Classroom Update: C-5
This semester all of the classrooms will be getting a complete technology update. C-5 is the first class to be worked on, and is scheduled to be completed this week. We'll be sending out more information at the end of the week, once the work is completed. Now, back to our regular newsletter!

Related Topics
Professor Julie Shapiro has started a new blog on family law. The blog will be a place for Professor Shapiro to engage with a variety of family law issues and, with her readers, develop a "conversation about what the law should be." Follow the link below to catch up on Related Topics.

Academic Stardom
The New York Times has an interesting article covering the adoring fandom of academics whose lectures are recorded and posted online. Professor Walter Lewin of the MIT physics department receives fanmail from around the world thanking him for his "inspiring" physics lectures. Professor Lewin certainly adds a certain panache to his lectures, at one point firing golf balls at a stuffed monkey as a demonstration of his lecture. Follow the link to read the whole article.

Copyright Wiki
Have you ever tried to get in touch with a media company to obtain permission to use a film or television show in a class or academic presentation, only to become bogged down just by trying to figure out who to contact? The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the nonprofit group Copyright Alliance wants to create a website where professors could post questions on how to solve this problem. The alliance is hoping to set up a wiki that would enable professors to get this information from the content industry much more quickly. Follow the link below to read the whole article.

AskEraser
Ask.com is offering a new tool that will clear a user's search request from Ask.com's servers after a few hours. The announcement comes at a time when other companies are coming under fire for the way they handle customer information. Only time will tell if this new service will help Ask.com gain more than their 3 percent market share.