In yet another sign
that Luddism is alive and well in academia (remember Lakehead University's silly WiFi ban?), the
Associated Press has picked up on a disturbing "trend" of professors banning laptops in their classrooms.
Unlike the WiFi brouhaha, which revolved around fears that the wireless signals might be dangerous, keeping laptops out
of the lecture hall is seen as a way of forcing students to pay attention. The AP article cites several law school
professors who have enacted the ban, including one whose inspiration came while serving as an expert witness in a
trial, when he realized the court stenographer wasn't absorbing any of the content that he/she was transcribing. If you
ask us, not only does this policy fail
