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The fight against Turnitin.com is certainly easier if more students are aware of the issues and support the cause, this is why I wrote a 2000 word Peak article detailing the copyright and privacy issues as I know it. Wonder how many people will actually read it.

The Peak removed all the references from the article, so quotes are not properly attributed, or even attributed at all. Considering these were in-text references as opposed to footnotes (which I was told they won’t print), I’m kind of disappointed that they were not printed.

The article: The Peak | Original referenced draft

On the subject of religion, tragic events are often brought up. The religious use tragic events to support the claim that god loves you and will help you solve problems. A large list may be enumerated of people who after having suffered a tragic event turned to god for consolation and strength. On the other hand, the non-religious use tragic events to support the claim that god either hates you, don’t care, or is simply inept at his job. A large list may also be enumerated of people who shed their convictions as a result of tragic events, because surely god wouldn’t permit such horrible things to occur. The religious might counter this with a variety of possible arguments, all of which are open to further counter arguments, and so on. So what’s actually the case? Why do tragic events sometime convert people, and sometimes deconvert people?