Getting Through College, Thanks To Plagiarism

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Plagiarism: You Get What You Pay For

Plagiarism: You Get What You Pay For 08/22/2004 05:05 PM
T he New York Times' guide to plagiarism resources.
Apparently Consumer Reports is busy watching bread grow mold or something, so it's nice to see someone else addressing the consumer protection needs of today's college student.

How Bad Is Plagiarism At Universities?

How Bad Is Plagiarism At Universities? 06/30/2004 09:07 PM
When you have students suing universities when caught plagiarizing you know that plagiarism isn't always frowned upon by students. However, despite the scary language used in this article, the numbers really don't seem that ridiculous. About twenty-five percent of students admit to plagiarizing at some point or another (though, the article describes this as "cheating his or her way through degrees"). Meanwhile, 97% say they know its cheating, but 17% still think it's okay anyway. Now, it's obviously cheating, but to be honest, these numbers don't see all that high or surprising. There are always going to be students who cheat at one point or another. While the article includes anecdotal stories about students who have copied material repeatedly, the study doesn't actually address how many students chronically cheat, and how many have just done it on occasion. I'm not defending those who do it, but the article uses language that would make you think that no one ever writes their own work any more, and the numbers in the study simply don't support that.

Is plagiarism at universities out of
control?

Is plagiarism at universities out of
control? 03/22/2005 04:37 PM
Is plagiarism at universities out of control? Academic Plagiarism is a growing problem in the university world and is not just making headlines in the United States anymore. While some professors are morally opposed, the growing popularity of professors forcing students to submit works ahead of time to companies like Turnitin may be an indicator of of this growing problem. With more and more employers complaining about the writing skills of new hires, are we just cheating ourselves in the end?

Student expelled for internet plagiarism

Student expelled for internet plagiarism 05/27/2004 09:35 PM
Independent May 28 2004 1:32AM GMT

Bloggers' Plagiarism Scientifically
Proven

Bloggers' Plagiarism Scientifically
Proven 03/06/2004 02:04 AM
Slashdot Mar 5 2004 6:44PM GMT

Playwright Lavery Accused of Plagiarism
(AP)

Playwright Lavery Accused of Plagiarism
(AP) 09/25/2004 05:53 AM
AP - English playwright Byrony Lavery has been accused of plagiarizing passages from a criminal psychiatrist and a magazine writer in her Tony Award-nominated play about a serial killer and his psychiatrist.

Korean Scientist Accused of Plagiarism

Korean Scientist Accused of Plagiarism 01/04/2004 06:14 AM
Hankooki Jan 4 2004 4:35AM ET

The latest NYT plagiarism case: Bernie
Weinraub

The latest NYT plagiarism case: Bernie
Weinraub 11/14/2003 04:38 AM
Choire on Gawker says:

Here we go again. Have all journalists figured out the only way to get a good book deal and some press is to plagiarize and invent stories? Or is there some sort of airborn virus at the Times? Look for an act of contrition in the Times' corrections tomorrow. What's even odder is that Weinraub borrowed from the highly unusual source of LukeFord.net.

Link to Slate story

Student Fights University Over
Plagiarism-Detector

Student Fights University Over
Plagiarism-Detector 01/17/2004 10:45 PM
Slashdot Jan 17 2004 4:11PM GMT

Plagiarism-seeking IMmer pranked and
exposed

Plagiarism-seeking IMmer pranked and
exposed 03/29/2005 03:07 PM
Cory Doctorow: Nate Kushner was sitting around one night when he started to get IMs from a college student who was looking to commission a term-paper on Hinduism that was due in the morning. She'd seen something about Hinduism in Nate's AIM profile and so she offered him $75 to write the paper. He wrote a silly little paper, strung her along, pranked her, and then published the whole thing along with her real name on his blog:

Laura K. Pahl: lets talk about it then

Nate Kushner: As long as you understand that plagiarism is not going to free you from the painful cycle of death and rebirth any quicker.

Laura K. Pahl: ok

Laura K. Pahl: so can u help me

Nate Kushner: I think I can. It is my duty, as we are all children in the arms of Chivas.

