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UA finds ways to help students avoid plagiarism
Jessica Burk
Issue date: 9/12/08 Section: News
Students often copy and paste information, and one of Bain's colleagues even had a case of students sharing a paper between classes, he said.
"I'd like to think that I scare my students enough not to try [plagiarizing]," he said.
Many UA students don't think plagiarism is a good idea.
"You're only hurting yourself when you're doing it," said James Abrahamson, a senior information systems major. "You came to college to learn. If you cheat your way through it, what's the point in going to college at all?"
Plagiarism is cheating oneself, "because you really aren't getting anything from [a] class if you plagiarize from [others'] work," said Susan Kufdakis, a senior sociology major. "If you're [going to] plagiarize, you might as well not go to class because you'll be learning nothing."
Students interested in learning more about avoiding plagiarism can register for the workshop online at elc.uark.edu.
More workshops concerning plagiarism will take place throughout October.
"I'd like to think that I scare my students enough not to try [plagiarizing]," he said.
Many UA students don't think plagiarism is a good idea.
"You're only hurting yourself when you're doing it," said James Abrahamson, a senior information systems major. "You came to college to learn. If you cheat your way through it, what's the point in going to college at all?"
Plagiarism is cheating oneself, "because you really aren't getting anything from [a] class if you plagiarize from [others'] work," said Susan Kufdakis, a senior sociology major. "If you're [going to] plagiarize, you might as well not go to class because you'll be learning nothing."
Students interested in learning more about avoiding plagiarism can register for the workshop online at elc.uark.edu.
More workshops concerning plagiarism will take place throughout October.
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Maria Ostridge
posted 2/24/09 @ 11:10 PM CST
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Jane Bailey
posted 2/25/09 @ 7:28 AM CST
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Rachel Whitney
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That looks like lots of fun. When I was in college we didn't had so many fun activities.
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