Comments on: Misunderstanding Academic Integrity

By: ted

ted — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:35:33 +0000

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.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:58:06 +0000

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

By: Buzz

Buzz — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:33:48 +0000

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.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:42:55 +0000

Sweet, sweet irony!

By: empty-minded

empty-minded — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:38:04 +0000

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

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:48:06 +0000

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

By: OddNumber

OddNumber — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:15:22 +0000

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.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:42:23 +0000

| 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.

By: luke

luke — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:53:37 +0000

hilarious, oh wait I plagiarised bazik,

"hilarious" - bazik, 04/01/2008

There that is better.

By: bazik

bazik — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:19:00 +0000

hilarious

By: X-Shark

X-Shark — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:29:36 +0000

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

By: xander

xander — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:50:16 +0000

and what does their borrowed legislature say about this?

By: daggerphish

daggerphish — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:39:57 +0000

this story smells of rich irony!

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

cheating-> works every time 60% of the time

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:20:57 +0000

Im not seeing a problem here

By: clinton labombard

clinton labombard — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:01:33 +0000

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

By: su.wei

su.wei — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:12:28 +0000

that is hilarious

By: bean

bean — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:10:18 +0000

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

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:09:30 +0000

Good students copy, great students steal.

By: HaricotVert

HaricotVert — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:57:59 +0000

They could have just cited their sources...

By: E

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:35:21 +0000

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.

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:51:05 +0000

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

By: JoBo S

JoBo S — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:36:38 +0000

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