Link (via Waxy)

12 Year-Old's Anti-Plagiarism Tool
Catches Its Own Creator In The Act

12 Year-Old's Anti-Plagiarism Tool
Catches Its Own Creator In The Act 08/16/2004 05:00 AM
A twelve-year-old kid, looking to make sure he's one of the least-well-liked kids in his classroom among the cheaters, has written up a hack that would let teachers run student papers against a Google check to catch plagiarism. Of course, in testing out the program, his teacher discovered that the program caught the very same 12-year-old who wrote the program in a bit of internet plagiarism himself. Guess he should have tested the program at home first on his own work.

Shyamalan accused of plagiarism over
"Village," audiences accuse film of
sucking

Shyamalan accused of plagiarism over
"Village," audiences accuse film of
sucking 08/16/2004 10:46 AM
Writer-director M Night Shyamalan (Sixth Sense, Signs) may face legal action over accusations that his latest project, The Village, was plagiarized from a children's book. The source in question: "Running Out of Time" by Margaret Peterson Haddix, published by Simon and Schuster in 1995. While the matter of plagiarism is open to debate, evidently the movie's suck factor is not. Last week, one blogger/culture crit pal was so distressed at the stinker he'd paid two digits to see in a Manhattan theater that he text-messaged me halfway through -- "OMG THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE EVER." He was not alone in this assessment. L ink (via MeFi, which includes a handy list of other films accused of plagiarism in recent years)

"End-of-semester pressure can lead to
plagiarism - Krystle Kopacz, Penn State
Collegian"

"End-of-semester pressure can lead to
plagiarism - Krystle Kopacz, Penn State
Collegian" 12/15/2003 10:29 PM

Author accuses Shyamalan of plagiarism
over "Village," audiences accuse film of
sucking

Author accuses Shyamalan of plagiarism
over "Village," audiences accuse film of
sucking 08/16/2004 11:51 AM
Writer-director M Night Shyamalan (Sixth Sense, Signs) may face legal action over accusations that his latest project, The Village, was plagiarized from a children's book. The source in question: "Running Out of Time" by Margaret Peterson Haddix, published by Simon and Schuster in 1995. While the matter of plagiarism is open to debate, evidently the movie's suck factor is not. Last week, one blogger/culture crit pal was so distressed at the stinker he'd paid two digits to see in a Manhattan theater that he text-messaged me halfway through -- "OMG THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE EVER." He was not alone in this assessment. L ink (via MeFi, which includes a handy list of other films accused of plagiarism in recent years)

Copyscape - Website Plagiarism Search -
Web Page Copyright - Find Site Copies

Copyscape - Website Plagiarism Search -
Web Page Copyright - Find Site Copies 07/12/2004 06:00 AM
Copyscape - Website Plagiarism Search - Web Page Copyright - Find Site Copies
http://www.copyscape.com/

Copyscape finds copies of your content on the Web. You can use Copyscape to identify sites that have copied your content without permission. Copyscape will also show you who is quoting your site. Simply type in the URL of your original content, and Copyscape does the rest. Copyscape is powered by Google Alert technology and uses the Google Web APIs. The widely acclaimed and award winning Google Alert service performs automatic daily Google searches to track your interests on the Web. Both Copyscape and Google Alert are provided by Indigo Stream Technologies Ltd and are not affiliated with Google. Copyscape is currently under beta release and works with Roman alphabet languages such as English, French and German. For now, it does not work with non-Roman languages such as Arabic, Hebrew or Russian. This has been added to the tool section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog and will be added to the search engine section of all the Internet MiniGuides 2004-05.

Boing Boing: Plagiarism-seeking IMmer
pranked and exposed -- UPDATED

Boing Boing: Plagiarism-seeking IMmer
pranked and exposed -- UPDATED 04/01/2005 06:41 AM
Plagiarism-seeking IMmer pranked and exposed -- UPDATED .. according to BoingBoing, it's a hoax .. Boing Boing initially cried hoax

boingboing.net/2005/03/29/plagiarismseeking_im.html
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You Can Pay for College

You Can Pay for College 09/22/2004 08:42 AM
Tips and resources galore are at your fingertips.

College Prep Help That Goes With You

College Prep Help That Goes With You 12/30/2004 04:26 AM
New York Times Dec 30 2004 7:59AM GMT

Saving for College

Saving for College 01/22/2004 11:34 AM
College costs can be managed with proper planning.

When Brooklyn goes to college

When Brooklyn goes to college 01/23/2004 09:49 PM
The BBC's Mike Baker looks at how universities might be run in 2020.

