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The article discusses the Massachusetts legislature's decision to pass a law that would prohibit the sale of term papers and fraudulent test takers. Anyone caught selling papers or posing as a student during an examination will be fined up to $100 or face up to six months in jail.

The author reflects on writing the paper. He expressed his feeling of stupidity and foolishness to write the paper because he thought that no one will read it. He pondered on the firing at the Kent State and on the Jackson State. He also presented some of his recommendations to prevent another firing incident in any schools.

The article comments on the use of term papers in education. The term paper is a fairly questionable exercise. At the root of its universal use is a belief in research as the center for all education. Wrestling with ideas, finding sources, getting evidence, putting it all down with power and grace and a sense of pride in discovery can be a vital way of learning.

The article presents news concerning higher education in the United States. The University of Pittsburgh has joined other schools in using recycled paper in publications and press releases. Leland L. Medsker has resigned as director of the Center for Research and Development in Higher Education at the University of California at Berkeley.

The article reports on the urge for a unitary system in Southern Colleges. This system is being pushed to provide integration in the sense of cultural understanding. According to a staff paper being circulated among Southern educators, cooperation between traditionally black and traditionally white institutions are essential to the concept of a unitary system of higher education.

The article presents an essay in which the author acknowledges that he has suffered through the liberalizing changes to higher education in silence but can no longer tolerate incorrect spelling. A students' comically misspelled paper on the "Odyssey" drove the author to stand up for the importance of spelling.

The article discusses the release of Vietnam scholar Samuel L. Popkin, who was sentenced to eighteen months in jail for refusing to comply with federal grand jury inquiries over the Pentagon Papers. He only served about one week of his sentence. The case represents the sensitivity of academic research into government activities.