[HN Gopher] UBC Engineering removes online classes, obstacles fo...
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       UBC Engineering removes online classes, obstacles for international
       students
        
       Author : luu
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2021-09-04 06:15 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | bernardv wrote:
       | In this day and age, this makes UBC look like a backward
       | institution, and isn't up to speed on mainstream technology.
        
       | vinay427 wrote:
       | Meta: I would suggest a title change on HN.
       | 
       | Current HN title: "UBC Engineering removes online classes,
       | obstacles for international students"
       | 
       | Article title: "UBC Engineering removes all upper-year online
       | classes as obstacles remain for returning international students"
       | 
       | The shortened HN title, upon my first and second readings,
       | implies that UBC removed obstacles for international students. In
       | fact, the opposite is the case, as the article title clarifies.
        
         | ssivark wrote:
         | Or change the comma in the current title to a semicolon. It not
         | a useless punctuation mark ;-)
        
         | cowmix wrote:
         | +1
        
         | OJFord wrote:
         | An attempt 'to verb' ('pun' or whatever you'd call it very much
         | intended) 'obstacle' perhaps? They 'obstacled' the
         | international students?
         | 
         | Anyway, agree it's at best ambiguous.
        
       | polishdude20 wrote:
       | It looks like there are actually some professors who are offering
       | not only online but in-person recorded lectures. So I'm not sure
       | how this is true.
        
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