What Will College Really Cost?

What Will College Really Cost? 04/19/2004 03:14 PM
You've heard the scary statistics, but the final price tag may not be so bad.

How to Invest for College

How to Invest for College 05/07/2004 08:57 AM
One size doesn't fit all when it comes to college savings.

College To Do Away With Fair Use

College To Do Away With Fair Use 12/17/2003 09:34 PM
The latest silliness from our college campuses is this bit of news from Ithaca College, where they're planning to tell professors that fair use no longer exists when it comes to course packs (the photocopied excerpts from various sources that many professors use to give students short excerpts from a variety of sources). While most such course packs do involve some approved material, much of it is often used on a fair-use basis - but university administrators are afraid of getting sued. Thus, they're going to tell professors that they need to license every last bit of content they use. This means that (a) professors will ditch a lot of materials, because they don't have time to get approval from everyone or because the publisher wants too much money to include a single paragraph and (b) the course packs will be much more expensive with less useful stuff for students. In some cases, professors will simply put the materials on library loan, where students will go and photocopy it anyway - basically adding an "annoyance" factor to the process. It's a great lesson we're teaching the students of today when they don't get to read certain materials because it's just too damn expensive.

How to Save for College

How to Save for College 04/22/2004 02:54 PM
College is expensive, no doubt about it -- but you can afford it.

Hacker college

Hacker college 07/07/2004 07:52 AM

College backs off Wi-Fi ban

College backs off Wi-Fi ban 09/16/2004 04:51 PM
Tensions ease at the University of Texas at Dallas when administrators reverse restrictions on Wi-Fi use.

Other News: College Market

Other News: College Market 08/23/2004 10:56 AM
Apple's doing better lately in the college market, thanks to iPods, laptops and security.

Will take college credit for food.

Will take college credit for food. 04/21/2004 03:46 PM
A huge number of internships are illegal. So claims a labor lawyer in this USA Today story. Are unpaid internships a form of white collar exploitation we should crack down on? Just how much of the workforce is unpaid, or working on tiny stipends? And is it like this in other Western countries?

Abolish the Electoral College

Abolish the Electoral College 08/30/2004 10:41 PM
unsigned editorial .. such depths .. abolition

nytimes.com/2004/08/29/opinion/29sun1.html
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Decision due on police college

Decision due on police college 02/19/2004 02:42 AM
A final decision is due on the location of a new police training college in Northern Ireland.

Sell College to Your Kids

Sell College to Your Kids 04/29/2004 03:00 PM
It's good for them to buy into the idea and to want to attend.

My college is on an open road

My college is on an open road 04/16/2005 10:09 AM
Express Computer India Apr 16 2005 2:13PM GMT

College heads protest to MPs

College heads protest to MPs 05/19/2004 09:06 AM
Heads of colleges of further education protest at Westminster over funding cuts.

Electoral College Graph

Electoral College Graph 08/04/2004 09:28 AM
great graph here .. graph

electoral-vote.com/info/graph.html
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College Dropout Bob Dylan Now a 'Dr.'
(AP)

College Dropout Bob Dylan Now a 'Dr.'
(AP) 06/23/2004 02:08 PM
AP - Bob Dylan's lyrics have been taught in universities and debated at academic conferences. Not bad for a college dropout who railed, in "Tombstone Blues" against too much "useless and pointless knowledge."

College Radio Database 0.9.4

College Radio Database 0.9.4 12/03/2003 08:40 PM
Web-based software for radio stations tracking CDs, spins, attendance, and more.

Sad Adieu to College, and to Good Old
.edu

Sad Adieu to College, and to Good Old
.edu 06/16/2004 09:02 PM
It's graduation season. Along with this rite of passage come significant changes - including, for many, the need to relinquish a college e-mail address.

" Electoral College Graph"

" Electoral College Graph" 08/04/2004 03:30 PM

Convergence calls at college

Convergence calls at college 04/13/2005 08:07 AM
Computer Weekly Apr 13 2005 12:05PM GMT
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Laura K. Pahl, a student at Eastern
Illinois University, is a plagiarist

Laura K. Pahl, a student at Eastern
Illinois University, is a plagiarist 03/30/2005 03:51 AM
soliciting plagiarized term papers on the Internet .. She's in Deep Hindu .. Plagiarist

aweekofkindness.com/blog/archives/2005/03/laura_k_pahl_is .html
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Laura

Laura 09/24/2004 03:06 AM
Let her know how you really feel - dump her with Powerpoint! .. Break up with your girlfriend with a PowerPoint .. PowerPoint to the rescue .. new use for PowerPoint

roonweb.com/wtfbreakup_files/frame.htm
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poor laura

poor laura 09/23/2004 07:20 AM
"Just to let you know, this is revolutionary... I think this is the first time this has ever been done over PowerPoint..."

