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Plagiarism continued from page 1 Plagiarism is the biggest area of increase among the different types of academic dishonesty, said Chris Loschiavo, University director of student judicial affairs. “You know that it’s a big prob lem when www.plagiarism.com exists,” he said. The Web site is a tool for profes sors to determine what percentage of a paper has plagiarized content. It employs powerful search en gines to review the many Internet sources from which a student may take information. “It appears with the advent of the Internet we are in a bull market for plagiarism,” said Barbara S. Glatt, an executive at plagiarism.com. Traditional plagiarism is still a problem, too. Students report pla giarizing because they found a source that precisely expressed their point. “I have plagiarized because I was really stuck for an idea, and right before me was the perfect thing to say,” said Jenny, a sopho more history major. “I was success ful; the teacher didn’t even notice. ” The English and composition de partments are especially vigilant in efforts to stop plagiarism, Gage said. “Students ought to learn how to use sources and that if they do pla giarize, the institution cares and will take it seriously,” he said. Cheating affects all students and faculty “Academic dishonesty is some thing that the University takes very, very seriously,” said Glen Banfield, a student defender with the office of student advocacy who has worked with many academic dishonesty cases. The University has explicit policies for dealing with plagia rism and other forms of academic dishonesty. Punishments range from community service to expul sion, in rare cases. Cheating is not a victimless crime. Cheaters, honest students and the University as a whole are harmed by acts of academic dis honesty, experts say. Some students think that aca demic dishonesty is not hurting oth ers, that it’s just helping themselves. “That’s not right. Dishonesty has a corrosive effect on atmos pheres of trust and respect in the classroom,” said Tom Dyke, Uni versity vice provost for research. Students who choose to cheat miss out on important lessons. “Most lessons in personal integrity are learned indirectly,” Gage said. The choice not to cheat when given the opportunity is one such lesson. “It’s the responsibility of the in stitution to help students learn that lesson through its policies,” he said. Cheaters may face more tangible consequences as well. A student caught cheating will have a difficult time getting into graduate programs and law schools, Banfield said. Students who are not cheating get hurt by cheaters, Loschiavo said. A student who graduates by cheating their way through school may not be able to perform in the job market. This reflects poorly on the University and employers may be less likely to hire another Univer sity graduate in the future, he said. Honesty is important outside of the classroom, Dyke said. “Re search in all fields really depends on mutual respect and trust. ” Research is usually done as a team. If part of that team is dishon est, it can have dramatic results on the team, he said. • Falsifying results in research can have real economic costs. Oth er researchers may waste time and money conducting experiments or studies based on previously con ducted, inaccurate research. There have been very few prob lems with dishonesty in research at the University, Dyke said. Security continued from page 1 “One of the areas in computer science that we focus on is cryp tography, which deals with securi ty issues,” she said. “And we’re also offering a minor in computer information technology, which deals mainly with security issues in networks in businesses.” National computer security concerns will only increase, espe cially with the shortage of skilled information security workers, Clinton said in a Jan. 7 speech. “We need to do more to bring r people into the field of computer security,” Clinton said. “That's why I am proposing a new pro gram that will offer college schol arships to students in the field of computer security in exchange for their public service afterward.” The Clinton Administration has expressed concern about the threat of foreign “cyber terrori sm,” where countries using computers as weapons gain top-secret infor mation or disable computer-based programs vital to national defense. If the proposal is passed by Con gress in the 2001 budget, the first students to receive the scholar ships would likely be from one of seven universities recognized last year by the National Security Agency (NSA) as being “Centers for Excellence in Information As surance Education. ” Of those seven, only one school is on the West Coast—the Universi ty of California, Davis. Each of these schools offers specialized degree programs in information security. The schools worked closely with the NSA to develop curriculum and expand programs, said Allan Berg, director of JMU’s information security program. The scholarship proposal highlights the shortage of skilled information technology and security workers, Berg said. Take a Duck to Lunch Thursday, February 17th from 12-1:30 Casanova Center Then come to Take a Duck to Lunch!! Eat lunch with professionals in your prospective field. Gain valuable contacts to help in your Job search. Learn how successful professionals got started. 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