Misunderstanding Academic Integrity

1. JoBo S
   March 31st, 2008 at 5:36 pm

   I bet the parents who paid the tuition for those students are so proud....

2. aaron
   March 31st, 2008 at 5:51 pm

   Was that done as like a really ironic joke or were the kids really just that dumb?

3. E
   March 31st, 2008 at 6:35 pm

   Too damn funny! It's a smart time saving move though maybe their learning something down there. I'm sure they'd fit in well with the current business world.

4. HaricotVert
   March 31st, 2008 at 6:57 pm

   They could have just cited their sources...

5. Alex
   March 31st, 2008 at 7:09 pm

   Good students copy, great students steal.

6. bean
   March 31st, 2008 at 7:10 pm

   Plagiarizing honor codes is actually a time-honored tradition in America; it just doesn't get reported very often.

7. su.wei
   March 31st, 2008 at 7:12 pm

   that is hilarious

8. clinton labombard
   March 31st, 2008 at 8:01 pm

   ...only to find out the idea was stolen from BYU.

9. SenorMysterioso
   March 31st, 2008 at 8:20 pm

   Im not seeing a problem here

10. daggerphish
    March 31st, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    this story smells of rich irony!

    i'm not gonna lie, it smells like pure gasoline...

    cheating-> works every time 60% of the time

11. xander
    March 31st, 2008 at 10:50 pm

    and what does their borrowed legislature say about this?

12. X-Shark
    April 1st, 2008 at 12:29 am

    Where is the problem. If it has already been done better than you can do, why change it?

13. bazik
    April 1st, 2008 at 4:19 am

    hilarious

14. luke
    April 1st, 2008 at 7:53 am

    hilarious, oh wait I plagiarised bazik,

    "hilarious" - bazik, 04/01/2008

    There that is better.

15. bob
    April 1st, 2008 at 9:42 am

    | Good students copy, great students steal.

    Poor students copy.
    Good students do it themselves.
    Better students steal.
    Great students don't get caught.

    and

    Grad students don't do anything.

16. OddNumber
    April 1st, 2008 at 10:15 am

    If they copied it "word for word" then they are just stupid lazy people who didn't take their task seriously. These are probably a bunch of kids that thought it would help pad their resumes or look good on a grad school application.

17. Paul
    April 1st, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    Typical everyone in college cheats. And how can you be so stupid.

18. empty-minded
    April 1st, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    I give kudos for their response to getting caught. I see a prosperous future for these kids in public relations or politics.

19. CheeseDuck
    April 1st, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Sweet, sweet irony!

20. Buzz
    April 2nd, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Ugh please.

    How is replicating another school's law / rule / code plagiarism? That falls in the realm of fair use. Lots of governing organizations "steal" ideas from others policies, by-laws, and regulation. There is no need to cite.

21. Cindy
    April 2nd, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Maybe they're just trying to make a point. If not, then that's just sad.

22. ted
    April 2nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    Borrowing ideas is one thing. Borrowing text word-for-word without acknowledging your source is plagiarism.

    Every student in every college/university has the rules about plagiarism hammered into their noggins from Day 1.

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