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Your source is problematic, OP.

I'll wait until it hits the mainstream news.
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He confessed.

"While I am steadfast that our results, data and findings are sound, I acknowledge recurrent language in the introductory sections.”

He copied a few pages of background material.

Does that change the core of the paper? No.

Was it a cowardly and dishonest way to fill space and set the context of the paper? Yes.

Is it claiming credit for someone else's expository work? Yes. [/quote]
What message does this send to UMD students?  If he plagiarized and apologized, and still retains his position, that's a terrible message to the students.  He needs to step down.

-parent of UMD student.[/quote]

I seriously hope that if an engineering student invented something amazing and when writing the results copied and pasted the introduction we would care more about the invention.[/quote]
Then why does umd and every other university have a na academic  dishonesty code of conduct,  where plagiarism can result in expulsion.

Kind of hypocritical  of umd to expel students for plagiarizing now.[/quote]

I agree it’s a ridiculous, old, and unrealistic rule, not to mention it’s impossible to police. Just mark them down if you catch it and move on.

Maybe for journalism majors but otherwise let’s stress content,[/quote]
So, how will Pines be "marked down" for this?  Leave without pay for a month or two?  [/quote]

Idk how are Wall Street thugs handled when they steal $1B … fine them $100K.

No good research paper doesn’t have an editor. You think when you read a paper, a book, a new paper article it’s the authors authentic work.

Ffs do you people have jobs. [/quote]
Oh, ffs, why do you think plagiarism is considered a serious academic breach, enough to get a student kicked out.

1500 words were copied verbatim.

The president of UMD should be held to the same academic standards as the students, if not more so.

PS  If you want the $1b WS thugs to pay  more for their crimes, please contact your congress rep.[/quote]

How will congress continue to do insider trading if they put their sons in jail?[/quote]
? two wrongs don't make a right? And no one said he should go to jail.  Stop making excuses for dishonesty.  If this is nbd, then UMD should remove the academic dishonesty from their code of conduct.

-UMD Parent[/quote]

I agree about removing the code of conduct. [/quote]

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