XM CEO in the hotseat over Stern, Dr.
Laura at CES

XM CEO in the hotseat over Stern, Dr.
Laura at CES 01/05/2005 10:25 PM
Xeni Jardin: Shown here, a snapshot of XM's CEO Hugh Panero at the CES show in Vegas today. If he looks like he has a terrible headache, that's because Jason Calacanis just gave him one. Jason says:

We just got back from the XM press conference at CES and we got to ask him two questions -- we made them zingers of course: Question one: “What impact do you think Howard Stern going to Sirius is going to have on your business, and how close did you come to signing him?” As you can see from his expression he was really excited about answering this one).

Question two: “Dr. Laura over the past couple of years said that gay people are biological errors. You talked before about decisive programming (i.e. Stern), I wonder what XM’s position is on hate speech was and if you condone it. And why would you associate yourself with her after you said you wouldn’t associate with Howard Stern because of controversy issues. Are you going to lose subscribers, and do you feel gay people are biological errors?”

Link to post, Li nk to video for the Stern/Sirius question (WMV) and link to the Dr. Laura question (WMV).

Did Laura hack Blogrolling.com?

Did Laura hack Blogrolling.com? 11/17/2003 11:37 AM
Blogrolls around the globe now all point to Laura's blog. Laura doesn't sound like your stereotypical evil hacker to me, but something sure went wrong at Blogrolling.com. Anyone know what? Laura's blog seems to have gone down what with all the hits it must be getting, but you can still read Google's cache of it.

Metafilter: Did Laura hack
Blogrolling.com

Metafilter: Did Laura hack
Blogrolling.com 11/18/2003 05:57 AM
up and running again .. MeFi with more .. Metafilter

metafilter.com/mefi/29636
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Laura Ashley chief stepping down

Laura Ashley chief stepping down 01/06/2005 06:54 AM
Retailer Laura Ashley announces that its chief executive Ainum Mohd-Saaid has resigned for personal reasons.

Man admits killing teenage Laura

Man admits killing teenage Laura 04/22/2004 09:24 AM
A 31-year-old man pleads guilty to the manslaughter of teenager Laura Torn on the first day of his trial for murder.

Laura Bush hits Broadway

Laura Bush hits Broadway 08/03/2004 06:31 PM
A fight breaks out at a new Tony Kushner play as celebrity, political activism and the first lady collide at an antiwar benefit.

Laura Spence urges students to US

Laura Spence urges students to US 08/05/2004 03:53 AM
Laura Spence, a state school pupil refused a place at Oxford, has urged others to study in the US like her.

Francesco Petrarch & Laura deNoves

Francesco Petrarch & Laura deNoves 07/24/2004 06:16 PM
Francesco Petrarch & Laura deNoves.

Laura Bush, stealth weapon

Laura Bush, stealth weapon 09/27/2004 11:05 AM
Campaigning in five battleground states this week, the first lady, with an approval rating much higher than her husband's, tries to soften the president's image.

Laura Bush joins the fray

Laura Bush joins the fray 02/19/2004 03:23 PM

AP: Laura Bush Appears in Internet Ad

AP: Laura Bush Appears in Internet Ad 05/11/2004 06:05 PM
AP via Baltimore Sun May 11 2004 9:29PM GMT

Laura Bush Appears in Internet Ad

Laura Bush Appears in Internet Ad 05/11/2004 07:19 PM
BizReport.com May 11 2004 11:20PM GMT

'Gloria' Singer Laura Branigan Dies at
47 (AP)

'Gloria' Singer Laura Branigan Dies at
47 (AP) 08/28/2004 10:06 PM
AP - Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died. She was 47.

