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September 26, 201 1
Volume 90, Issue 7
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Loyola Marymount University
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Plagiarism:
a rising
concern at
universities
NEWS ANALYSIS
Technology is cited as a
big influence on college
plagiarism.
By Monika Kim
Contributor
According to two recent studies conducted
by the Pew Research Center, students are
cheating more than ever as a result of new
and emerging technologies. Pew Research
Center’s statistics show that 55 percent of
college presidents have seen plagiarism
escalate in students’ papers in the past 10
years, while a mere 2 percent declared it was
on the decline.
“[Technology] definitely makes information
more available and accessible,” said
sophomore English major Marissa Morgan.
“You can find ideas and, sometimes, even an
entire essay with just a click of a button. It
just shows that we don’t really have to think
for ourselves anymore, even if it’s just for
something as simple as a thesis.”
The Pew Research Center, which supervised
this study in early 2011, is an independent
research organization that works to provide
information to the public. The group also
found from the same study that 89 percent
of individuals credited the rise of plagiarism
to the widespread use of computers and the
Internet.
With portable technology such as smart
phones and iPads on the rise, cheating has
become an elementary process for pupils
in universities worldwide. LMU Associate
Professor of English K.J. Peters affirmed that
students have been known to take pictures of
exams, as well as search for answers on their
Blackbenys and iPhones.
“For those intending to cheat on a test or
a quiz, technology makes it really easy to
cheat. It’s really kind of amazing," said Peters.
“[Smart phones] are the perfect devices for
cheating. They’re ubiquitous. ... Most of the
time, professors aren’t even fully aware of all
their capabilities.”
Although plagiarism is often intentional, a
large number of students unfamiliar’ with the
MLA or APA formats inadvertently plagiarize
by mislabeling or forgetting to cite sources.
More serious offenders, however, copy and
paste directly from a document and present
the text as their’ own.
“Our point of view here [at the Academic
Resource Center] is to educate students on how
to paraphrase and summarize information
correctly,” said Academic Resource Center
Writing Programs Coordinator Ann Stenglein.
‘1 think that’s the stance we should take,
[rather than] pointing fingers at students.”
While technology has made cheating almost
effortless for pupils, it has also provided
professors and educators with methods of
combating plagiarism both inside and outside
the classroom. A myriad of plagiarism¬
detecting websites has appeared all over the
Internet, giving instructors the opportunity
to see whether a student’s paper has been
plagiarized or not. These websites, such as
tumitin.com and plagiarismchecker.com.
See Plagiarism | page 2
Photo by Devin Sixt | Loyolan
University welcomes alumni for weekend of reunion festivities
Chair of the Board of Trustees Kathleen Aikenhead (left) joined President David W. Burcham (right) and his wife
Chris (center) in cutting into an LMU birthday cake at the 58th annual Alumni Barbecue yesterday afternoon.
Justice class
underway
Hie Voices of Justice class
partners with community
organizations to share stories.
By Tierney Finster
News Editor
The mission statement encourages it,
service organizations strive to achieve it and
the Center for Service and Action was founded
to promote it
Social justice is a common phrase at LMU.
Many students and staff alike consider it to
be an integral aspect to the community on
the bluff, but Sister Judith Royer, C.S.J., saw
a need to incorporate social justice ideals into
more LMU classrooms. This year, Sr. Royer
spearheaded the creation of a new class, Voices
of Justice, which integrates service, learning
and site-specific education with traditional
research and arts training.
The Voices of Justice class is comprised of
about 20 students who work closely with the
See Justice | page 4
Did you know?
ffWO FACTS ABOUT LMU’S CENTENNIZ
CENTENNIAL HISTORY
How big is University Hall? U-Hall is a 1 million square
foot concrete building that contains over half a million
square feet of floor space, 1 ,000 parking spots and
70,000 square feet of atrium space.
KXLU, LMU's student-run radio station, was named Rolling Stone
Magazine's "greatest college radio station in the nation," in
1 984. LA Weekly voted KXLU the best radio station in Los Angeles
in 1 98 7 and 1 988, and in 2001 The Princeton Review named it
the fourth-best college station in the country.
Information taken from Kevin Starr's LMU History Book, Photos from Netpix
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LMU creates Faculty Hall of Fame
TLie University plans to honor
400 former professors to
celebrate die centennial year.
ByTaryn Mira
Staff Writer
As LMU celebrates its 100th
birthday, yet another way to
commemorate the history of the
University is in the works. The
centennial celebration has brought
with it the creation of the first-ever
Faculty Hall of Fame at LMU.
The creation of the Faculty Hall
of Fame was intended to highlight
LMU’s academics and honor the
men and women who have made
meaningful contributions to the
University through teaching, service
or scholarship work.
Honorees will be selected from
all faculty dating back to 1911,
including Marymount College, Loyola
University and Loyola Marymount
University. All alumni from LMU and
its predecessors will be solicited for
their nominations. The Faculty Hall
of Fame Committee is hoping to reach
around 400 alumni. Current faculty,
See Fame | page 3
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Index
Opinion . 5
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Classifieds . 11
Business and Technology.... 1 2
Sports . 16
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