Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age

By TRIP GABRIEL

At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a Web site?s frequently asked questions page about homelessness ? and did not think he needed to credit a source in his assignment because the page did not include author information. …………

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A Medieval War — Over Arizona

As soon as Arizona enacted its law designed to crack down on unauthorized immigration to the state, academic groups started to announce they would stay away from the state. But many of those announcing that they would shun it until the law was repealed didn’t in fact have any major events scheduled for Arizona. (Much of the law’s enforcement has been blocked by a federal judge, but the legal and political fighting remain unsettled.)