Amanda Crowe, a freshman and Hatchet columnist, argues that professors are justified in banning computers from their classrooms.

The GW professors who have started to ban computers from their classrooms, and other professors nationwide, are perfectly justified in doing so. In an educational setting, it is hard to make much progress if the students lack respect for their instructor. Shopping for new shoes online while the professor is speaking isn’t exactly the definition of respect.

Read her full column here.