Laura Bush enters the No-Spin Zone

Laura Bush enters the No-Spin Zone 08/04/2004 03:07 PM

Laura Bush Asked to Help China
Dissidents

Laura Bush Asked to Help China
Dissidents 12/08/2003 08:09 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 8 2003 6:43AM ET

Laura Bush raises her voice (a bit)
(USATODAY.com)

Laura Bush raises her voice (a bit)
(USATODAY.com) 06/30/2004 06:09 AM
USATODAY.com - In private, she has always been more independent and opinionated than the docile public persona she perfected for her husband's first presidential campaign. But a more confident, glamorous and outspoken first lady is now on display for what she wistfully notes will be her final campaign. (Photo gallery: Laura Bush)

CNN.com - Singer Laura Branigan dies at
47 - Aug 29, 2004

CNN.com - Singer Laura Branigan dies at
47 - Aug 29, 2004 08/30/2004 01:03 AM
Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit "Gloria," has died. She was 47

cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/29/obit.branigan.ap/index.html
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Yahoo! News - Laura Bush Says Gay
Marriage 'Shocking'

Yahoo! News - Laura Bush Says Gay
Marriage 'Shocking' 02/19/2004 08:05 AM
Laura Bush shocked -- shocked! -- by gay marriage. Apparently being married to a lying, alcoholic moron doesn't bother her

news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040218/ap_on_go_pr_wh/lau ra_bush_interview_2
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Italy film star Laura Betti dies

Italy film star Laura Betti dies 07/31/2004 12:19 PM
Actress Laura Betti, who worked with such directors as Fellini and Pasolini, dies in Rome at the age of 70.

laura bush chastizes jenna for making
faces

laura bush chastizes jenna for making
faces 08/05/2004 02:22 PM
but not for, um, breaking the law and being drunk in public. gooo, family values!

Laura Bush's Afghan Visit Preceded by
Bomb (AP)

Laura Bush's Afghan Visit Preceded by
Bomb (AP) 03/30/2005 01:14 AM
AP - An apparent car-bomb exploded in an eastern Afghan city Wednesday, killing the driver, hours before first lady Laura Bush was due in the country.

Laura Bush to Visit Afghanistan This
Week (Reuters)

Laura Bush to Visit Afghanistan This
Week (Reuters) 03/29/2005 11:27 AM
Reuters - First lady Laura Bush departed on Tuesday on a lightning quick visit to Afghanistan this week to greet U.S. troops and offer support for Afghan women.

Laura Bush Takes Quick Trip to
Afghanistan (AP)

Laura Bush Takes Quick Trip to
Afghanistan (AP) 03/29/2005 11:27 AM
AP - First lady Laura Bush set out Tuesday for a quick visit to Afghanistan, a war-torn country where American forces are still battling a stubborn Taliban-led insurgency.

Laura Bush testifies to husband's
leadership (USATODAY.com)

Laura Bush testifies to husband's
leadership (USATODAY.com) 09/01/2004 06:00 AM
USATODAY.com - Four years ago, at the Republican convention in Philadelphia, Laura Bush spoke wistfully of helping her twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, pack for college and "preparing for our next life crisis: empty-nest syndrome."

ABCNEWS.com : 'Gloria' Singer Laura
Branigan Dies at 47

ABCNEWS.com : 'Gloria' Singer Laura
Branigan Dies at 47 08/29/2004 09:12 PM

"Laura Branigan died last Thursday from
a brain aneurysm"

"Laura Branigan died last Thursday from
a brain aneurysm" 08/29/2004 02:34 PM

Laura Thomson's Blog: Simple Things are
Beautiful (REST and PHP)

Laura Thomson's Blog: Simple Things are
Beautiful (REST and PHP) 06/17/2005 03:32 PM
On Laura Thomson's blog, there's this post that talks a bit about XML and web services.

In a nutshell: most of the web services stack is bloatware that doesn't get used for most applications. 90% of the time you can get away with knowing no SOAP, WSDL, or any of that stuff. You can just use REST - Representational State Transfer. This is basically an HTTP GET request with parameters, and in return you get an XML document, in other words XML over HTTP. It works very nicely and is simple.

She gives a basic example of how, using nothing more than SimpleXML in PHP5, you can create a client/server with REST to communicated back and forth.

I'm not saying there isn't a need for SOAP and WS-*, just that often simple tools will do the job. It's just another version of the 80% rule. This seems to be a theme in my personal consumption of technology.

Getting Through College, Thanks To Plagiarism

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