October 5, 2009
CSI: Plagiarism
It's the final week of class. Two colleagues and I pant following an hour of racquetball that should have released the tension. But it's not enough for the youngest man, who declares he uncovered a dozen cases of plagiarism in his final set of papers. He smashes his fist into a metal locker. "What's the matter with these kids!" he roars. "I want to kill them!"
I understand his rage. Cut-and-paste theft saps time and energy, insults professors, creates distasteful confrontations, and
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