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_o_dt_b_e_w. e._h_ www.dailyemerald.com An independent newspaper Spring Break! * Time to call the travel agent, book your getaway plans and get ready to go go go. Inside section Back to the board Will the University or OSU be branching out to Bend? The state board will decide. PAGE 5A Thursday Febuary 1,2001 Volume 102, Issue 85 Weather today RAIN LIKELY high 50, low 40 Since 1900 U N IVERSITY OF OREGON E U G EJi R E G 0 N Plagiarism: A game of g Number of faculty reports of Academic Dishonesty from the Office of Student judicial Affairs Though the numbers look tike they’ve dropped this year, they actually have not. There have already been 33 i. reports since fall term 2000 of cheating. If this pattern continues, this is likely to be the highest year for cases of cheating so far. Katie Miller Emerald 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-present Cheaters can get virtually caught Plagiarism is easier thanks to the popularity of the Internet, but now the Web also helps catch the culprits By Brooke Ross Oregon Daily Emerald Thanks to computer technology, University professors now have a weapon to combat Inter net plagiarism, and cheaters are more likely to be caught. Tracking-and-analysis Web sites allow profes sors to enter whole papers or key phrases of a student’s essay, said Melissa Delarosa, vice pres ident of business affairs for iparadigms Inc., the company that founded the Web site www.tur nitin.com. She said based on the professor’s search, the sites return all matching information and essays, giving the professor proof of whether or not the student has plagiarized. “Cheating has always existed in different for mats, but if students know they’re being moni tored, they’ll be likely to write their own work,” she said. Chris Loschiavo, director of Student Judicial Affairs, said tracking Web sites may be the way to decrease incidents of plagiarism, a University problem he said is not improving. “If you ask students, they’ll say a lot of them cheat,” he said. Loschiavo said a survey conducted in 1993 showed 91 percent of University students have cheated at least once in their college careers. He said although the survey is a few years old, aca demic dishonesty is still a problem — he said he dealt with 30 cases during fall term alone. Delarosa said her company’s Web site was cre ated to help stop the growing problem of Internet plagiarism. There are literally hundreds of paper mills, which are Web sites where students can purchase essays. She said the site offers a submission report Turn to Plagiarism, page 5A Black history digs up area’s racial ghosts ■The community celebrates Black History Month with a series of events at the Eugene Public Library and on campus By Lindsay Buchele Oregon Daily Emerald Today marks the 25th year America has recognized February as “Black His tory Month,” yet those who embrace black culture and history, such as Port land State University professor Darrell Millner, say they are still struggling to eliminate the bias and prejudice socie ty has concerning blacks’ role in histo ry. “All people learn about history, whether they study it or get it from pop culture,” Millner said. “But almost all people learn a corrupted and inaccurate version of the role African-Americans play in history'.” Millner and others will be taking part in “A Celebration of African-American History” at the Eugene Public Library. Business librarian Scott Herron said that the programs, which will be held at the library from Feb. 4 to Feb. 12, will include a musical workshop by blues musician Deb Cleveland, a speech by Millner on blacks’ role in Oregon histo ry, a Martin Luther King Jr. exhibit and general displays profiling black history. The University’s Black Student Union will also be hosting events in February, including the Harlem Nights Black Diamond Affair Feb. 16 and a Black Achievement Night Feb. 20, both of which are open to students. There will also possibly be a photo display, BSU resource coordinator Kim Hutchinson said. Events, such as those put on by the Turn to Black History, page 5A a aii people learn about history; whether they study it or get it from pop culture. Darrell Millner professor Portland State University _ft Resigned ASUO staffer calls Breslow’s demands extreme Student parent Kathleen Workman claims last year’s Executive allowed her more job flexibility By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald When Kathleen Workman, one of the primary coordinators for the ASUO Child Care Subsidy, re signed from her position Jan. 23, conflicts with the work schedule set by ASUO President Jay Bres low had reached a breaking point. Workman earned wide respect during the past two years as the ASUO non-traditional-student ad vocate. Workman said she left her position because of the demands Breslow placed on her, which con flicted with her responsibilities as a student and a single mom. Bres low’s mandatory staff meetings on Monday nights and weekend staff retreats didn’t allow Workman to cook dinner or spend time with Whitney, her 6-year-old daughter. But Breslow said he requires his staff to attend only one weekly meeting and meet their job de scription requirements. He de scribed the office as a low-stress environment. “My leadership style is that I hire wonderful people and let them do their jobs,” Breslow said. Workman’s resignation oc curred only hours before Child Care Subsidy asked for a 1.5 per cent increase in its budget at the Programs Finance Committee meeting. Child Care Subsidy, which pays a percentage of child care expenses for students who qualify, left the meeting with a 1.5 percent decrease instead. Breslow said Workman’s resig nation was unfair not only be cause she resigned right before the meeting, but because she didn t arrange any other student parents to come to the meeting in her place. While he said there weren’t problems in his working relation ship with Workman, Breslow mentioned she was having a rocky semester. Breslow said he didn’t want his staff to get the sense that Workman didn’t have to be in the office. “Everybody has to be in the of fice doing productive things,” Breslow said. Last year, Workman had the same position in the ASUO Exec utive office run by Wylie Chen and Mitra Anoushiravani. Work man said they understood the re sponsibilities of being a parent. “I would be as involved as I could, 1 would help out as much as I could,” Workman said. “But they never once questioned it if I said I needed to be at home with Whitney.” Workman said her decisions this year were continually judged by Breslow, despite her battling personal problems such as filing for a divorce, and child custody is sues. Workman said Breslow re quired her to put in 15 office hours a week, but Chen and Anoushira vani were much more flexible by allowing Workman to complete 95 percent of her work from home. According to Breslow, it has been difficult to keep staff mem bers in the office this year, and Workman’s resignation was unfor tunate. Turn to Workman, page4A (( My lead ership style is that I hire wonderful people and let them do their jobs. Jay Breslow president asuo yy
