will?
@7th Floor King Dingaling: It took teachers a long, long time to realize that the graphing calculators you can use for SATs have memories and full text capability. All you had to do was type stuff out.
It was generous of him to offer a range of $30-$40. I'm sure he's hoping someone would do it for the low end of that range.
Facebook can actually be seen by other people???
/hurries to remove self-pic in drag
I'd like to give her a Poke.
/Grasping for material
Does the picture mean I can start looking in a new place for my students' notes during exams? Finals are coming up...
/updates resume
@Rob Iracane: Oh shit. You're Robyn Iracane, aren't you??
andy katzenmoyer thinks someone else should just take that class for you
@David Hume: It was always the basketball players. Always. $30-$40? That would have been the cost of writing a poem.
@Rob Iracane: Does this mean your fight with Trinidad is also off?
@Rob Iracane: Facebook isn't what it used to be. I can't even join a 2girls1cup appreciation group anymore without my mom, my girlfriend, potential employers, bitter enemies, and six sorority girls from UTEP thinking less of me as a person.
This looks like a job for The Yellow Dart.
yes, cheat sheet, yes
So if you have Dyslexia and write the paper for him, does that mean you will owe him money?
@Arriaga_II: I had history of rock 'n roll at Western Michigan, and it was actually an informative and enlightening class, other than the instructors disturbing fascination with the Beatles.
@OchentaYcinco:
It did give us the "yeah, but I Facebooked your mom last night!" joke.
we'd rather not the world know that we bought two tickets to Baby Mama
So... mentioning that on the website you're editor of helps how, Mr. Leitch?
@OchentaYcinco:
I didn't think it was possible for those UTEP sorority girls to think any less of you. Everyone knows UTEP girls hate the Phillies.
Dunder Mifflin Infinity is my new social network site. Just the other day, someone was asking whether I wear boxers or briefs?
@UkraineNotWeak: It was Creed.
@TheStarterWife: I played a sport and knew the other athletes were equally broke - it was the BMW-driving cokehead club kids from Westchester county who you could totally hose.
Ben Moffitt never had this problem. Ahhh, the benefits of a dutiful wife.
What's a checkbook?
@David Hume:
Everyone knows that Westchester kids are assholes. I hope you charged them out the ass.
Meanwhile, if someone wants to do some research on Ontario caselaw regarding limitations of liability for appraisers, there's a shiny purple $10 bill with a picture of Sir John A. MacDonald in your future...
@BigTenObsession: Then you should see the video I have of them. If you look closely you can see T.O. in the back.
@Secret Identity: I'll see your $10 and raise you $50 USD for anyone interested in a four page copyright memo. Oh, the exchange rate... $55 USD!
there's cheating in college? Why, I might have to look into that.
[searches google, facebook, and turnitin]
goodness gracious me, there's a-cheatin' in my classes! You all fail!
Ah yes cheating. As a TA myself, this is a fun subject.
@OchentaYcinco: If we're playing that game, I've got cookie-cutter Bond Reduction motions going for $.11 a pop.
@UkraineNotWeak: I just don't understand why we even need social networking...
@Magnakai Haaskivi:
I used to have a ton of programs that I wrote that did various different calculations along with pure text programs. The best part was the fake memory clear that I wrote so when a teacher made you show her the "Memory Cleared" screen, I could make it look like I cleared it.
As much as I cheated in high school, I never did in college. It just didn't seem right.